In todays realm of high tech, high price marine electronics, one can easily get entangled in all the hype about machines that promise everything including the kitchen sink...but fall short of good ol' common sense and being able to "read" bottom and understand / interpret what they are looking at on the screen. In our day and age of "Chirp" sonars and 3G & 4G products, I Pads, I Phone compatibility, etc, etc...its the fisherman themselves who are now the prey and not the pre

The above pics were all taken this morning as I made my rounds in the sub zero weather. Block Island was shrouded in a mysterious layer of "sea smoke", not something you see too often. Even the fleet was "iced-in" at the docks including yours truly. This certainly reminded me of last February, however, despite this bone chilling cold snap, we are not going to have a repeat of last winter. On Tuesday the temps are forecast to be in the 50's which seems almost unbelievable

As I sit here looking out my window at the falling snow, I think about last year and can only hope this February is not going to be a repeat performance...so far we are not off to a very good start. My good friend and customer "Sal from Ct" gave me a call this afternoon to ask me when I am going to start running trips? A great question considering that we are in the middle of a snowstorm....I answered Sal quickly and told him I would call him when the first fish (fluke, sea