On The Water

BOATING SAFETY AND PROCEDURE
Being on the water is no different than being on a backpacking trip into the wilderness, both places are remote, wild, and indifferent to your well being. While modern water craft are highly sophticated with electronic navigation and communication equipment they can lead to a false sense of security and it is [...]

Vacation Get Aways

FAVORITE GETAWAY DESTINATIONS
CHAPPAQUIDDICK ISLAND
for those of you that want a getaway that’s a little exotic and out of the way, but still within new England, set your sights on the Wasque reservation on the island of Chappaquiddick. This tiny sliver of sand and surf is located just to the east of Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard, [...]

Big day on the campaign trail

Campaign day and a make or break day for Hillary Clinton.
See how your favorite candidate stacks up on voting records and views.
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Mike Huckabee
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Venison meatballs sausage and mushrooms and a special note on wild mushrooms

I like to combine ground pork and venison for moisture. In a large bowl I mix the meat then add herbs and spices, Here I’ve used fresh rosemary, sage, sea salt, fresh pepper, finely chopped onion, garlic and sweet red bell pepper. I tossed in a handful of fresh grated bread crumbs, a couple shakes [...]

Winter boat care

WINTER BOAT CARE
The first winter preparation for boat owners start with getting the vessel ready for hauling and storage. This will differ with the size of your boat, but preparation is mostly common sense and good house keeping. Start by removing all and any equipment such as fishing gear, personal belongings, deck brushes, buckets, and [...]

Dogfish problems

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?
I would like to talk and express some observations about a  subject that is on quite a few peoples minds around the seacoast. This being the out of control spiny dogfish population that is seemingly present from the Carolinas all the way to Iceland and more than 60 miles offshore. These [...]

Whales

WHALES TALES
During the mid-summer months when the fish head out to the deeper and cooler waters far off-shore fishing can become a little slow. Although I’ll never pass up a chance to get the charter some good looks at a whale or dolphins, it’s during these lean times I keep an extra close watch for [...]

New Hampshire seacoast

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SEACOAST
A sportsmen dream, a family delight
“ The sea is the strangest pond I ever saw. What sport doth yield a more pleasant content and less hurt and change than angeling with a hook, and crossing the sweet air from isle to isle over the silent streams of a calm sea?”
Capt John Smith [...]

Summers end

SEASONS END
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
(The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes.)
I love the Fall, always have and always will. Everything in the ocean, on the marshes, and in the woods is in full swing. The migratory fish, the tunas, the stripers, bluefish [...]