Outdoors

Nature Notes: November Song

Larry Penny
Leaves. We can’t live without them; some of us can’t live with them, particularly so after they’ve all fallen and coated every inch of landscape
Nature Notes: The Pushes and Pulls

Larry Penny
I’ve been hatching out Salt Lake brine shrimp eggs in local seawater for a year and a half. At room temperature, they hatch out into swimming in two days and at about a tenth of a millimeter in...
Nature Notes: Grin and Bear It

Larry Penny
The leaves are falling. It’s cold. No Indian summer this trip around the sun. No doubt a frigid winter is in store.
On the Water: Frozen Eels in My Sock

Russell Drumm
“However ridiculous it may sound to have a queen, the pound is worth more than our dollar,” was Harvey Bennett’s way of announcing that the British were not only coming, they are here.
Fish Strained the Scales

Russell Drumm

    When he ventured forth with a bag of live eels on Saturday night, John Bruno led the Montauk SurfMasters surfcasting tournament in the wetsuit division. The fish that had put...

The Gems of Napeague

Larry Penny
Napeague Harbor is the only tidal embayment tributary to the Peconic Estuary that has never had any part of its surface waters closed to shellfishing because of pollution.
Nature Notes: Unsung Heroes

Larry Penny
As far as animals without backbones are concerned, insects rule the land, crustaceans co-rule the seas.
On the Water: The Waters Are Teeming

Russell Drumm
Sunday was Oct. 9, but it felt like Aug. 9. The parking lot at Montauk Point State Park was full. Fishing boats were spread out on the tide line like stepping stones leading all the way to Block...
Nature Notes: Heralding Fall

Larry Penny
The leaves are beginning to color up. The tupelos, dogwoods, red maples, and sassafras are always the first to turn.
On the Water: Fishing Action Is ‘Insane’

Russell Drumm
“Insane,” was how Ken Rafferty, a light-tackle and fly-fishing guide described the action from Shagwong to Montauk Point over the weekend.