401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Oh, it is all starting to happen now. The commercial fleet has made the transition from lobster to fin fish and even the charter industry is starting to get a bit of work, so the results are starting to stack up.
This means that the offshore waters a...
DATE: Apr 16, 2016
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Tight Lines
Well, you were told. Every year the procrastinators leave everything to the last minute, with the worst of these waiting for the family to get on their case just before May 24.
The upshot of this is that most of the amateurs miss out on the spring wa...
DATE: Apr 09, 2016
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Tight Lines
Okay, time to get serious. Lobster season is over, the traps all stowed away until September and the entire fleet is now looking to the blue water for a summer’s worth of profit, sport or a combination of the two.
The weather earlier in the week left...
DATE: Apr 02, 2016
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Tight Lines
March is very nearly a thing of the past and the weather is showing signs of turning from winter, if not into summer, certainly spring.
Coming with this is, finally, some improved offshore action. Effort is still way off but with the lobster season e...
DATE: Mar 26, 2016
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Tight Lines
There are some signs of life offshore, even though there is still very little effort going into working the deep blue.
With next week a short one for most people with the one holiday that actually discourages fishing occurring on Friday, and the res...
DATE: Mar 19, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Some gorgeous spring days are slipping into the otherwise inclement weather that dominates this time of the year.
Although these occasions are eminently fishable, most weekenders are simply not prepared or are in the process of getting their vessels...
DATE: Mar 12, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
The year progresses onward and with it the seasons. While for the most part March has entered like a lamb, there are indications that in fact it might just be a snoring lion with some roaring soon to come. We shall see.
On the occasional recent good ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
Despite some calm days this past week, the fishing effort has been pretty limited. Lobster gear seems to be the number one priority and a few boats have put in some time drifting for bottom fish.
The handful of wahoo and tuna that have been caught a...
DATE: Feb 27, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
As must be clear to even the least observant landlubber there has been no sports fishing during this last little bit.
Even the commercial effort is down about as low as it ever goes and with little encouraging information coming ashore, the weeke...
DATE: Feb 20, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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Tight Lines
With blows like the ones we have had in the past few days, and the reports of even worse seafaring along the East Coast of the United States, local fishing scene has approached its absolute depths of any season.
Only a very few commercial operators a...
DATE: Feb 13, 2016
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
