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    Operation Pastorious - What really happened out there on Amagansett Beach

    Read about that landing for the last 42 years, ever since I bought my first Loran C I've been reading about shipwrecks and the German Spies who landed on Amagansett Beach. I read Spy George Dasch's 1959 book about the landing and 4 or 5 other books that got information from the National Archives...
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    Meathead From All in the Family was murdered !

    Breaking news. Somebody online said the son was having mental problems and killed both Rob Reiner and his wife.
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    Keystone /Cricket Arms makes a beautiful copy of the Mosin Nagant 91/30 Military Rifle in 22 caliber.

    Just purchased one at T and T Gunnery for $349. Looks just like a 91/30 but it's 15 inch's shorter. Incredible looking rifle !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    I hope a Gun company makes a full size 22 caliber M1 Garand someday.

    Actually there was a Company that sold one recently. Kingston Arms up in Liberty NY sold one a couple of years ago for about $600. It was a full sized gun and had a Ruger 10/22 magazine . Looked really cool and then the company went out of business ? Saw one on Gunbroker and the current bid is...
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    Should NY have a Minimum Property Tax that homeowners have to pay ?

    This isn't political . I look at my Long Island Tax bill and it's $14,000 a year and I look at my Chenango County Property Tax bill and it's under $700 a year ( both school and county/local tax) taxes on a property that's 11 1/4 acres and has a small cabin. I could live there full time and send...
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    Last trip of season

    Went out for Bass today Thursday 11/20 because it was flat calm except in the inlet where there were rollers you were always looking over your shoulder at.Big fleet of boats chasing birds , a lot of wakes, rocking back and forth. Saw a fish here and there caught , didn't look too big . Pain in...
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    Will the new Oyster Beds in NY Harbor be good for fishing ?

    Why don't they put Oyster Beds in Long Island Bays? Saw underwater pictures of the beds and what perfect bottom for porgies and blackfish.
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    Boston Mackerel are in

    Read reports about Bass Fishermen catching Boston Mackerel off the South Shore and out off Montauk they're very thick. Anybody catch any ?
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    Bass Fishing Outside Jones Inlet

    Went out yesterday ( Sunday10/26) because it was going to be flat calm on the ocean . The previous week was too rough for me and this coming week is going to be rough again, So I went out fishing on a weekend. Went out in my 25 foot Panga boat and saw a big giant fleet of boats slightly SE of...
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    Bought a 13 Pound Danforth Anchor for $24 at Walmart

    Nice deal, good reviews.
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    Did Kathy Hochul give away the bunker again ?

    I read that somewhere. Just one company in the US doing all that damage, there's a lawsuit claiming the owner isn't a US Citizen/ US company and they can't legally fish for the bunker. The local reports I'm reading say bunker #'s are way down off Long Island.
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    Read about large #'s of seals out by Orient

    Can the White Sharks be far behind ? The East End has a White Shark nursery in the Spring. In June I saw a Seal swimming in the bay inside Jones Inlet.
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    Wheeler Yacht Company is still building 38 Footers like the boat in the movie Key Largo !!

    Wish I had money to buy one of them. What a classic! My Grandfather worked there as a Carpenter in the 1930's. Brooklyn boat builder that employed over 6000 people !!! Was down in Islamarada about 20 years ago and went into the Saltwater Sportsman Store down there and there on display they had...
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    Assault Weapons in NY can be transferred to a spouse or child after the owner dies.

    Just read about it. NY Gun laws were recently Amended to include that . I read it on 2 different sites, so it looks good. The Federal DOJ filed briefs in September that are quickly pushing to make assault weapons legal to own in the US , in Every State.
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    How many of you regularly shop at Tackle Stores ?

    Why are the prices so high ???? The prices are ridiculous ! I wanted to buy tubing for diamond jigs, $16 for 5 feet of tubing.!!! One rod /rod combo after another $250-$400. Me ? I'll buy an Ugly Stick for $90 that'll last me a lifetime and a used Penn Reel on Ebay. Who buys $300 reels for bay...
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    Finally made it out to Peconic Bay

    Went out and launched at the DEC ramp in Southold. Left my house about 4:30 AM , got out there about 6:30AM . Went to WEGO Bait and Tackle and bought clams and chum. Asked how the fishing was, said it was almost all porgies now , said the weaks and fluke were pretty much gone. Asked if the...
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    Awful out there today

    Went out today, Tuesday 9/16, and it was blowing hard from the Northeast and it ruined the drift. 3 hours into incoming tide and I was still drifting west against the tide because it was very windy. Decided to go out because tomorrow it's going to rain. Tried the SE side of the Meadowbrook ...
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    Solid fluke fishing inside Jones Inlet

    Headed out Friday morning ( today) , east wind , incoming tide. Thought about that old saying - Least from the East , Best from the West and thought the Fluke fishing wouldn't be good today. Launched at Wantagh Park and headed down past the 2nd and 3rd Wantagh , didn't see much activity...
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    Great Deal at Frontier Airlines until 9/12

    An annual all you can fly pass is on sale until 9/12 for $299.99 and if you buy now you'll start flying immediatly from 9/11/2025 - 04/30/2027 !!! A year and a half unlimited travel for $299.99. My brother has it and says it's great. Great for a retiree who has time , my brother has gone to...
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    Amazing how the Amish are taking over Upstate NY!

    I remember when I purchased my upstate land in 2009 there weren't many Amish up there. . My land is located in Northern Chenango County about a mile from the Madison County Line. Now the Amish are up there in good numbers. They're the fastest growing demographic in the State, they have large...

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