401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
With darkness coming a lot earlier than it did just a few days ago and that distinctive feel in the air that some of the more thin-blooded refer to as chilly, almost everyone is moving into their winter mode.
Throw in the aftermath of last month’s t...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Well, it looks like this year’s angling has come to an abrupt end. Whatever ideas Tropical Storm (and then some) Fay failed to knock out of people’s heads, the build-up to, and the subsequent fury of, Hurricane Gonzalo put them firmly to rest.
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DATE: Oct 25, 2014
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It looks like the 2014 season has come to a very sudden end indeed. So sudden that it has come as a surprise to many operators, with the commercial men very glad that they have the lobster fishery to fall back on. Not that that is all that great at t...
DATE: Oct 11, 2014
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It rather looks like a sudden movement from the sublime to the ridiculous has heralded the swan song to this year’s angling season.
Put in realistic terms, a commercial boat goes out one day and scores a dozen or more prime wahoo, only to return to t...
DATE: Oct 04, 2014
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At the risk of putting one’s mouth on it, the adage of “October, all over” comes to mind.
While there have been hurricanes in the Bermuda area during that month, certainly the most memorable cyclones of recent years, Emily and Fabian, took place in S...
DATE: Sep 27, 2014
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Tight Lines
It is becoming apparent that the angling season is coming to a close. Not the fishing season — that still has some weeks to run before it too becomes stymied as the winter gales take their toll on fishable days and the falling temperatures convince t...
DATE: Sep 20, 2014
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Tight Lines
How do you judge the success of a tournament? Is it the size of the fish? The success rate? The winners? The losers? The weather conditions? No matter which criteria you might want to use, it is pretty hard to call this year’s Royal Gazette Wahoo Tou...
DATE: Sep 13, 2014
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Tight Lines
September, start of lobster season and final month of the angling calendar, to all intents and purposes, is already here!
It hardly seems possible that so much time has flown by and now, with a mediocre year behind us, comes the expectation of a fina...
DATE: Sep 06, 2014
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Tight Lines
Rain, rain and more rain! All that should have given us some sympathy for Noah, but then throw in a midweek blow and the fishing scene has had little to offer this past week or so. Even the commercial fleet has been hampered by these unseasonable co...
DATE: Aug 30, 2014
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Tight Lines
This is ridiculous! Here it is the hottest month of the year, when the fishing should be approaching its best and the sea conditions about as welcoming as they ever are and what is happening — pretty much nothing!
In the normal scheme of things, Augu...
DATE: Aug 23, 2014
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