It’s 9:00 a.m., more than half an hour since your last strike. Up above, the sun screams from a cloudless sky, beating down relentlessly upon on the back of your neck. In an hour, you’ll be red as a lobster, sunblock or not. “Maybe it’s time to go home and mow the lawn,” […]… Read more »

  Long-time friends Ann and Matt Martin first turned us on to fish francese years ago, passing along a recipe for chicken that they liked for fluke. My wife, Felicia, has naturally modified the original recipe over time, culminating in what may be our favorite way to enjoy the tasty summer flounder. While excellent for fluke, […]… Read more »

    Here’s a simple and quick recipe for grilling fish that are one-off from pure white flesh. Think weakfish, porgies, triggerfish, sea bass or school blues weighing less than three pounds and you’ll be in line for some delicious eating. Salmon is another great choice, especially if you’ve been lucky enough to get to Alaska and […]… Read more »

          It must have been a small down-draft that caused it to miss. Or, perhaps the small mayfly simply miscalculated. In either case, it was now precariously perched, half on, half off, a small lily pad at the edge of an open pocket. I watched it for a second or two, […]… Read more »

    With more than 1,500 miles of coastline, New York’s marine district offers tremendous opportunities for shore-based anglers to score from spring through fall with many kinds of fish including striped bass, fluke, false albacore, porgies, triggerfish and blackfish. Although much of the marine coast line is privately owned and off-limits to the general […]… Read more »

It was a perfect cast, thank you. You know the type; the one that lands right where it should; the kind you just know will force a strike. Only this cast was made late at night – 2:00 a.m. to be exact – and I knew it was spot-on from sound and feel, not from […]… Read more »

Fish tacos are a tasty treat, easy to make and adaptable to a wide variety of personal preferences. This recipe takes a healthy slant using an exciting new Moroccan super spice called cHarissa™. Organic and sugar-free, cHarissa™ has a terrific flavor that melds with fish, venison and other game without overpowering the true taste of […]… Read more »

  Where to start? That’s the question that comes into play as May appears on the calendar page. For Northeast anglers the choices are many. On the salty side, fluke are now fair game, stripers and blues are tearing into freshly arrived bunker schools and the first dinner plate-sized porgies are beginning to show. That makes it […]… Read more »