401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
It would be a brave soul contemplating a fishing trip this weekend. Mother Nature is starting to flex her muscle and there are plenty of signs that the summer is over and that winter mode will set in.
It can happen rather suddenly and considering th...
DATE: Oct 26, 2013
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Tight Lines
The rain and easterly winds that have been the hallmark of the last week or so should be telling you something. Winter is upon us. Forget autumn — the trees don’t change colour here and there aren’t delightful crisp sunny days — go to Maine or Nova S...
DATE: Oct 19, 2013
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Tight Lines
Might it be a case of ‘too little, too late’? It still is not clear how extensive it is or what the numbers are like but there are now at least some frigate mackerel on Challenger Bank. They were found late last week and since then have been the driv...
DATE: Oct 12, 2013
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Tight Lines
It is now October and as all old-timers will know, the adage “October, all over” refers to the end of the hurricane season — at least for Bermuda.
Truth to tell, while tropical activity still has more than a month ahead of it, the water around here ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2013
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Tight Lines
Done and dusted! There you have it, and that has been the season’s competitive fishing for another year. All the weights and results have been consigned to the record books and to other forms of history while the telling of tall tales will continue o...
DATE: Sep 28, 2013
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Tight Lines
What can one say? Is it possible that the perfect tournament does not exist? The tournament organisers can pick a day that is ideal in terms of calmness and sunshine. That day comes at what should be the height of the season for the selected species....
DATE: Sep 21, 2013
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Tight Lines
Okay, here we go. It is now time to fish the season’s final tournament bar a few private club events.
Apart from the organisation of the competitive season, after about mid- September, the weather settles fairly quickly into its winter pattern that ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2013
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Tight Lines
Okay, this is your last chance for the year. The last chance to win a fishing tournament, catch a wahoo, get featured in the newspaper or maybe even for you to just to go fishing.
If you have been putting off heading out on the deep blue briny since...
DATE: Sep 06, 2013
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Tight Lines
By Pickled Onion
Here we are at the last holiday weekend of the summer. All flown by too quickly with the brunt of hurricane season yet to come followed by winter’s chill.
For most anglers this is the swansong. The next couple of weekends and then ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2013
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Tight Lines
Much like the anglers themselves, the fish seem to take a break when the heat is on. And mid-August is that time of the year.
Even though the weather has been good enough to allow boats to venture offshore, the pickings have been mighty slim and thi...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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Tight Lines