Posts by Jimmy Fee
June 06, 2011
“Weird” Local Fish
Below is a picture of a juvenile barrelfish I caught in the Cape Cod Canal last summer. It was hanging under the docks at the Sandwich marina, at first I thought it was a small harbor pollock. It charged my jig three times before eating it, and after a quick fight, I grabbed it … Read More
June 02, 2011
He’s Back…
Straight from Facebook:
June 02, 2011
New Jersey Beach Access in Peril
The NJ DEP has proposed new procedures involving beach access that would let individual towns determine their own beach access plans. In the past, the state regulated access, requiring 24/7 beach access and a specific number of bathrooms for each town’s beaches in order for the town to qualify for beach replenishment funding. The threat … Read More
May 31, 2011
Drum Roll Please
OTW Publisher Chris Megan and OTW TV Cameraman/producer extraordinaire Matt Rissell joined Captain Bob Cope of Full Ahead Sportfishing for an evening of drum fishing in Delaware Bay during the May full moon. I asked Matt to write up a guest post about their trip and he was kind enough to oblige We finally made … Read More
May 26, 2011
Unconventional Stripping Basket Use
I’m pretty sure my actions at Falmouth Bait and Tackle yesterday were a mortal sin against the fly fishing gods.
May 24, 2011
Lightning Encounter (Update)
After a little more searching following my rod-buzzing lightning encounter last week, I found some pictures of fishing rods that had been struck by lightning. Pretty wild. Looks like I was a couple minutes away from having my 11-foot Lamiglas turned into a custom feather duster with orange wraps.
May 23, 2011
Vineyard Weakfish
Got an email over the weekend from OTW Subscriber Don Lynch that read: Hey Jim just wanted to let you know that the weakfish are around! On the very first cast I hooked into a fish and when landed discovered that it was a 24 1/2″ 3+ lb Weakfish! woot! ive included a couple pics … Read More
May 20, 2011
StructureScan for the Surfcaster
I very rarely get the opportunity to target striped bass from a boat, so when Lowrance Pro Staff member Captain Jimmy Auld invited me out to fish light tackle for schoolie bass as well as check out the Lowrance StructureScan and SideScan in action, I jumped at the opportunity. At the launch, we were met … Read More
May 19, 2011
Lightning
I’ve never been too rattled by lightning, in fact, on occasion, I welcome it for its ability to clear out otherwise crowded fishing areas. This isn’t to say I haven’t been too cavalier (read: stupid) about lightning safety in the past. I recall one June night where I spent the better part of an hour … Read More
May 12, 2011
We Think We’ve Got it Bad…
Surfcasters, especially on the Cape know how detrimental seals can be to fishing. Any angler who’s spent enough time fishing the beaches of Chatham, Nantucket and Race Point has had an encounter with a gray seal that has decided he’d like to take a few bites out of your hooked striper. One of the striper-stealing … Read More
March 28, 2011
Realtime Opening Trout Day Coverage
The Post Standard, a Syracuse, New York newspaper, is looking for anglers to Tweet fishing reports from streams throughout central New York on Opening Trout Day, this Friday, April 1. Anglers who agree will have their Twitter reports fed directly into the Post Standard’s Outdoors Blog for all to see. Seems like a pretty cool … Read More
January 28, 2011
Getting the Gear
In the Restoration Files: Part II, featured in the February Issue of On The Water Magazine, you’ll read how Neal Larsson decided on which items would make the Black Watch one of the baddest fishing vessels in the Northeast. After discussing our project with companies such as Bose, Clarion, ITT/Jabsco and ShadowCaster, they helped us … Read More
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