Tog Fishing: Sticking with Your Spot

You’ve dropped your anchor, deployed your trolling motor, or set your gear down on the rocky shoreline. You take a pair of shears to your favorite crab species, bait up, and you’re fishing. A minute goes by, then another. Nothing has taken the bait. Boredom sets in; you think about making a minor adjustment, and … Read more

My First Steelhead

While visiting my girlfriend in Ohio, we spent a few hours fishing along the Willoughby-Eastlake portion of the Chagrin River. The outing yielded my first ever steelhead, measuring 26 inches long. The fish fell to a 1/16oz jighead with a 2″ Berkley Power Minnow. A fish I have long dreamt of catching, this lake-run rainbow … Read more

130 Million Dollars Later, Max Left Met Fans Mad

When it mattered most, a decorated future Hall of Fame pitcher, Max Scherzer, did not do his job in the Wildcard Series opener Friday night. Max Scherzer is the highest paid player in Major League Baseball in terms of average annual salary, clearing Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole by over seven million dollars per year.  … Read more

The What, Where, and How of Ice Fishing Near Boston

Winter in Massachusetts forces many fishermen off the water while the cold weather moves in and ice begins to cover many of the state’s freshwater bodies. There are a number of lakes and ponds near Boston with ice fishing access. Before venturing onto the ice, it is important to do so safely in order to … Read more

Invasive Competition or Major Sustenance? Massachusetts Trout Stocking

Every year, freshwater fishermen sit at their computer screens, refreshing the trout stocking report to see if their local fishing haunts have been stocked with a bounty of rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, and a brown/brook hybrid, the tiger trout.  This year, Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife stocked those four aforementioned trout species across Massachusetts … Read more

“The Kyrie Route”

Kyrie Irving, after backing out off a reset pass from TJ Warren, dazzled the road crowd at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C by driving effortlessly past Wizards wing Corey Kispert and faking out Kyle Kuzma in mid-air for a remarkable left handed finger roll in the second quarter of the Nets vs Wizards game … Read more

The Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving, and the Unnecessary Division of America

Over the course of three seasons, Kyrie Irving has been at the forefront of a Brooklyn Nets franchise that seems to find drama and turmoil around every corner and along every straightaway.  During the 2020-2021 campaign, pre Harden-acquisition, the Nets found themselves devoid of their star combo guard. He was not injured, he was not … Read more