[Hooper]

October 31, 1985

As a student at Cape Cod Tech in the Marine Fisheries program my class had authorization to overnight on Monomoy Island in the tarpaper shack not far from Monomoy Light. Early on the 31st, I woke and headed to the point with a dozen eels. An hour later I had landed a 40lb bass. It was hard work for a 13 year old kid to carry a 40lb bass the mile or so back to the group, but it was worth it, still makes me happy to this day. (1st pic)

Or, October 27th 1993.

Fished with my former skipper, Bob Lassen, on his 31 JC "Shanti". I was his mate for a few years during high school. He invited me out after I got home from the Army. We found the migration of stripers 4 miles east of Great Point, Nantucket. We were surrounded by a bass blitz that stretched as far as I could see in each direction. All good fish, 36" average. We caught fish for what seemed like hours until the southwest winds got so bad we had to run for home. The ride home was awful, but I'll never forget the day. It was the last time I fished with him, he died in 2003. Another happy memory. (2nd pic)

Workin' the deck on "Shanti" off Nantucket Fall of 1987(3rd pic)