DVDs are now Available and Shipping!

Friends, Anglers, Redfishaholics,

DVDs for Redfish Can't Jump are now available and shipping out all over the country. Please check out our Merchandise Page and order your copy of the film that we believe will help change the way North Carolina's Red Drum fishery is shaped. Help us make Red Drum game fish and remove them from commercial sale.

The Film is 41 minutes long and packed with extras previously not seen at any of our screenings. Thanks for supporting local film and check us out online at www.redfishcantjump.com

Regards.
RFCJ Crew~

Redfish Can't Jump at Turnage Theater - Washington, NC

After a strong showing at the Pour House Music Hall in Raleigh, Redfish Can't Jump is on the road again. This time we are headed to Washington, NC to the beautifully restored Turnage Theater. The Turnage Theater is located at 150 W. Main St. in downtown Washington and we could not ask for a nicer venue. A 20x15 foot projection screen, elegant design, and a capacity of 465 are just a few of the attractions offered by the Turnage. The Washington premiere is set for Friday, April 16th at 8 PM. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased ahead of time via credit card at http://turnagetheater.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=203&Itemid=26&catid=13 and will also be available at the door. This night will also serve as our official DVD release party so you can leave with your very own copy of Redfish Can't Jump! We will be selling DVDs at a discount for this screening so take advantage of the savings while you can. We can't wait to bring the film to the heart of the Inner Banks and we hope all of you will join us for this wonderful evening. A huge thanks goes out to Great Outdoor Provision Co., West Marine of Washington, Down on Mainstreet Restaurant, and Guy Harvey Jewelry for helping make this show happen. We appreciate your support.

Some B-Roll from Redfish Can't Jump

The Great Outdoors

Thanks to Gary Clark of the Tryon Daily Bulletin for our fist published review of Redfish Can't Jump. Click on the picture below to read the article.

Redfish Can't Jump World Premiere-Wilmington, NC

It’s finally here. The long awaited completion of our documentary film Redfish Can’t Jump happened this past week. The date has been set for January 21st for a couple months now and we had been working hard to wrap up shooting and begin editing this film to make sure we hit this deadline. We had a pre-screening January 20th for close friends and the crew. I finally finished editing at about 1:30am January 20th (the night before the first screening). I got a few hours of sleep, woke up at 5:30 and began the 2 hour trek to Wilmington. We had a photo shoot at Wrightsville Beach that morning for the Lumina News Paper. We spent the rest of that day planning and setting up for the Premiere Night (21st).
(Link to Story: http://luminanews.com/article.asp?aid=5701&iid=202&sud=30)

We had a great turnout for the show. We estimated it to be 300+ people. In fact, there were so many people we had to offer a second screening. Jason Andre opened the show with four songs and really got everyone fired up. (Jason wrote several of the songs exclusively for the film and a few others songs of his were used from his new album). Also, a huge thanks goes to the other musicians/bands that allowed their music to be a part of our film; Josh Garrels, Giants, and Unlearn.


We’ve gotten some great responses from the film so far and our team really appreciates everyone’s support. The store on our website is up and running now so please go and pre-order your DVD or buy yourself some swag at: www.redfishcantjump.com

If you missed us in Wilmington we'll be offering two screenings in Charlotte, NC at the Fly Fishing Show this January 29th-30th. Friday's screening is at 3pm and Saturday's screening is at 2pm. For more information on The Fly Fishing Show in Charlotte contact them here: http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Charlotte__NC.html

A special thanks to our sponsors and donors for raffle items, thanks Scott Fly Rods, Great Outdoor Provision Co, Charter Lakes Marine Insurance, CCA NC, Beavertail Skiffs, Yeti Coolers, Cliff Fly Boxes, Home Waters Clothing, Dana Eddings Watercolors and Chuck Arkell.

Luke Pearson~

Redfish Can't Jump World Premiere Jan 21st 8 pm Wilmington NC

Good Morning Friends and Anglers,

This has been a long awaited premiere and an incredible journey as our crew has worked to capture the essence and the controversy surrounding North Carolina's State Fish. We've made a lot of new friends in the last three years of filming and traveling and met some incredible people who are more dedicated to this resource than you can imagine. I would like to thank all of you who supported us and were patient with us as we completed this project. I would also like to thank our sponsors and families and the recreational fishing public for this film would not be possible without your help.

