A recent trip to the Bahamas with the family, the island of Eleuthera, the one shaped like an eel with a slight bend or crook in its middle, just east of Nassau. Felt good to get away from Rhode Island. We packed light, no checked bags, so I was limited in what I …
Point Judith Butterfish
A butterfish on deck in a tote with ice, slushed down in sea water--it's almost heaven. White flesh full of fat, the good sea fat not the potato chip kind. They've got beautiful silver bodies, flattened like a frisbee, tiny scales. And the fish are nearly …
A brief herring video
I'm exploring video as another way to communicate what is going on both on and off the water. …
Photos: Fishing for Rhode Island native brook trout
My friends brought me in to a stream that was good for native brook trout. "Keep this place quiet," they said. We hiked a trail through the woods. Pines trees rose like toothpicks from the ground. Owl country. The west wind shook the trees. At the stream, cold and …
Photos of Rhode Island Atlantic herring
The herring's definition, the scales, are everywhere--on the fisherman's boots, the shovels and brooms, the edges of wood and steel. The herring's definition is on the nets, the wires, the working rigging of the boat. Go ask a herring fishermen, "Do you taste the …
Photos: Ground Fishing off Block Island
Here some photos from a recent fishing trip I went on. I just tagged along, went for a boat ride. It's something I feel the need to do every once in a while. Mix it up. Brian Loftes, owner and captain of the 65-foot Evan Christine took me out. It was a day trip, …
