401 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Tight Lines
Just what is going on out there? Here we are at the height of what should be the blue marlin season and while there are good numbers of fish and plenty of action, the majority are white marlin.
Not what we would expect. Bermuda has never really been ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2011
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Wow! It's like instant summer.
Gone is all the overcast and breeze. It is now the hot, humid and sunshiny summers that we refer to as Bermudaful days. Plenty of good reasons to either stay in the air conditioning or to head offshore in search of som...
DATE: Jul 02, 2011
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So just where are we? The summer is progressing a lot more rapidly that we would like to think and before you know it, Cup Match will be here and then it will be time for the “Back to School” sales.
This is surely what no angler has in mind but it i...
DATE: Jun 25, 2011
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Wow! Talk about timing! Just in advance of last weekend's tournaments. Certainly things could not have been better for both events even though their respective objectives were somewhat different. Add to that the fact that the weather was incredibly c...
DATE: Jun 18, 2011
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While it is fairly apparent that summer is indeed here, there have been some positive developments over the last couple of weeks. The wahoo bite continues to please and, just recently, the yellowfin have put in a serious appearance down on the Banks....
DATE: Jun 11, 2011
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Do not doubt that it is summer. The humidity is way up there, it is getting hot; the overnight low’s often more than 70 degrees and the talk is of hurricanes. Happily, the offshore temperature has not yet reached that number that seems to be the magi...
DATE: Jun 04, 2011
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Tight Lines
It is getting hot; there is little doubt that summer is upon us. The rain is all but non-existent; something our neighbours to the east wish was their plight. The winds are moderate at best and the sea temperature is well into the range preferred by ...
DATE: May 28, 2011
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Tight Lines
It’s all but official! Summer is here! The traditional start (forget the summer solstice) is on Tuesday and there will be many taking advantage of its positioning to take a four day holiday weekend. Some of these will be preoccupied with readying for...
DATE: May 21, 2011
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Tight Lines
Wow! If you thought last week’s weather was unseasonable, this past week really was a turn-up for the books. The almost wintry blasts of cold northern air brought on by gale force northwesterlies had people grabbing for winter coats, sweaters and boo...
DATE: May 15, 2011
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Tight Lines
Most unseasonal. The weather, this week, that is. Absolutely glorious days gave way to the domination of moderate northerly winds, lower temperatures and the threat of rain. Not that much of the latter materialised.
Reports from the commercial and ch...
DATE: May 07, 2011
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