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The Problem With Fishing In November

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Train Beer Redux

Some days you need the big guns.

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VIDEO: False Albacore

Some shaky footage from fishing for false albacore last week. [UPDATE: Reloaded the video after trying to take some of the shakiness out. It was making me sick.] [NOTE: For everyone asking, the rod is a Helios prototype, which is … Continue reading

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Albie Puke

Match the hatch.

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NEW YORK: False Albacore Arrive…

…Faith in humanity, restored.

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Riderless

Ghost Board

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LONG ISLAND: B-List Hatchery Blowout

The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery, the place responsible for introducing brown trout to the U.S., celebrated its 125th Anniversary this weekend. To celebrate, they threw a party and invited Joyce Dewitt, Erik Estrada, and Adam West. I’d give up … Continue reading

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Big Monday*

I am covered in jelly fish stings and sea lice bites, but yesterday made it all worth it. I won’t pretend to be a great surfer, or even a good one, but–after a 20-year absence–I bought a board at the … Continue reading

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Get the Harpoon…..

…There’s a manatee in Stony Brook.*     *[Editor's Note: Chill out, angry Vegans, it's a joke.]

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BOOKS: Men’s Lives

Reading Peter Matthiessen’s book from 1986 on the lost way of life of Long Island’s south shore surfmen and baymen. I’m a huge fan of Matthiessen’s trilogy of historical novels on frontier Florida, particularly Killing Mr. Watson and Bone by … Continue reading

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