This catfish is about 15 inches. I caught it with a piece of thawed-out herring rather than fresh bunker.
I threw it back.
I believe that the rickety picnic table was left by local teens who saw me fish several weeks ago.
This blog records my fishing exploits.
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"Mr. Gant, as you would be aware, I am not interested in the life of one rogue pilot with a poor health record."--The First Secretary, Firefox (1982)
"I played them all the old songs
I thought that's why they came
But no one heard the music
I didn't look the same"--Rick Nelson ("Garden Party")
I thought that's why they came
But no one heard the music
I didn't look the same"--Rick Nelson ("Garden Party")
"The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal."
--C. S. Lewis, Shadowlands (1993)
--C. S. Lewis, Shadowlands (1993)
"I want sleep, not followers!"--Dimitri Cavalli
"Dimitri Cavalli ponders his fate as he looks at the world for the last time and sees only darkness. But in that darkness, fate moves its huge hand."--The Deep-Voiced Narrator
Links of Interest
- Jack's Bait and Tackle (City Island, NY)
- Hudson Park Bait and Tackle (New Rochelle, New York)
- Westchester Fishing
- Nor'east Saltwater Magazine
- In-Fisherman's Solunar Calendar
- Fletcher's Boathouse (Washington, D.C.)
- Cabelas
- Field & Stream
- NYS DEC Fishing Information
- Guide to Fishing for Striped Bass in the Hudson River
- New York Bass
- Weather Channel
- Georgetown Tobacco Shop (Washington, D.C.)
- Port Chester Beer (Port Chester, New York)
- Theakston's Old Peculier
- New York Yankees
- New York Islanders
Labels
- No Luck (37)
- Caught Something (23)
- Hudson Park (New Rochelle) (20)
- Hudson River (Riverdale) (16)
- striped bass (15)
- Hudson River (Dobbs Ferry) (14)
- Man Called Horse (14)
- Kensico Reservoir (Westchester County) (12)
- perch (9)
- Five Islands Park (New Rochelle) (7)
- Hudson River (Alpine NJ) (5)
- Winter Break (5)
- solunar calendar (4)
- August Fish (3)
- bait (3)
- bait shop (3)
- crab (3)
- sunset (3)
- Croton Point Park Disaster of 2009 (2)
- Disabled List (2)
- Kensico Dam (Westchester County) (2)
- Sailboat (2)
- catfish (2)
- eel (2)
- film reference (2)
- flounder (2)
- Alpine Disaster of 2014 (1)
- Ben Johnson (1)
- Changing Weather (1)
- Croton Point Park (Croton-on-Hudson NY) (1)
- Erin Ehlers (1)
- Fleet Week (1)
- Fletcher's Boathouse (Washington D.C.) (1)
- Fog (1)
- George Washington Bridge (1)
- Hudson River (1)
- Hudson River (Ross Dock NJ) (1)
- In-Fisherman magazine (1)
- Lost My Rod (1)
- Mamaroneck Harbor (1)
- Marty Robbins (1)
- Nor'east Saltwater magazine (1)
- Nor'easter (1)
- Potomac River (1)
- Ross Dock Disaster of 2013 (1)
- Sam the Lion (1)
- Social Aspect of Fishing (1)
- Tappan Zee Bridge (1)
- The Fisherman magazine (1)
- The Last Picture Show (1971) (1)
- The One That Got Away (1)
- The Streets of Laredo (1)
- carp (1)
- deer (1)
- eels (1)
- herring (1)
- manatee (1)
- sawbellies (1)
- sea robin (1)
- seaplane (1)
- ship (1)
- sky (1)
- snake (1)
- swans (1)
- tides (1)
- trout (1)
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- There's a Hunger Still Unsatisfied
- Disabled List
- A Soul in Tension That's Learning to Fly
- The Catch of the Day
- You Will Cut Down the Mightiest Tree in the Forest...
- The Lucky Bait
- And if the Cloud Bursts
- My Back Pages, Part I
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