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LI Fishing Report

October, hands down is the best month on a fisherman’s calendar. Fluke are still in season for the first half of the month. Black Sea bass and porgies are in season. The inshore tuna bite is still worth chasing. False albacore, bonito, and Spanish mackerel…

Legal Prespective – What Exactly Is A Captain?

What is a captain? That might seem like a silly question to bring up, especially in a magazine where many of the readers are captains in one form or another, whether recreationally after buying a boat, or commercially, through accumulating sea time and sitting for…

CT-RI Fishing Report

I am putting a lot of stock in the potential for productivity in this October’s fishing in Southern New England, and so should you. Spring is great as it ushers in the dawn of a new season. Summer’s warm waters draw in a variety of…

NJ Fishing Report

There’s really no finer time to be in the Jersey saltwater than October. Cool, crisp breezes matched with the outpouring of baitfish schools combine for explosive fishing on all fronts. The first real wave of stripers should be pushing through like they did last year…

Pontoon Boat

In all my years of boating, I never had too much to do with pontoon boats. There was one vacation several years ago on a lake in Virginia where we rented a pontoon boat. So, when a close friend of mine showed me a pontoon…

A Quest For Greatness

The first I read about Sir Ernest Shackleton’s daring exploits was in the 1959 book Endurance, a New York Times best-seller, by Alfred Lansing. My mother, an avid reader said, “Greg, you must read this book. It’s a fantastic story,” and she was right.The book…

Skipper’s Corner

 Not everyone is fortunate enough to own a waterfront home with your boat waiting a few steps across the lawn or deck. Many boaters can afford the waterfront lifestyle but choose not to live on the water because they find it more calming not to…

NJ Fishing Report

While we had literal 72-degree water temperatures in early June, the incessant southerly winds dropped early July temperatures into the 55-degree range which cooled off the nearshore waters. However, we should already see a bounce back up into the mid-70-degree range in August. That will…