Winter Fishing 2021
The combinations in the sixth boro might surprise you, cargo and clams, for example. Mary Virginia crossed Gravesend Bay to get to the Upper Bay. Back in 2013 I posted photos of Mary Virginia here. Over in Stapleton . . . Giulianna Maria . . . is that an anchoring system? Crossing Hell Gate and […]
January 2023 Fishing
Eastern Welder and Dutch Girl have been coming into the sixth boro to rake clams for as long as I’ve been keeping a record, which goes back only to winter 2007. It’s probably high time I get more info from the commercial fishermen themselves, but as speaking only as a photographer here, I associate winter […]
Spring Fishing 2020
It’s the sheer diversity of traffic on the sixth boro that keeps me coming back, although diverse does not mean unpredictable. In summer, mermaids gather, specifically around the very day of the solstice. In winter, fishing boats come . In fall, the fishing boats are of a different sort. Chele-C was fishing on the west […]
Small Craft 24 b
The winter fishing boats are gone, likely fishing elsewhere and replaced by these minimalist machines. There must be good fish to be had by the Staten Island side of the VZ Bridge. They’re around in fall also. Otherwise, like leaves on the trees and warm temperatures, they emerge. And finally, in spite of all […]
Retro Sixth Boro 24 B
Some things like winter fishing in the harbor appear not to change in a decade, but Houma will never again move Mary A. Whalen. Houma, built at Jakobson in 1970, was scrapped in 2017. PortSide NewYork currently has a berth for the tanker and many other activities in Atlantic Basin, Red Hook. B. E. Lindholm, […]
Mixed Craft 2
Here’s the previous post of this focus. I had others ready to go at one point, but . .. ships sail, horses leave barns, and ideas slip away. Yesterday I spent one hour on the Upper Bay and concluded that it’s a diverse place, starting with this water rising up and obscuring whatever lay beyond […]
Small Craft 22
This will be a photo-rich post, starting with bridge workers currently at the Brooklyn side VZ tower, aka the former Fort Lafayette. You might remember Michele Jean; Christina is the replacement vessel. Most small craft in the sixth boro work all year round, in either construction, hydrographic surveys, boom handling, launch service, law enforcement, and more. […]
New Sixth Boro Fishing Machines
Although the sixth boro may see its first snowfall today, it’s not winter for over a month yet. Winter fishing, though, has seen lots of posts on this blog. But here’s a focus on something new for me. See the fishing machine in the photo below? Here’s a closer up, a set of photos I […]
Fishing January 2018
A surprising feature of the sixth boro in winter is the fishing, dragging for clams. And many thanks to Steve Turi for sending along this article about this fishery from north jersey.com. Here are some previous winters’ posts about these boats. And right about exactly eight years ago, I saw the greatest concentration of fishing […]
Random Sixth Boro 11
I’m on the road again, so today I’ll share some recent photos on the boro. Of course, winter is still fishing time in the harbor, as Viking is doing here. Others are feeding in the boro, like this guy below . . . closeup of the photo above. I’m always looking for intriguing things, like […]
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