It happens at the beginning and end of each season; debate begins as to whether it’s going to be an early or late season. From social media to tackle shop chatter to just good banter between fishing friends, the story goes pretty much the same…
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November looks like it’s going to set up to be another legendary Fall run of stripers as in October, we are already seeing large pods of big bass in the bay systems and even out front. Black seabass opens on November 1st through December 31st…
I wrote an article years ago concerning the wholesale destruction of shore birds on Long Island’s Great South Bay during the 19th and early 20th Century. Many shorebird species were decimated due to the fashionable use of various feathers in women’s hats during that period.…
Loaded with coal and bound for Milwaukee early on the freezing cold morning of May 11th, 1881, the 140-foot schooner Trinidad sank about ten miles off the coast of Algoma Wisconsin. Capt. Jon Higgins and his eight-man crew were able to get into the schooner’s…
What comes immediately to your mind when the talk among boating friends turns to electric boats and buying them? Do you think, “I’m not in the market for another boat right now – that’s a decision I can put off,” or “Even if it does…
Considering the lonely locations and isolating lifestyle for the keepers, is it any wonder that there are many haunting tales about lighthouses? Some are based on fact, others simply legends that have grown over the years. It is possible that gloomy conditions in the winter…
This past summer we cruised to Montauk for three nights, “The End”.Keep reading, there’s more! Montauk is literally the end. You will see bumper stickers and T-shirts attesting this. The geographical Long Island starts where Brooklyn and Manhattan are separated by the East River. It…
Each month, an interesting aspect of the world’s oldest continuous maritime service will be highlighted. The men and women of the United States Coast Guard follow in the fine tradition of the brave mariners who have served before them. As sentinels and saviors of the…
We finally made the trip and took our new to us boat home. I knew I would need help in the locks along the Oswego, Erie and Hudson Canals and my sister and brother-in-law jumped at the chance to help out and take in the…
