The Fish Story
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•August 2, 2023
Another Bout of Interglacial Weather; Jersey Can Be Such an Energy Mooch
Hard to believe we’ve already reached the median strip of summer. To say Summer 2023 has been hot barely cuts it when thinking in worldly terms. You’ve likely heard it was officially the hottest July…
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•July 26, 2023
Five-Turbine Trial Run Is Rhode Island Flop; Summer Bugs Having Heyday Hereabouts
This week’s turbine talk is anchored by the water-shaking news that Rhode Island has said five is enough, referring to its test of five offshore wind turbines at Block Island, which have experienced…
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•July 19, 2023
When Island’s Viewshed Royally Rocked; Put Trophy-Sized Striped Bass to Good Use
I realize that many readers of this intentionally non-prestigious column are growing weary of week-in/week-out turbine talk. But face it, the proposed builds are the biggest thing to hit our shores…
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•July 12, 2023
Tog Cheaters Get Bagged in BL; Double Whammy for Anti-Turbiners
Fish and Game Council Bureau Reports for June just arrived. One poaching bust jumps out. It was carried out by Conservation Police Officer Klitz while monitoring busy fishing activity at the South…
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•July 5, 2023
That Was Some July 4th Flash Mob; Turbine Stalagmites and LBI Tourism
How about that holiday showing of over-packed peopleness? It was like a spontaneous sun-worshiping flash mob. And no, amigo, it was not just a same old/same old July 4th. While Fourths of the past…
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•June 28, 2023
Odd Disappearance of Humpback 2; Turbines for There Could Make It to Here
How does one discreetly dispose of a washed-up, quite-deceased 20-ton humpback whale? A small, highly private town in Massachusetts likely knows, but apparently isn’t telling. I might know why.
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•June 21, 2023
Add Smoke to Haze, Hot, and Humid; BOEM Meeting Comes Off Disingenuous
The famed three H’s of summer – hazy, hot and humid – have suddenly found themselves forced into making room for … smoky.
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•June 20, 2023
Never Seen in All My Born Days; Clearing Skies Can Hurt Survival
Life experiences: those deep-seated happenings that get tattooed on the inner skin of your brain, maybe marked by the colloquial thinking “I ain’t seen nothing like that in all my born days.”
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•June 7, 2023
Close to Losing Swath of South Jersey; Turbines Offer Great Real Estate to Big Oil
That was my initial read upon seeing the recent Bass River wildfire going full bore. It burned from Thursday into Friday. Keep that time frame in mind since it roundaboutly validates the famed life…
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•May 31, 2023
Great and Not So Great Outdoors; World’s Worst Gas Accompanies Turbines
The mountain laurels are out of their bloomin’ minds, which is a wonderful thing. Sure, they always go a-blossoming right about now, but this year there must have been some sort of Red Bull rainfall.…
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•May 24, 2023
Permit Means Double Trouble for Barnegat Bay; America Failing on the Cargo Shipping Front
First, an important update on the trenching of Barnegat Bay, planned in the name of making wind power deliveries to Oyster Creek.
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•May 17, 2023
Eyeing Possible Bay Trenching Should Protests Fail; Great Visual Relief Offered By Homes on the Horizon
As an army of feisty Island folks immerse themselves in the oceanic wind turbine ruckus-upus, there is a quiet need to move up yonder in time – to check out the what-if zone.
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•May 16, 2023
Bass Keep Omega-3 in Mind; Awaiting Device to Measure Madness
I spent the better chunk of my life on the “health food” bandwagon, though falling off on many a sugary occasion.
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•May 5, 2023
Daring Deer Found Grazing the Open Dunes; Striped Bass Regs Get Even Tighter for Anglers
It didn’t come as a monumental surprise to hear that a couple explorative white-tail deer were seen pussy-hoofing around LBI. Such visitations might have taken place in the past, though I’ve never…
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•April 26, 2023
We’re Not as Hot as We Think; That Was One Big-Ass Kitty-Cat
For a fun kickoff to the column, let’s speak of body temps, something faithfully albeit spontaneously kept by all of us.
