I try and bleed all the fish that I take home with me. I think the bleeding makes the meat cleaner--both when you go to fillet the fish and when you cook it. It's a quick ritual that I do on the deck of my boat, a few seconds with a knife. The trick to bleeding is …
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After Hurricane Sandy. Sam and I go looking for things.
After searching the Town Beach in Narragansett (with what seemed like hundreds of other people) for any storm-tossed treasures, and finding only a surf clam shell, my stepson, Sam, and I decided to go for higher ground and find a place no other beachcombers had …
Quick notes from my first fish spotting flight.
Wayne Davis' spotter plane. Bare-bones, old-school. No steering wheel (he drives with a stick), 2 tiny seats, one in front of the other. Single prop. There was no flight attendant, no drink service, and no bathroom. We were in the air for 6 hours. Wayne's mission …
The sturgeon list.
The Atlantic sturgeon was recently listed under the Endangered Species Act. This hasn’t been creating much news--the Internet oddly silent. Atlantic sturgeon, like salmon and striped bass, live at sea but spawn in freshwater rivers. The species has been in …
sacrifice
I’ve had time to review the moment and I still don’t know what it is I’ve learned. Something lost. A fishing rod, the best I’ve ever owned. I broke it Christmas Eve morning, 2011. A day cold enough that without gloves on you would’ve lost your hands. We …
Make It Simple, Make it Work
Originally published in The Fisherman Magazine, NE Edition: Issue #7, February 17, 2011 By John P. Lee I once had a run-in with a tackle store owner. In the end, it did me some good, got my little head moving in the right direction. No doubt, I’d …
