Editor’s Log: Tackle Shop Or Cart Checkout?
There’s a moment every angler faces before the season hits full tilt – usually sometime in May or early June…
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Editor’s Log: Wind, Foxes & Rats
On May 1, piledriving was set to begin at the Empire Wind 1 lease area just 16.9 nautical miles east…
Editor’s Log: Requiem for a Friend
We all have moments in our journey where life ‘starts over’ – new jobs, new places. When I left home,…
Editor’s Log: Give Someone Their First Fish This June
There’s something sacred about a rising sun over the inlet, a fresh spool of braid singing through the guides, and…
Editors Log: Striperquest ‘25
This season marks 35 years since catching my first “targeted” striped bass along the beaches of Long Beach Island. It…
Editor’s Log: Blue Light Special
Last night I walked outside at about 7 p.m. Feeling the warmth and stillness of that late-April evening, I decided…
Editor’s Log: Fluke Season Reopens In New York Waters
The reopening of fluke season each spring stirs a familiar rhythm along the shorelines of New York. From east-end harbors…
Editor’s Log: Don’t Forget About Me!
The week of April 14th was a busy one in the White House for coastal fishing interests. First came the…
Editor’s Log: Kid’s Fishing Day
When I spoke to John at the Goose Hummock Shop in early April and expressed that both I and advertising…
Editor’s Log: Recurring Trouble At Jones
Every boating season, Jones Inlet stands as both a lifeline and a hazard. For thousands of boaters in the western…
Editor’s Log: The Float Plan
On the afternoon of April 9, 72-year-old John Mazzi went clamming on Barnegat Bay. At approximately 10 p.m. that evening,…
Editor’s Log: And It All Changes…
I haven’t tried to be ‘the guy’ that catches the first fresh-run striper in my local area for a long…
Editor’s Log: Offshore Wind Hits The Rocks
By now, you’ve probably seen the headlines: the Trump administration has pulled the plug – at least temporarily – on…
Guest Editor’s Log: The Manhattan Cup
If you haven’t caught your first striper of the year, I’m sure it will be any day now. I’m thrilled…
Editor’s Log: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
Massachusetts has been busy over the last month, making some new rules that will affect many of us. I’m fine…
Editor’s Log: Sand For Sale!
In a 2017 magazine article in The New Yorker titled “The World Is Running Out of Sand” author David Owen…