How Many Menhaden Do We Really Need, and Why Fly Anglers Should Care?

Beau Beasley

Fly Fisher/Fly Tier/Author

Beau Beasley an award-winning outdoor writer answers your questions on the importance of menhaden also known as bunker, pogie, and fatback to our coastal fisheries. These forage fish are eaten by almost every predator species in the sea and are threaten by over fishing. If you fish coastal river systems and saltwater coastlines from Texas to Maine, the fate of these crucial forage fish should matter to you.