Watch and learn: Know your commercial fishermen
April 30, 2015
I’ve always liked the saying that fishermen were the original conservationists — folks whose intimate connections to the lay of the stones, the reefs, the
I’ve always liked the saying that fishermen were the original conservationists — folks whose intimate connections to the lay of the stones, the reefs, the
We Americans have what we see as a long set of traditions — cultural, ecological and, of course, economic — with codfish. It was the
Among the many reasons I take up the rod and reel, foremost could be the satisfaction of feeding myself, my family and friends the world-class
I have hooked, fought, boated, beached, gaffed, unhooked, revived, released, bled, filleted, skinned, gutted, scaled, weighed, photographed, iced, toted, sorted, netted, stacked or otherwise handled
The fish is there — it’s there! — and you just know it’s a good one. Maybe the best you’ve ever seen. You’ve finally put
As I brace my knees against the transom and adjust the “drop” between my rod tip and the little whip eel, I scrutinize the plot
If there is one recipe that reliably yields top-flight fishermen — in terms of basic human traits, talents, root skills — I’m reasonably certain that
Five years ago, give or take, when the first rounds of known striper strongholds began to dry up in the Northeast — spots on Cape
Outside the charter fleet, where rigid schedules and the need to catch on command force captains to lean on high-percentage methods, you won’t find many
It was almost two years ago — Sunday, June 10, 2012, late afternoon — when I wrapped up my last professional turn on a charter
In a striking black-and-white photo essay,
Onne van der Wal captures the craftsmanship and
heritage that define the maritime Northeast.
A community sailing center in Massachusetts is building the next generation of offshore racers—one passage at a time.
Back in 1990, I was fresh out of a gap year following high school, bouncing from friend’s couch to friend’s couch and desperately in need
The Amesbury Skiff descends from a design that shaped New England working boats for 200 years
Boat propulsion often starts life as a terrestrial engine. Giving it sea legs is more complex than you might think
Artist Nancy Tankersley captures scenes of busy watermen in the Chesapeake.
A professional mariner prepares his Hans Christian 34 for this epic competition.
A new USCG-approved buoyancy aid offers saltwater anglers more comfort and mobility—but it’s built for calm, protected waters, not offshore runs.
This couple says their Grand Banks 46 Classic Good Enough turned out to be everything its name promised, and then some.
Chanticleer, a 108-foot Burger motoryacht, brings a remarkable slice of American yachting history to Watch Hill, Rhode Island.
