Peconic Start Fleet Closes

[george]

We're loosing it all. One piece at a time.

Article 'End of an Era: Peconic Star Fleet Closes'

End of an Era: Peconic Star Fleet Closes After 43 Years of North Fork Fishing Legacy A deep dive into the closure that signals broader challenges for Long Island's maritime heritage GREENPORT, NY — The salt-stained decks of Peconic Star III and Peconic Star IV will no longer echo with the...

• george
• Yesterday at 8:19 AM
• 8 min read
• Comments: 1
• Category: General

 

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We're loosing it all. One piece at a time.

Article 'End of an Era: Peconic Star Fleet Closes'

End of an Era: Peconic Star Fleet Closes After 43 Years of North Fork Fishing Legacy A deep dive into the closure that signals broader challenges for Long Island's maritime heritage GREENPORT, NY — The salt-stained decks of Peconic Star III and Peconic Star IV will no longer echo with the...

• george
• Yesterday at 8:19 AM
• 8 min read
• Comments: 1
• Category: General

Plain&simple, Speedy sold the boat. He's done it countless times before. His motto is "show me the money!".

Hopefully he'll be replaced but today's casual angler can get more bang for the buck elsewhere.

 

[george]

Plain&simple, Speedy sold the boat. He's done it countless times before. His motto is "show me the money!".

Hopefully he'll be replaced but today's casual angler can get more bang for the buck elsewhere.

@captmike28 knows more about this, but there is a huge change underway as marinas evict more and more charter, party and commercial operations on the Fork. All part of the "revitalization"

I've always known Speedy for always paying his advertising bills on time

 

[captmike28]

@captmike28 knows more about this, but there is a huge change underway as marinas evict more and more charter, party and commercial operations on the Fork. All part of the "revitalization"

I've always known Speedy for always paying his advertising bills on time

I heard about this late yesterday from one of my colleagues at Orient.

First of all, Speedy is almost 90 according to one of his Captain's whom I also know. He has been trying to sell the boats for a long time. Both boats were sold to the owner of the Frances Fleet in RI and one is already gone. The second one will probably head north this week.

Regardless of what the newspaper said as to whose fault it was, my understanding is that there will not be another Party Boat or Charter boat occupying their slip at the RR dock in the future. So, as Geroge, and many of us have seen for a long time now, the current generation of wealthy businessman don't want fisherman to be a part of their waterfront dream!

Hard to believe but as of this latest change, there are now no more Party/Open boats left on the North Fork! Very sad to see this decades old tradition end.

 

[george]

It truly is a sad day. I’ve said it before -we’re losing it all right before our eyes, yet somehow we still don’t see it