The Fish Story
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•November 8, 2012
I Want to Be a Doomsdayist; Classic Takes a Dousing
During the electric-less periods of the Sandy aftermath, I was semi-jokingly asking, “What would the doomsdayists do right now?”
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•November 4, 2012
Day 7: Ghost of the Shack Says It All
The Shack is gone but its ghost – and pilings – linger.
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•November 2, 2012
Sandy Boggles the Mind: Notes From the Front Lines
What an odd contraption the mind can be. As I fought legitimate hurricane-force winds during an into-the-gusts, 1.5-mile hike between Ship Bottom and Surf City (see related video at…
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•October 25, 2012
A Hellhole Grows in Holgate; The Tale Behind a 48-Pounder
A HOLE GROWS IN HOLGATE: And a huge bugger of a hole it was – and cosmically sudden. I, for one, had never seen the likes and was tickled pink – whatever the hell that means nowadays. (Wink/wink…
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•October 18, 2012
Asian Carp Reduced to Pellet Size; Look, a Mola-Mola in the Backyard
A very specialized fish-processing factory is about to fire up in Grafton, Illinois. It might fall into the hitherto unknown category, “If you can’t eat ’em, join ’em.”
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•October 11, 2012
Boom Goes the Bass Baits; Bluefish Says, ‘Let It Bleed’
Mornings have felt 40s for air temps. They’ve had the feel and smell of fall – that odd combination of fresh, pinelands fragrances and the far more distant, but discernable odor of industrial smells…
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•October 4, 2012
Cougars Sniffing Around 55 and Older; Resurrecting Chinese Cricket Fighting
Not only is fall in the air but so, apparently, are bounding cougars.
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•September 26, 2012
Huge Spiders Are Our Friends; Surf Users Need to Play Nice
As if this summer hasn’t already shown us some huge hatches of insects, good and bad, we’re seeing an amazing showing of orb-weaver spiders, along with the related garden spiders.
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•September 20, 2012
A Glacier Grows in Manhattan; The Fall Attack of Surfcasters
I don’t know if I suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder or luxuriate in it. There’s something oddly soothing about moving onto the next subject while the one I’m on is still in the midst of…
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•September 13, 2012
Why You’re Not Yet a Millionaire; Buggying Could Use a Slow Start
I just have to share this landlocked news tidbit from the Land Down Under. And it should definitely get down under the skin of any and all hardworking folks.
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•September 6, 2012
She’s a Crazy-Fast Curlew; Shrimping-based Massacres
It’s time to ready for the next phase of Island driving: skillfully negotiating the roads amid school buses, and high schoolers toting newly acquired driving privileges.
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•August 30, 2012
A Sad Delay for Holgate Reopening; Sailing Off After a Bash-and-Run
It’s Labor Day and although labors never end here in the newspaper business, they do take on a slightly better attitude as the Island drains a bit.
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•August 23, 2012
A Hankerin’ for Holgate; Sharks Every Whichaway
No sooner do we put out one SandPaper than you folks expect another one. I should have gotten into a career of, say, statue building. “There. Done. Call me in a hundred years or so.”
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•August 16, 2012
Eel-a-Meal Is Too Hot in Japan; The Shack Gets Its 15 of Fame
TORRID EEL APPEAL: The appeal of eel meat in Japan has turned the life and times of our American eel into hell on Asian-made wheels. The demands for eel meat in downtown Tokyo alone are enough to…
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•August 9, 2012
Here a Rescue, There a Rescue; GinTack-Sharp Chinese Poachers
I want all y’all to stop what you’re doing and issue a big round of applause for the job our police departments, rescue squads, fire companies and first-responders are doing this summer.
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•August 2, 2012
I Got Me a Fulgurite; Sharks Out the Wazoo
I used to be good in the heat, living in the tropics and all. I burnt out, however, used up whatever heat-resistance essence I had within. Now, I luxuriate in AC, be it home, office or, more…
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•July 26, 2012
Splattered Sadness on the Road Ahead; From Monkeys to Bioengineered Jellies
Alert: Make sure to follow this week’s White Marlin Invitational Tournament by going to www.thewmit.com/. I’ll be doing write-ups there and live cams will be working.
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•July 18, 2012
Our New Causeway Approacheth; The Angling Beat Passed Onward
Boy do I have a ton of subject matter this week. I know some folks hate when this column gets long – and I respect that. And to those folks I say, “Your mother wears combat boots.”
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•July 12, 2012
Running Into a Crazed Crosser; Sharking Still a Sizzling Bite
Before this column goes one inch farther, I need all you big game offshore fishing aficionados to get up off your procrastinating butt cheeks and register for our Island’s big game claim to fame: the…
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•July 5, 2012
Does Anyone Speak Husqvarnan?The Wildest of Invasive Species
Well, there’s no longer any doubt that our weather has assumed a full-blown freak mode. And it could very well keep its freak on until the fall running of the mullet. In just one week, and excluding…
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•June 27, 2012
Off to a Booming Start; A Porch Fox Mystery
Boy, is this going to be a boring column. I have all this bloody fishing, weather and wildlife stuff taking up the space where perfectly good minutiae could reign supreme. Oh well, maybe next week I…
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•June 20, 2012
Tsunamis Seldom Sleep; Feed All the Wildlife
This column is a tad a-kilter due to my inability to get online at deadline time, midday Tuesday. Comcast’s fiber optic cable to LBI was gnawed clean through by either Godzilla or Big Foot, depending…
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•June 14, 2012
New ‘Joisey’ Turns Sexy; Drones Are Watching Us
Oddly enough, I have some less-than-fishy things to write about, though fluking has taken off in a big way. See “Rundown” way below.
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•June 7, 2012
Tarpon Takes Off With a Hand; It’s Getting Gnasty Out There
GIVE THAT TARPON A HAND: I had a few folks e-mail the down-south psuedo-catastrophe story of the fellow fighting a monster tarpon during a tournament in Florida and having his hand ripped clean off –…
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•May 31, 2012
They’re Having One ‘H’ of a Time
I’m glad to see all y’all made it down for the holiday weekend – and apparently all y’all’s friends, relatives and distant in-laws made it down to boot.
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•May 24, 2012
Gathered Hoarders in the Cross-Hairs; Jeremy Bank Fishes Bull Sharks
I really should concentrate purely on fishing for this holiday weekend’s column.
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•May 16, 2012
Neighborly Fears and Lactating
I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE UP TO: Life is always throwing clandestine profundities at me. Perfect example: Driving up Route 9 over the weekend, I eyed a billboard advertising the New Jersey Lottery. Taking…
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•May 9, 2012
I Was Once an American Angler
Well, it seems I’m no longer a full-blown fellow American, despite my devout, Taliban-targeting, gun-totting, ground-worshipping, Born in the U.S.A. nationalism. In fact, it seems I’m attached to the…
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•May 3, 2012
Hard to Find Lawyers, Eating Dogs and Smooth Asphalt History
HERE I AM!: I was looking at a list of the most laughably ludicrous, outdoors stories in recent years. I just have to pass on the winner, and a lawyer joke to boot.
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•April 26, 2012
The Wicked Wisteria and the Wicked Tuna All Wrapped
I’m groggy as I write this column (Tuesday a.m.). I had a seriously punctuated sleep session last night. Wild west winds were partying like a buncha drunken spring breakers; kicking stuff around my…
