401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
No doubt that the temperature is high, and it is a hot, dry summer by any account and the fishing is that spotty sort that suggests that even the fish are feeling the heat.
Certainly, the calm seas and searing sun are enough to give most casual angl...
DATE: Aug 08, 2020
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Tight Lines
Midway through a long holiday weekend for most with many finding their way onto the water.
Just what might be expected of an island population where no one can be more than about a half mile or 2,600 feet from the ocean.
Throw in a hefty dose of th...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Tight Lines
The illusion that this was a cooler summer than others has been pretty firmly knocked out of people’s heads with the warm weather and amazingly calm conditions of the past couple of weeks.
Those who follow the tropical weather scene will also have...
DATE: Jul 25, 2020
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Tight Lines
Now I know how Rip Van Winkle felt when he woke up.
Just on the verge of a promising looking fishing season and, BANG, out of a fairly clear blue sky comes the pandemic that has kicked more things into touch than any of us could have imagined.
Here...
DATE: Jul 18, 2020
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Tight Lines
It is almost over. Again. One would have to be oblivious to the decorations in the shops and on the streets that not just the fishing season, but the year is drawing to a close.
The passage of cold fronts, lowered temperatures and drearier days accen...
DATE: Nov 09, 2019
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Tight Lines
Time is running out unless you want to spend the next four or five months watching the weather and hoping for the odd, very odd, weekend that will not only be fishable, but will have the fish in a co-operative mood.
Winter fishing is very different ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2019
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Tight Lines
If the proliferation of witches, ghosts and pumpkins hasn’t given it away yet, then you may just start to come to the realisation that the angling season is slowly, but very surely, coming to an end.
Although back in the olden days when the tourism-o...
DATE: Oct 26, 2019
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Tight Lines
Finally! They say that all good things come to those who wait but this year’s Royal Gazette Wahoo Tournament kept a lot of people waiting for a very long time – five weeks to be precise.
Everything came right in the end, though. Sunday was a calm, su...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019
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Tight Lines
Another weekend beckons and the question in every angler’s mind is whether or not the weather will allow for fishing.
Certainly, the last few have not and it is getting rather late in the year to even be considering an offshore excursion.
In fact, m...
DATE: Oct 12, 2019
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Tight Lines
Last Sunday sure wasn’t a day for wahoo fishing; especially not in a small boat!
Conditions saw the Royal Gazette Wahoo Tournament postponed yet again with a small craft warning keeping much of the fleet at home.
Leaving that aside, it really looks...
DATE: Oct 05, 2019
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Tight Lines