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•April 24, 2023
Secret Riders Within Wildfire Smoke; Nanocrystals That Make Humans Invisible
This week, we’re experiencing “red flag” conditions in our woodlands, with wildfire dangers way up there due to windy and dry conditions.
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•April 18, 2023
There Are Still Rentals for Those Running Late; Knowing Lane Names for Safety’s Sake
This week’s preview of summer sultriness will jack up the area’s weekend people presence – further jacked by the grown-traditional wringing out of “long weekends,” running Thursday-through-Sunday.
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•April 5, 2023
Researchers Hit on What Is Killing Whales; Ideal Time to Make Bluefish Ch’arki
Hopefully, our awful whale “unusual event” is now in better hands than mine. Five U.S. senators, including N.J.’s Cory Booker and Bob Menendez, are on the semi-cold cetacean case.
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•April 3, 2023
Tick Disease That Attacks Meat Eaters; Listeners Discover Dirt Has Much to Say
I have vivid anecdotal evidence that spring times are among the very worst tick times. In fact, throughout our mild winter, the bloodsuckers were pretty much out and a-grab nonstop.
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•March 22, 2023
The Big Return of Dogfish and Chips; Van Drew Draws in the Anti-Turbiners
This week there are mainly tids and bits to write about – along with yet another word change to pass along. Speaking of which, the seafood industry has dropped the creativity ball while trying to…
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•March 20, 2023
Wildfire Does Work of Controlled Burn; Rutgers Researchers Rally to Protect Cold Pools
The wildfire that recently blackened a goodly chunk of the Stafford Forge area, one of Ocean County’s finest natural zones, was quickly contained by the hugely underpraised N.J. Forest Fire Service.…
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•March 13, 2023
Bringing the Long-Gone Back to Here-and-Now; Early Welcome Back to Surfside Striped Bass
In real estate, it’s all about location. Ditto for daylight. This weekend, we take an hour from the start of the day and locate it at the end of the day, losing an hour’s sleep in the process, but…
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•March 1, 2023
Learning the Language of the Nonbinary Realm; Dead Whale Findings Are Being Hidden From Our Eyes
I’m dang decent at crafting words. I speak not of arranging them in a grammatically and aesthetically acceptable manner but manufacturing them out of the blue, with no expectation of acceptance or…
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•February 27, 2023
Our Winter Is Whistling Dixie; Shopping for a Mannly Lipstick
Our winter temps are heading down to South Carolina, according to a newscast meteorologist who used temperature chart averages to align this N.J. winter with climes far to our south. February is also…
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•February 20, 2023
We Must Do Our Civic Duty and Watch for UAOs; Their Bills Can Hold More Than Their Bellies Can
I’m compelled by the news of the day to reveal a revered life slogan: Never say things can’t get any weirder.
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•February 9, 2023
Getting Rid of Merciless Earworms; Colds, Viruses, Nurses and Unsliced Melons
That was a whip-fast cold snap. Saturday a.m. we were close to a real-time single-digit low and by Sunday up near 50.
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•February 5, 2023
Duck Hunters Cause a Squawk on the North End; A Shark Becomes the Most Valued Fish of All Time
I have to get some free-fire freakiness out of the way first. It comes from the North End.
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•January 29, 2023
When We’re Down to Zombies and Bug-Outs; A Meat and Potatoes Disrespect for Fish
So, whadda ya wanna talk about, as we move through the dank and dreary digestive tract of winter? There’s not much a-fish out there, though I did see some perchers atop the Mullica River and working…
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•January 18, 2023
Show Some Respect for Dearly Departed Leviathans; Keeping an Eye on Any Pandemic Trickledown Effects
Spoiler alert: This segment will likely lose me readers and might even have the men in black government Suburbans come and take me away – all over dead whales. Hey, it’s worth the sacrifice. Whales…
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•January 11, 2023
Taking Time for Pickerel on a Stick; Butting GOATs Out of Existence
Well, my Christmas vacation flu by. Sympathy and empathy to the many others who were so be-bugged for the holidays.
