The sky was filled with thick gray clouds that rolled into each other and glowed white and almost purple on the edges. It was cool and windy and the yellow sugar maple leaves stood out surprised from the deep green hemlocks. Frank was wearing a 12 thick red plaid shirt. He had missed a button so it was crooked. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fishing’
The Road Less Traveled…
“The thing about the road less traveled is… it’s not really a road.” ~ Jose Wejebe 1958 – 2012
Fish-Farming: The Answer or Another Problem?
Judge for yourself… isn’t learning fun? * Addendum: Ok, follow the logic here. If you feed fish to fish—basically converting one species into another—the conversion isn’t 1:1. Right? I mean, it can’t be. There is always some energy lost somewhere in the process. So, if you convert say 4 tons of anchovies into feed for [...]
The War on Fish: The End of the Line, revisited.
We are fighting a war against fish, and we are… winning! Remember this? Yeah, well, it’s still happening and it’s gotten worse since the film’s release in 2009. The facts: The global catch has been on the decline since 1989! (Even though the global fishing fleet continues to grow.) One billion people rely on fish [...]
Life: 81.5º West
Fall, 2001 The clouds began to pile up to the windward, mounting higher as they blocked the sun. Soon we could see the line of rain itself advancing across the water, blotting out the island behind it. The gusts would become a sustained wind, whipping the waves into whitecaps around us. Above the noise of [...]
The Bonefish Moon
March 6, 2011 …the good ol’ Midwest, the heartland of America: as far from a bonefish flat as a human can get without considerable expense and planning. Even California is closer, I think. I mean, geography isn’t my strong suit, but Mexico’s right there, and they have bones. I remember fishing for them once, but [...]
Does “Catch & Release” = “Probably Dead”? (Pt. I)
It may be comforting in some circles to claim that modern catch-and-release fishing isn’t truly a bloodsport, but the facts don’t follow. Studies of release mortality range from around 4 percent to well past 40 percent. At the lower end are fish caught in cold water and properly released by experienced anglers using barbless hooks. [...]
