The surface waters along the shore seem to come to a low boil with a school of menhaden thrashing just below the surface. With a breeze blowing the right way, one might even detect their foul, oily odor. Mossbunker, bunker, porgy, bug-head, and fat-back as…
Long Island Boating World
We love our country. We all do! You may love certain politicians.That’s your right. You are proud to project that we are Italian, Irish, Israeli, British, etc.? It’s great we live in a country where we can display how we feel as long as it…
My wife and I were talking the other day about boats (what else?) and how we made the jump into boating. It really is a convoluted road that got us here, but one we are glad we went down.Given my background, you would think it…
Preventative Maintenance for Boats … Keeping your boat Ship-Shape and in good mechanical working order maintains the value of your investment. Personally, I often wonder why some owners allow their vessels to lose value due to poor maintenance. Properly maintaining your boat is a full-time…
It’s spring….finally. March fishing can often be a fool’s errand but a welcomed one after a long winter. To the west, some migrating stripers are eager to chew by the time April arrives, and in our eastern waters, the occasional schoolie holdover bass will take…
April always brings a breath of fresh air and with it rides a promise of a true fishing season to get started in earnest. Starting off, stripers should really begin to put on the feedbags, while winter flounder are warming up on the bay flats…
There are many reality shows and videos out there that depict the dangers faced by people who earn their living on the water. These cover lots of territory – crab season on the Bering Sea, lobstering in New England, or shrimping in the Gulf of…
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…
There were times this past winter when we wondered if it was ever going to be over. But like every other year, it finally was. In as much as we’re still in isolation due to the pandemic, it’s not a really big deal. My wife,…
