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Oopsie: Conservation Notes Striped Bass: Slot limit - keep 28-35 inches, release under 28" and over 35"

Are you sure? The FDA requires sunscreens to maintain their effectiveness for 3 years. I learned quite a bit about sunscreen chemistry in a patent infringement case for Coppertone and I don't know why a sunscreen's chemicals, if the bottle is kept in a cabinet, would deteriorate over time. But...

There's about 7 times as many people living on Long Island than there should be, flushing their toilets, fertilizing their lawns, paving over marshes and bogs, putting sea walls on the shoreline, etc.

At 13 billion years old, it's back must be REALLY stiff in the morning!

I believe public nudity is legal in Maine. As a kid, we went to northern Maine each August. It was not until we would take a day trip to Canada that there was anything a teenage boy would be eager to ogle at.

Excellent eeling with Captain Hugh Chancey in Montauk. We started with light's out diamond jigging for sea bass, keeping 3. Also cod, porgies, mackerel, sea robins, bluefish, and a 16" blackfish. Once the tide turned, out came the eels, and we had hookups on almost each drift, with fish pushing 40#

Sorry, no f...in way!

what were the rolling bass hitting? I threw the tackle box at them and couldn't get a sniff.

Diamond jigging is a fun way to catch bass, especially when they're mostly overs. Hugh Chancy put us on the fish to 30+ pounds, including a slot limit and too many thrown back to keep track of. Unfortunately, the most exciting catch of the day turned out to be a 20# bass foul hooked right behind...

Always find a way to look at the pretty girls!

I had to see for myself. Shout out to Phil at Cow Harbor for helping with the where and the what. His advice was spot on. So I made the trek all the way to Smithtown Bay and the reports are accurate. Once we found the sand eels, we found the fluke. As many fluke as we wanted. Only one keeper...

That was my frustration yesterday. I tried diamond jigs (yo-yo and swum), 1/2 oz spro sand eel pattern, 3" white popper, swim bait. Nothing.

That too. Tibs has to use the bench more. The last two 3 point shots were short, maybe because JB and KT were a bit tired?

I disagree. All they had to do was run clock and stand on the defensive 3 point line. Now we know how Boston felt

21" !!! A 16" smallmouth is a blast to catch. Nice going!