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Summer in Maine: Daybreak on Warren Island
Day breaks on Warren Island in Gilkey Harbor. Our neighbor on the blue ketch breaks the silence. “Whizzz, ker-plunk”, he’s casting for mackerel. 50 or more cruising boats are anchored in Broad Cove, all sleep soundly. It’s the Seven Seas Cruising Club Gam, an annual get-together. After breakfast, we’d row… SEE MORE
Tips for Jig-Fishing the Bottom During High Summer
I went out last week on a scouting mission along the Rhode Island oceanfront. My plan was to fish the bottom with jigs for fluke and scup in the daylight and then fish into the night for stripers. I worked one of the jetties with a bucktail jig along the… SEE MORE
Rockland Show to Crown New World Champion Boatyard Dog
Six courageous (or are they crazy?) canines have been chosen to compete in the World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials in Rockland on Sunday, August 10, at 10:30 a.m. The trials take place during the 12th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, a celebration of coastal living, which runs August… SEE MORE
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show Adds Launch Service
The Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show has partnered with the Rockland Yacht Club to make it easier to attend the three-day August event by sea. An added plus is that launch service usage will help train new members of the sailing community. A portion of the launch fees paid… SEE MORE
Warming Waters Spell Blues and Schoolies for RI Fishermen
I fished upper Narragansett Bay this week and landed four schoolies that looked like clones — all in the 18-20-inch range. (They were all taken on Zoom flukes fished off a float.) Last weekend, I went down to the Cape Cod Canal with my son Ben and we each got a… SEE MORE
Summer Plans: Boats for Everyone at Maine's August Show
Small boats and watercraft offer an intimate experience on the water that is unmatched in larger boats. The stroke of a paddle or oar can be your own personal connection to the lake, river, or bay. The motions are physical, but can offer a meditative rhythm or a mindless escape,… SEE MORE
Arey's Pond: Six Decades of Boatbuilding on Pleasant Bay
In the early 1950s, Jim Kidd, a retired Coast Guard officer, built a home on the edge of Arey’s Pond, just off Pleasant Bay. He designed the basement to be a boat shop for his retirement years but he soon found that he was getting calls to fix and repair… SEE MORE
High Tides, Hot Fishing to Come at the Cape Cod Canal?
In the past few years, I have experienced some of my hottest fishing in the Cape Cod Canal on the June full moon tides. The full moon is this Friday, June 13, and the big tides, those with the single and double asterisks next to the low tides, will occur… SEE MORE
Serenity, On the Sand at Duxbury Beach
We love Duxbury Beach, located near Duxbury Harbor, for many reasons, including the over-sand permits that are allowed here. What's your favorite stretch of sand on the South Shore? SEE MORE
Best Tactics, Lures for Narragansett and Buzzards Bay Fish
In the last week I have been out quite a few times from shore and from the boat. Each time I fished I ran into a mix of stripers and bluefish. Right now Narragansett Bay has good numbers of bluefish in the 5-8 lb. range that are looking for the… SEE MORE
More Facilities, More Food, More Fun in Falmouth Foreside
Over the past year, Handy Boat has taken the next steps in improving our waterfront property to fit our customers’ needs. In early 2013 we rebuilt our dock store and turned it into Dockside Provisions, a beautiful new convenience store. Dockside Provisions offers beer, wine, snacks, ice cream, ice, gas,… SEE MORE
An iPhone Take On Spring In Coastal Maine
I spent the entire winter in south Florida this past year. I enjoyed the sunshine, the warm weather, and the ocean temperatures, but I missed coastal Maine more than I can express. That being said, I feel as if I did not share in the misery that so many of… SEE MORE