03.30.2014 Sports Outdoors: Alas, March continues to roar like a lion As we write a late March column, it’s fun to look out a window and see blue sky. In the morning, on the way to work, I hear competing...
02.04.2014 Sports Outdoors: Those old catalogs bring back fond memories The calendar on our wall tells us the solstice is only seven weeks away. Spring training begins when pitchers and catchers report in three weeks! Yet, as each arctic...
08.24.2013 Letters Featured Letter: Nick Karas will be missed by many To the editor: I don’t know where to start when discussing Capt. Nick Karas’ impact on fishermen like me. I read his columns continuously throughout his career at Newsday....
08.12.2012 Sports North Fork Outdoors: Finding your way the old-fashioned way We were going to a restaurant the other night with old friends who trialed field dogs with us over the years and asked for directions. One of them pulled...
07.19.2012 Sports North Fork Outdoors: Here’s how to beat the heat, and catch fish We had just finished a good morning workout, a training session, really, with three bird dogs when another club member arrived on the grounds. We were the only ones...
06.28.2012 Sports North Fork Outdoors: The wise outdoors person is always prepared When I felt the bump of the horse trailer on the curb as I drove through the turnpike toll, I had a bad feeling. Minutes later on the Massachusetts...
06.12.2012 Sports North Fork Outdoors: Different approaches to fishing northeast waters An East End charter skipper once told me he couldn’t wait to get back to Florida for winter action on snook and tarpon. This confession came on a late...
06.07.2012 Sports North Fork Outdoors: Keep on the alert. Tick season is here Nothing beats an outdoor dinner when the weather turns “summery” as it did over the Memorial Day weekend. We were sitting down for “happy hour” after a day of...