As I walked along the esplanade near Battery Park City the other night, I talked with some fisherman dangling hooks over the sea wall. “Ling,” one replied when I asked about the catch. But it looked so small. Is there a legal minimum size for ling? Here Eastern Welder drags just north of the Narrows; dredger Padre Island and container ship HanJin Colombo approach from sea. Anyone help with a fish identification?
Here’s a closer up of Eastern Welder. Use the search box upper left to find fotos of Eastern Welder from previous years.
Dragger (?) Gale fishes over in a . . . fertile area of the harbor, where
another set are not far behind.
No no no . .. this was NOT taken anywhere near New York or the sixth boro. This is Plan B, a Gloucester herring seiner. Get Joey’s guided tour here.
The skiff, loaded astern, is deployed to help set the purse seine.
For a variety of fishing boat fotos, click here.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Related: I’d love to hear about conflicts arising between draggers in the harbor and other limited maneuverability vessels. And some day, I’d love to learn what these draggers catch here in winter. For winter fishing farther north . . . downeast, check out George’s post.
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December 16, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Soundbounder
Ling can refer to a lot of different types of fish. There is a species called LING but they are not native here. In this region, Ling often refers to
baby cod, but I am not so sure that is what they were catching.
December 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm
tugster
bingo . . . or lingo, matt. it was a baby cod i saw. codling? i understand. i didn’t know there were cod this far south. thanks.
December 17, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Tim W
I was told they were dragging for blue claw crabs which bury themselves in the mud this time of year.