Columnists: Ken Moran

Latest Columns

• Mixed results for cod anglers

  Cod is still king, but the crown may be a little tarnished. Most party boats from Montauk had an up and down week fishing south of Block Island. Anglers had a tough time catching just a handful of cod, but there were...   January 20, 2012

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• Ski races in full swing in Northeast

  Skiers and boarders were all smiles this past weekend as the first considerable snowstorm fell across snow country, and it came in time for a number of important races in the Northeast. To no one’s surprise American...   January 19, 2012

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• Venison coalition feeds needy

  On the upper east side of Manhattan tomorrow, more than 300 folks who are in need will get some healthy meals because of the hunters of New York State. More than 300 pounds of ground venison was delivered to the...   January 15, 2012

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• Tough times for blackfish anglers

  The cod season appears to be off to a fast start, but just when you think everything is going so well someone comes along and bursts your balloon. The close of the 2011 season saw some real good bottom fishing with a...   January 13, 2012

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• Thank heaven for snowmakers

  A wintry mix from Mother Nature should hit the Northeast ski areas just in time for the holiday weekend.  When you go skiing this weekend, give a hug to the snowmakers, because without them we would have no ski season....   January 12, 2012

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• Expect tighter regulation on flounder, scup

  It appears summer flounder and scup regulations will be tighter this coming season, despite the higher quotas that were recommended back in August by Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. At a joint meeting in...   January 08, 2012

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• Cod galore for anglers

  The New York boat show should offer most boaters and anglers an opportunity to stretch their legs and their wallets this weekend while other will explore offshore wrecks for what promises to be a good cod fishing season...   January 06, 2012

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• Cold facts: It's time to ski

  The cold weather and some snow across the Catskill and Green Mountains came just in time for the close of the holiday week and the start of a program to get folks in the mountains and on skies and boards.   The fourth...   January 05, 2012

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• Boating industry sailing along in tough economy

  It may not feel that way, but this week will see the start of the boating season as the New York Boat Show sails in to the Javits Center on Manhattan’s Westside. Despite the struggling economy the boating industry has...   January 01, 2012

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• Boat show back in town

  A familiar sight every January is seeing boats being towed down the Westside of Manhattan and into the Javits Center for New York’s Boat Show. From Wednesday through Sunday boaters and anglers can beat the post-holiday...   December 30, 2011

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• Kids come first at Magic Mountain

  Magic Mountain always has been the place where extreme skiers flocked, and not just because of its steeps and deeps.   Long known for its extreme skiing competitions held annually on some of the East's most challenging...   December 29, 2011

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• Ski resorts offering military discounts

  Skiing for the holiday season will be a little thin because Mother Nature has not been very cooperative, but most resorts will offer some goodies for Christmas week.  With the last of U.S. troops departing Iraq this...   December 22, 2011

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• Bear hunt could return

  The hunting season quietly is coming to a close with one exception, the noise that was created with New Jersey’s bear hunt. The opponents were out in force once again and vow to continue next year if the hunt goes on,...   December 18, 2011

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• Congress' fishing bill riles critics

  There are recreational anglers who have taken a long look at the Fishery Science Improvement Act and believe there is nothing in it that will improve fishing.   Some say tackle and boating industry professionals around...   December 16, 2011

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• New features at Hunter Mountain

  While many are waiting for the ski season to take off, resorts have kept themselves busy with improvements that both riders and skiers will enjoy.   At Hunter Mountain in the Catskills, new features were added to its...   December 15, 2011

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• Lead fishing equipment in danger of being banned

  After failing to get lead banned in hunting and shooting sports the same people are looking to have lead banned in many types of fishing tackle. Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was petitioned...   December 11, 2011

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• Good times for saltwater anglers

  Saltwater anglers are still enjoying the action despite the late date, and with cod fishing starting to build, fishermen can remain active right through the winter. Bottom-fishing for blackfish along the South Shore and...   December 09, 2011

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• Blackfish keeping the charters busy

  The best showing of blackfish in years coupled with great weather was a mix that anglers could not resist.  Party and charter boats have been surprisingly busy of late thanks not only to the blackfishing, but also...   December 02, 2011

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• Opening day almost too much to bear

  This is one of those stories every hunter has heard a thousand times, but it is still worth telling no matter how many times it happens, the huge success of a first-time hunter. In this case the term huge applies in a...   November 30, 2011

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• Cod fishing picking up

  You cannot overstate how important codfish were to western civilization, their numbers so great they fed an entire world. Cod fishing was the American colony’s first industry and the source of early fortunes. In 1992,...   November 27, 2011

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• Here come the herring

  It happens every year about this time, and it is not about eating a turkey. It's the arrival of herring off the East End followed by migrating striped bass.   The herring that most Montauk anglers wait for have...   November 25, 2011

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• Hunting bill gains traction in Congress

  A landmark bill was pushed forward last week in Congress that will protect hunting and fishing rights.   The House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 2834, the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and...   November 23, 2011

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• Watch out for antlers

  The start of the big-game season in New York’s Southern Zone tomorrow has some controversy surrounding it due to the expansion of the antler restriction program. In Delaware, Sullivan and Ulster counties, a new law...   November 18, 2011

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• Crossbows zero in on opener

  The opening of New York’s regular big game season on Saturday will see the use of crossbows for the first time and bear hunting in areas that were historically closed to that type of hunting.  The new law allows...   November 16, 2011

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• New York expands crossbow hunting

  The opening of New York's regular big game season on Saturday will see the use of crossbows for the first time and bear hunting in areas that were historically closed to that type of hunting.   The new law allows...   November 16, 2011

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• A haven for ‘haden’

  The federal authority that oversees our marine resources finally understands how we need to preserve species at both ends of the food chain. The Atlantic States Maine Fisheries Commission voted this past week to reduce...   November 13, 2011

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• Last call for saltwater fishing

  Those long afternoon shadows tell us that time is short if you want to get in your last licks at saltwater fishing.   Reports, especially from local party boats have been good for stripers, blackfish and sea bass.  ...   November 11, 2011

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• Fishermen to lawmakers: Population data's a 'fluke'

  If you were under the impression that regulations for summer flounder will be more relaxed for next season, you would be wrong.   Because of obsolete NOAA harvest statistics and questionable assessment data, summer...   November 09, 2011

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• Duck stamp designers are no quacks

  Artists from around country try to get their work on the Federal Duck Stamp, but it appears that one family seems to have a monopoly on the contest.   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that Joseph...   November 05, 2011

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• South Shore action heats up for anglers

  While most of last weekend was wiped out thanks to that nor’easter, it appears that fishing along the South Shore has made a nice recovery. We are still seeing stripers between 40 and 50 pounds being caught and the...   November 04, 2011

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