Ah Karl, your getting me misty eyed. Crystal Lake and Herring Pond were Mac's two fav's to get dropped at, specially Crystal. That guy taught me more about the beach than just about anyone. I would camp out in back of his place and sleep in my truck. I could leave gear at his store and no one would touch it. He taught me how to fish spinners, beads and seaworms in Pleasant Bay. How to do it with a long 9 foot light conventional with a squidder and 20 pound test. If the eelgrass was heavy suspended on the surface you would stick the rod down four feet in the water and could troll weed free under the stuff and catch fish like mad. He gave me a lot of old plugs. I would sit in his shop on rainny summer days and listen to him and Old Frank from New York sittin in those easy chairs talking about bass fishing the beach and the old days. I can still smell the ripe eels and other bait. Yeah, I really do miss him.
