At the Captains Courageous Festival (yes we have one of those!)

We attended the readings held at the Cape Ann Museum- my wife, who does archival processing there as a volunteer, also read a passage.  Unfortunately we had to miss the evening screening of the original 1937 film with Spencer Tracy at the Cape Ann Cinema, but what a cool event nevertheless.  Only in Gloucester!

Old Man and the Moon

She can fish too

 

My daughter decided to try her luck as well...

With or without melted butter?

Leave it to me to catch a lobster when I go fishing...

Gone fishing?

I wish!

Gone fishing

There are a lot of things that I could - or more to the point should - be doing with my day off, but this is what I really want to do today. My dad got my a brand spanking new rod and reel for my birthday earlier this month, and I haven't had a chance to break it in until now.

Update: No fish, although it was a glorious day to sit out on a rock in Stage Fort Park nonetheless. As for the fish, we'll get 'em next time...

Time to smell like bait again

The stripers (those are striped bass, not exotic dancers) have returned to the North Shore at long last. Since my dad got me a brand new rod and reel for my birthday last week, I think there may be a minor fishing expedition in order for this upcoming weekend. Of course it's easy to "go fishing" when all you have to do is cross the street and you can cast your line out into Gloucester Harbor!

For those of you who like to fish in the area, you may want to check out Surfcaster.com, which is a local clearinghouse of up-to-date fishing intelligence. Mostly they cover saltwater action, but there is a forum for freshwater fishing as well. I would have also recommended Pete's Bait, which used to offer a treasure trove of fishing reports as well as other basic information for the novice angler, but it looks like the owner recently sold his Salem-based bait shop and the future of the website is now uncertain.

(I actually wrote a short story about fishing - a creepy little horror tale in the vein of Bambino. It's called "Keeper", and I will offer it here in its entirety as well once I give it a proper second edit.)