New England monkfish--it's an export market. A small amount does stay domestic, you'd think it'd be more, monkfish are delicious: broiled, baked, or grilled. But the American palate for seafood is hard to describe. I call it safe, predictable, boneless, filleted. …
Fishing
A friend hip-deep in Alaskan pollock.
Here are some photos from Jake Everich, a friend of mine who fished in Rhode Island, but is now fishing in Alaska. In the photos below, he's the one facing the camera. They're pollock fishing. I don't know much about Alaskan pollock, but I do know that it's very …
FISHING IS
The beauty of it is how alone you can be. All you often see are hoods, backs, oil jackets. Days of this, hours. You can be so inside your own head, thinking every little bit of your life through, to the tiniest detail. Yet at the end of the trip you have no …
A Lobsterboat with some rope in the wheel.
The fear came on as I stood there, a knife in my hand, a tank on my back. The boat drifted with the engine off. We had rope in the wheel. Someone needed to get in the water, cut it out. Breathe like you normally would. In fear situations you never want your …
Pair Trawling in Rhode Island waters: is it worth it?
The pair-trawl fleet’s here, been here since early December. Many of the boats—about six total—hail from Maine and Massachusetts. These are big vessels. That’s what has drawn the attention. You come to the shore expecting to see an idyllic scene: a …
From Alaska.
A friend of mine, Jake Everich, sent me these photos that he took over the summer. All the shots are from Alaska. I don't know where. Jake used to fish out of Point Judith, Rhode Island. He's from Rhode Island. But Alaska has taken him--another New Englander gone to …
