No one steps aboard a vessel planning to have an accident. Whether the setting is an outboard skiff fishing on Great South Bay or a tug hauling oil barges on the Hudson, the goal is to be safe and get home in one piece. It…
Posts published in “June 2022”
Not too long ago, a friend of mine fell overboard – while boarding a boat at the dock! Sound crazy? Not really – the “victim” wasn’t wearing proper shoes… he stepped on the gunwales and not into the boat… and the wake of a passing…
The latter part of this past winter has fluttered around weather-wise, like an early autumn day rather than a late winter one. So much so that, unlike other years, we have been unable to take the short weekend trips we enjoy, due to the uncertainty…
I finally tackled the problem on my boat that I have had since the boat was made. On my boat, the port exhaust leaves the turbocharger elbow and runs basically level across the back of the engine until it reaches an elbow/riser that dropped it…
At the time of this writing, it is still cold outside and seriously windy. It makes me wonder what boating season will be like this year. It may be great for the sailors but not so much fun for all the power boaters as they…
The transition from spring to summer fishing is upon us! Time to fish deeper waters, further out waters, and target more species. Each month of the season marks a different level of excitement for me for different reasons. June marks the arrival of big stripers…
June is a time for bigger fish in the waters of Connecticut and Rhode Island, with striped bass, bluefish, fluke and even tuna showing in quantity and quality as each day passes.Beginning with striped bass, expect to see a shot of potentially enormous striped bass…
What an incredible year so far and June is primed for fishing fun! Starting off, the striper run has really gotten running as of early May, in fact it was pretty much lights out fishing all throughout April as well. Bass are all up and…