Posts from the “Northeast” Category

Fight Like Meat

Posted on April 9, 2013

There is no known reason for a trout to be in this pond. It is a warm water pond of municipal park vintage with no appreciable depth, a small battery of largemouth and one billion bluegill. The bluegill hit flies when the sun is out and are at the ready when a lunchtime bend is needed. The bass have seen too many lures to let their guard down often, but when they do the results ripple through the entire containment. In October a truck shows up full of trout and people line the banks and fill buckets. They are typically cleaned out within days, their long term prospects on par with the tank lobsters at the diner. Honestly, from my vantage point I thought…

Too Much Of Everything

Posted on October 9, 2012

Before the fish is even at hand, thinking about the next one. Getting that one off and getting out there again before it all dies down. The fish at hand might feel debased by it all, if it even had a cerebral cortex, but as such it’s probably OK just being not dead. Sorry about that. As Snoop says it, “You gotta get yours but fool I gotta get mine.” To steal some lines from another song, Too much of everything is just enough.

It’s On, Sort Of

Posted on August 31, 2012

The water outside the inlet looked glassy and the rain bait made audible splashes as they circled together and jumped to escape pursuit. Bluefish caused this. They appeared as bright flashes when they turned sideways and slashed through the tiny fish with their mouths open. Once in a while one would break the surface with its forked tail. Then everything would go down but fish oil slicked on the surface and the water glittered from the refraction off thousands of tiny free-floating scales. Evidence of dismemberment.     One bait ball remained tight and we idled over to it and I witnessed something I had never seen before. The rain bait pulsated and we made casts around the edges and waited for the thump.…

PROMO: Montauk Rocks, T&T

Posted on May 17, 2012

Some friends are involved in things of a promotional nature, and I’m going to mention them here: MONTAUK ROCKS Richard Siberry, a photographer and videographer and beach junky, is seeking financial backing for his much-anticipated Montauk Rocks movie through Kickstarter. T&T RODS Matt Smythe, of Fishing Poet, is working social media for Thomas & Thomas rods, which is giving away a free rod to one random person who “likes” them on a social media platform. That is all.

The Only Time I Bit The Cork

Posted on February 7, 2012

Thanksgiving 2002. I don’t know why I felt compelled to do it, maybe an insecure need to prove I actually did catch that bass on a fly rod. Although in reality it proves nothing; it could have been a stage prop for all you know. (It wasn’t, piss off.) A recent post by Bows and Browns reminded me of my personal evolution in fish-related point and shoot. I have a large catalogue of hero shots that will likely sit unviewed for generations until my offspring’s progeny discover them in a hidden box and discard them after the estate sale. For a while I wanted to document everything. I bought a sleek and compact Elph and thought that Eastman Kodak really hit on something big…

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