We are really excited about the upcoming premiere:

January 21st at 8pm $3 admission

Level 5 located at 21 N. Front Street in historic downtown Wilmington, NC

Please come out and join us for a great film event and support the cause. Level 5 is a rooftop bar (enclosed and heated:) with Theatre. http://www.citystageatlevel5.com/ Come grab a cold one and join us for the debut screening of Redfish Can't Jump the Movie.

Check out the latest interview about the film in this month's issue of http://www.thisisfly.com/ on pg. 65! If you would like to hear our radio interview with Fishing Florida Radio from Sat. Jan 9th click on this link: http://www.stevecgraphics.com/capt_seth_rcj_radio_interview.mp3

Hope to see you at the premiere!

Capt. Seth Vernon~

NC Sea Turtles tow the line in fight against gill nets...

There has always been a lot of speculation over the future of North Carolina's fisheries. In large part this speculation has existed solely in the minds of the concerned recreational anglers, sportsmen and wildlife rehabilitation experts and conservation groups that have been entrenched in the battle to remove gill nets from North Carolina's coastal waters.

Interestingly enough gill nets are illegal in North Carolina's fresh waters or inland waters as they are referred to. In the last decade many angler conflicts have arisen between commercial and recreational fishermen as the competition for fish in coastal waters has increased. The long standing argument is that gill nets not only take the fish they are targeting they also reap a lot of bycatch including finfish, (red drum, striped bass, sea trout etc.), waterfowl (ducks, geese and shorebirds), and last and most importantly sea turtles, (kemp ridleys, hawksbill, green and loggerhead) and sturgeon, both of which are protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Since the late 90's North Carolina's commercial gill netters in the Pamlico Sound have operated under the protection of Permit no. 1528 which grants these commercial fishermen the right to fish so long as they don't kill or interfere with more than 120 sea turtles in a three year period. Permit 1528 is basically a waiver on the ESA which comes up for review in Dec of 2010.

For the first time in the fisheries history the Pamlico Sound Gill Net fishery was officially closed for the season due to an exceptionally high number of Green Sea Turtle interactions with gill nets in the 4 week season.

See NCDMF Statement attached:

FLOUNDER SEASON CLOSES TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES

MOREHEAD CITY – Waters in Pamlico Sound will close Thursday to the use of large-mesh gill nets. The intent of the closure is to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles.

The estimated number of live green sea turtles caught in flounder nets this season will surpass the maximum number allowed by a special permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service.

North Carolina manages the large-mesh gill net fishery in Pamlico Sound under a federal permit authorized by Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act, which went into effect after numerous sea turtle strandings in Pamlico Sound in 1999 and 2000. Investigations identified the deep-water, large-mesh gill net fishery for southern flounder as the primary source for the sea turtle interactions and subsequent mortalities.

The permit authorizes a limited shallow water fishery along the Outer Banks and mainland side of Pamlico Sound and mandates observer coverage and weekly reporting. The permit also requires a season closure when the number of sea turtle take estimates reaches pre-set thresholds established by NMFS.

As of Friday, estimates of live green sea turtle interactions were at 111. The Section 10 Permit requires closure of the fishery when the estimated takes exceed 120 live green sea turtles.

Additionally, six more takes of green sea turtles were documented by Tuesday, which when extrapolated, will surpass the threshold for estimated green sea turtle takes.

The closure starts at 6 p.m. Thursday and will prohibit the use of gill nets with larger than 4 ¼-inch stretched mesh. It will remain in effect for the rest of the 2009 southern flounder season.

The closure does not prohibit the use of small mesh gill nets (smaller than or equal to 4 ¼-inch stretched mesh), and observations of the small mesh fishery will continue.

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The crew of Redfish Can't Jump are glad to see the closure and at the same time disappointed that it took this type of loss of marine life to achieve this seasonal closure. An intent to sue the NCDMF and the NCMFC was filed yesterday by the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital in Topsail, NC and we support their effort and courage they have put forth to protect these and many other important marine species here in North Carolina's coastal waters.

More to come...