nor'easter,
It will be a while before we see the return of that kind of fishing --if ever.
Here's a great e-mail message that was sent to me by Will Barbeau:
Here's the story:
In 1970-72, the East Bay Anglers developed pogey fishing to a high degree, finally using oxygen to transport them overland. We were using 18 foot boats.
Cuttyhunk was still the other side of the moon. A group of four of us hired Jack Reynolds (a charter captain working Cuttyhunk from Westport Harbor) to take us out with live menhaden. Jack's reaction was "why do that? No one does that?" Well, the trip took place. I was one of the four, but had to cancel out at the last minute to go to Alabama to do a Loctite story about the Moonrover.
I flew back the afternoon that they returned from Cutty. They brought to fish to my house and I set up a studio inthe front yard to take this photo.
Left to right: All Lucci, who filled in for me, Bob Greene (standing is Jack Reynolds) #^&#^&#^&#^& Greene and Peter Pockel. The Greenes, Pockel and I were "thick" because we had been fishing tuna in Peter's boat "Sionel" out in Cape Cod Bay for several years.
These fish all weighed more than 50pounds.
Ironically, even as we were instituting this shortcut to butchery,
we were the most active group in striped bass rescue efforts, ultimately leading to Sen Chafee's research bill.