Features
How and Why: Changing Beaches
Some valuable insight into the dynamics that cause both subtle and dramatic changes to our Island’s shorelines.
In Review: 2018 Offshore Season
The Fisherman’s Offshore Report columnist looks back at some of the high points of the 2018 offshore season.
Kettle Hole Lakes: Made for Jigs
Become proficient at fishing jigs and you can pull bass from the Island’s kettle hole lakes all season long.
Stinger Hooks: Stick a Fluke
Adding a stinger hook to your jigs this season will put an end to short striking fluke.
Finding Your Rhythm
Changing your normal approach to the fishing game can sometimes make a big difference in the outcome of your next fishing trip.
Rodcraft: Build a Rail Rod
A West-Coast rod style finds its home with Northeast party boat tuna fishermen.
2019 Marine Electronics Buyers’ Guide
This is definitely the golden age for marine electronics and it gets better every year. This year is no exception.
Plug Building: The Fishmaster Flaptail
Resurrect this striper catching classic for some heart-stopping surface strikes this season.
Profiling the Atlantic Cod
The Winter King has influenced history, politics and economics for the better part of five centuries.
How-to: Build Your Own Bait Pen
Maintaining a healthy supply of live baits can be a game changer when targeting some of our most prized inshore and offshore species.
More In This Issue
The Wreck of the DH Ingraham
In 1871 the U.S. government officially formed the Life-Saving Service and placed its administration into the capable hands of a man named Sumner Increase Kimball and a host of lighthouse keepers and “surfmen” along the coastal United States.
Bug Light
For more than 135 years The Long Beach Bar Lighthouse, better known as Bug Light has steered sailors to safety from its location between Orient Harbor and Gardiner’s Bay, welcoming them to the protected waters of Peconic Bay.
