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11/27-29/2009 Pete Johnston, Jimmy Conte and I did a weekend trip to West Fire Island for the opening weekend of duck season 2009-2010. We had a great time hunting and eating great meals ...

11/27-29/2009 Pete Johnston, Jimmy Conte and I did a weekend trip to West Fire Island for the opening weekend of duck season 2009-2010. We had a great time hunting and eating great meals ...

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The water blown out of the bay. It was some fun trying to get the boats out to deep water.

The water blown out of the bay. It was some fun trying to get the boats out to deep water.

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A little video of out set up on Friday afternoon. It was just right but no birds were flying. It was a great weekend and very interesting. On Saturday the wind whipped up into a gale and dr ...

A little video of out set up on Friday afternoon. It was just right but no birds were flying. It was a great weekend and very interesting. On Saturday the wind whipped up into a gale and dr ...

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11/25/2009 Jim Conte and I did cast and blast trip today. We started by jigging some nice bass way east of the inlet around Cherry Grove. We then set up for sea duck hunting close to the ...

11/25/2009 Jim Conte and I did cast and blast trip today. We started by jigging some nice bass way east of the inlet around Cherry Grove. We then set up for sea duck hunting close to the ...

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11/21/2009 Today I fished and hunted with Frankie on his boat. We had a blast in the morning with sea ducks. Bagged a limit of surf scoter, white wing scoter, common scoter and a beautiful ...

11/21/2009 Today I fished and hunted with Frankie on his boat. We had a blast in the morning with sea ducks. Bagged a limit of surf scoter, white wing scoter, common scoter and a beautiful ...

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Here Frankie takes a couple of shots at a scoter and actually killed the bird. It didn't drop immediately but a long glide to a stop.

Here Frankie takes a couple of shots at a scoter and actually killed the bird. It didn't drop immediately but a long glide to a stop.

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This was my first drake eider duck. They are really big birds and very tough to take down. It was an exceptional sporting day and a lot of fun. The weather was also just perfect. An excel ...

This was my first drake eider duck. They are really big birds and very tough to take down. It was an exceptional sporting day and a lot of fun. The weather was also just perfect. An excel ...

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11/20/2009 Last week my wife and I were once again down in Baja California for a few days of relaxing and fishing. The Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort is a family run business of the Valdez f ...

11/20/2009 Last week my wife and I were once again down in Baja California for a few days of relaxing and fishing. The Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort is a family run business of the Valdez f ...

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Dave with a couple of other fish from the day. It was hot action but the ocean was pretty tough today. Sometimes its easy and sometimes you have to work hard and endure some tough weather t ...

Dave with a couple of other fish from the day. It was hot action but the ocean was pretty tough today. Sometimes its easy and sometimes you have to work hard and endure some tough weather t ...

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11/19/2009 I fished today with Mark Epstein and Dave. We had a good day of catching striped bass and bluefish on jigs in the ocean. Here is Dave with a nice bass taken on an AVA 47 green t ...

11/19/2009 I fished today with Mark Epstein and Dave. We had a good day of catching striped bass and bluefish on jigs in the ocean. Here is Dave with a nice bass taken on an AVA 47 green t ...

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11/16/2009 I fished today with Captain Dave Zarrello. We worked live bait for a couple of bass to 20 pounds. We saw a few being caught by other boats including what looked like a real nice ...

11/16/2009 I fished today with Captain Dave Zarrello. We worked live bait for a couple of bass to 20 pounds. We saw a few being caught by other boats including what looked like a real nice ...

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11/10/2009 I knew it would happen. The big fish are starting to show. I fished with Joe Tropia today. Joe fishes with me once a year in the fall. Joe must have a rabbit's foot implanted so ...

11/10/2009 I knew it would happen. The big fish are starting to show. I fished with Joe Tropia today. Joe fishes with me once a year in the fall. Joe must have a rabbit's foot implanted so ...

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A friend Steve Neary and his fishing buddy Buddy Robinson were nearby when Joe was fighting the big fish. Steve was kind enough to take some great photos of the fishing scene. Here Joe is w ...

A friend Steve Neary and his fishing buddy Buddy Robinson were nearby when Joe was fighting the big fish. Steve was kind enough to take some great photos of the fishing scene. Here Joe is w ...

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Fish in the boat! That finally got a smile from Joe. It was an excellent day of fishing and thank you Steve for the photos. Captain Al Lorenzetti

Fish in the boat! That finally got a smile from Joe. It was an excellent day of fishing and thank you Steve for the photos. Captain Al Lorenzetti

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11/8/2009 I fished today with my girlfriend Lenie and her son Russell. We went out for a few hours in the afternoon and had a blast. We found some good bait and drifted live bait and toss ...

11/8/2009 I fished today with my girlfriend Lenie and her son Russell. We went out for a few hours in the afternoon and had a blast. We found some good bait and drifted live bait and toss ...