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Second Edition of USHarbors' Digital Magazine Now Available
USHarbors' annual digital magazine, Life on the Coast, is now available as a free download for iPads, iPhones, Android devices, and Kindle tablets. Like the 2013 edition, which has been viewed by tens of thousands of boaters and coastal travelers, this 132-page interactive digital publication is also viewable through any… SEE MORE
North Point Yacht Sales Joins Southport Dealer Network
Southport Boats has partnered with North Point Yacht Sales to represent its full line of center console boats in the Mid-Atlantic region and the Carolinas. North Point Yacht Sales' multiple locations will offer sea trials for Southport's 27-foot, 29-foot and new 33-foot models beginning this spring. North Point Yacht Sales… SEE MORE
Reinvigorated Boat Show Opens in Providence
The Providence Boat Show opened at the Rhode Island Convention Center on January 31 with new management, more boats, and new attractions to help boaters survive what is proving to be a long, challenging winter. The 20-year-old show was taken over this year by the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association,… SEE MORE
RI Fishing Outlook: What to Expect in 2014
Our past year, 2013, was not a good year if you were a shore fisherman looking for keeper bass, blues and albies. In fact, we could call it a year of decline. That sets up all kinds of question marks for 2014. Here is a summary of what to look… SEE MORE
Top Lures for Catching Winter Holdover Stripers
The water temperature along the oceanfront has dipped into the mid-forties. That spells the end. However, lots of stripers that winter over are now in those backwater places where they will stay throughout the winter. It's tough fishing. You'll find few guys willing to go out on a cold, below-freezing… SEE MORE
Gloucester, the Original Working Waterfront
“It’s pronounced ‘GLOSS-tah’, not,…’gl-OW-stir’”, our friend Julia corrected as she swiped through my iPad and reviewed my destinations, including Gloucester, on Cape Ann just north of Boston. Like a second daughter to us, Julia is from nearby Scituate (pronounced, “SIT-chew-it”), and joined us for a few days of sailing on… SEE MORE
3 Secrets for Landing Keeper Stripers This Year
I said a couple of posts back that this dismal fall season could do a turn-around. Well, hopefully, last week was the week of the turn around. It was a very good week that saw lots of stripers of all sizes hit the shore. There were loads of schoolies, as… SEE MORE
Where Are the Boats? NJ Slowdown Persists Long After Sandy
A beautiful weekend day, and instead of a steady stream of Snowbirds heading south, I've seen just two boats — one of them under tow by my friend Rich at Tow Boat US. Much has changed along the Jersey Shore in the year since Superstorm Sandy paid us a visit, and… SEE MORE
Nighttime Rules for Late Season Striped Bass
My youngest son, Jon, turns twenty years old soon. For his birthday my wife and I got him a new surf-fishing outfit which consisted of a 9-foot St Croix Mojo spinning rod along with an Okuma Trio 55 reel. We gave it to him about a week ago as an… SEE MORE
Georgetown, a Welcoming Stopover on the ICW
Snowbirds on the Intracoastal Waterway look forward to several idyllic stopovers on their way south — Beaufort, North Carolina, and St. Augustine, Florida, are just two that spring instantly to mind — but boaters looking for one of the warmest welcomes in the South know to set a course for Georgetown, South… SEE MORE
At Night, Shore Fishermen Stand a Chance for Stripers
Thursday, October 3, was a weird day from shore. I got down to the oceanfront in late afternoon. In the first spot I stopped at there were several big schools of stripers way out and well out of casting range. For two hours these fish were on the surface eating… SEE MORE
At Last, a Phenomenal Day of Striper Fishing
After a serious striper drought recently, we finally hit an incredible day of striper fishing on September 29 from the boat. I have said all along this fall that the bait and the fish seem to be hanging way out away from surfcasters. It was proven today as we fished… SEE MORE
