07.06.2021 Around the Island Mashomack Musings: Tracking menhaden As offshore waters slowly warm with the seasons, many fish return to our estuaries and bays. One iconic fish, the Atlantic menhaden, sometimes called bunker, has made a recent...
08.09.2020 Around the Island Mashomack Musings: A whale of a fish story Are there whales and dolphins around Long Island? Yes! Whales have been locally important for centuries. The Shinnecocks and Montauketts plied the near-shore waters for right whales. Sag Harbor...
10.02.2019 News Maiden voyage of the Menhaden Daylight dimmed in the west, as the lights of the North Ferry Company’s newest boat, Menhaden, appeared in the east on Sept. 25, steaming past Bug Light.
06.04.2019 Sports Fish On: Battling the really big ones I couldn’t get my boat out for at least a week due to waves that kept insisting on coming over the gunwales. On May 30, I finally caught a...
05.07.2018 Sports Fish On: Patience is a virtue Fish On has just returned from Florida where we enjoyed the best winter weather in years. And the worst fishing. Hurricane Irma did a job on the southwest coast...