do you need a permit for a hand dredge in new hampshire?

This species of tuna is unique from its siblings, in that bluefin have an internal heat exchanger mechanism that can warm their blood if required and can tolerate a wider spread of temperatures, especially on the colder side. If the bait is scarce, so are the bluefin. If there is forage in your area, they might stay.

They are aggressive swimmers and can cover 50-plus miles in a day, depending how incentivized they are to find food. It seems that bluefin can be everywhere at one time and a few days later are nowhere to be found. The blackfish crowd frequently reports spotting large school bluefin near the 15- to 20-fathom wrecks in late November and December. I have run into bluefin chasing mackerel schools in mid-March in 15-fathom waters and have seen them crash migrating pods of schoolie bass along the beach in early December in 5 fathoms of water. After fattening up during the warm months, an age-old alarm goes off in their heads and it’s time to either reverse course, or jump across the pond and head towards the Mediterranean Sea. Bluefin in the initial months of the new season are typically migrating north from their wintering grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Carolinas to wherever it is along the mid-Atlantic and New England coastal areas they will eventually call their home hunting grounds for the summer and fall.

The king of the thunnus tribe has already made an early appearance this year in mid-May in the DelMarVa, New Jersey and Long Island coastal areas, so the game is on.

Here’s an in-depth look at what you need to do to get a piece of this fast and furious fishery.

Do you need a permit for a hand dredge in new hampshire?