Fishing Stories

Cod fishing the winter months in the northeast. For most saltwater anglers, the holidays are a distraction from the end of the season for most species.  Once the holidays are over, playoff football is the next distraction. Then that’s over....

I can't remember the first time I fished Paradise Creek.  It had to have been nearly 50 years ago with my father.  I remember the stream well because it was where I caught my very first brook trout. I remember...

My memory works too well some of the time.  I am the person in the photo.  I believe it was my wife taking the photo.  The photographer is the only thing I don't remember.  My old catch phrase was...

Puffballs are easy to identify for the beginning mushroom hunter because there are no poisonous species. The larger puffballs grow on composted soil and meadows. Fist-sized or larger puffball mushrooms are unmistakable. Puffballs grow on the ground or on...

Yesterday I fished alone on a long wooded stretch. I typically don't like fishing alone. If I have a fishing partner I have someone to talk to and a photo subject also. Yesterday was different. I went alone to...