02.03.2014 Sports Outdoors: Those old catalogs bring back fond memories The calendar on our wall tells us the solstice is only seven weeks away. Spring training begins when pitchers and catchers report in three weeks! Yet, as each arctic...
09.24.2013 News Winners of Maritime Festival’s ‘Little Merfolk’ contest, snapper derby announced For the first time this year, the Greenport Maritime Festival hosted a “Little Merfolk” contest featuring several dozen children between the ages of 5 and 12 dressed as mermaids....
07.08.2013 News Assembly kills bill extending bass season A New York Senate bill to extend the striped bass season by two weeks went belly-up after it failed to make it through an Assembly committee. The Senate bill,...
03.26.2013 News Saltwater fishing license fee eliminated from state budget A saltwater fishing license fee that East End towns successfully fought against after it was enacted in 2009 was officially eliminated as part of the state budget, New York State Senator Ken...
03.02.2013 News Bill passes Senate that could benefit commercial fishermen Life could get just a little easier for East End commercial fishermen if a bill Senator Kenneth LaValle (R-C-Port Jefferson) ushered through the New York State Senate has the...
12.05.2012 Government DEC: No more catching horseshoe crabs this year Fishermen take note: The Department of Environmental Conservation announced the closure of the horseshoe crab fishery Saturday after the annual quota for the crustacean was exceeded. “The quota was...
11.29.2012 Business There are scallops to be found this season Scallop season didn’t begin with its usual bang the first Monday in November thanks to Hurricane Sandy, but fish markets and restaurant menus are stocked with the cold-weather shellfish...
11.09.2012 Government DEC reopens some shellfishing areas The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Thursday some shellfishing areas around Long Island have been reopened. The DEC had initially closed shellfishing area on Oct. 29, the morning...
10.03.2012 News National fishing show to feature Cutchogue, North Fork Friday night The North Fork is set to grace the small screen once again this week. “Lunkerville,” a fishing show aired in the U.S. and Canada to roughly 88 million homes, will...
09.14.2012 Community Fishing show ‘Lunkerville’ films episode on North Fork Add “Lunkerville” to the growing list of television shows that have shot on location on the North Fork. The fishing show, which reaches about 88 million homes in the...