Merry Fishmas!

DECEMBER 23, 2009

A Fishmas Card for Surfcasters: Striper Blitz!

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The beginning of the holiday season is, alas, the official end of the striped bass fishing season. In years like this, when the bass are wont to hang around our beaches in the mild ocean waters right up until the very eve of Christmas, the two seasons meld together so as to make the passage a tough one for local surfcasters. In honor of this winter segway, my Big Brother Frank and I make a tradition of rewriting a classic holiday tune. The annual “Fishmas” song is a therapeutic way for us to smooth the transition from lure casters to stocking hangers.

Lyrics by Fred and Frank Abatemarco (with apologies to Silver Bells song writers Jay Livingston and Ray Evans), graphics by Chaweenie, photo by Jack Yee.

STRIPER BLITZ

(to the tune of Silver Bells)

Montauk beaches, busy beaches

Filled with Sharpies galore,

In the surf

There’s a big school

of stripers.

Bass are splashing

Anglers casting

Throwing diamond-jig lures

And from ev’ry surfcaster you’ll hear

Striper blitz, striper blitz

It’s Fishmas time out in Montauk

Keeper bass, on ev’ry cast

Soon it will be Fishmas day.

Soon it will be Fishmas day.

Fish at first light

Even twi-light

Caught on lures red and green

With a teaser

That mimics a sand eel

Make your first stop

Harvey’s Tackle Shop

This is Jack Yee’s big scene

And in Paulie’s of Montauk

You’ll hear

Striper blitz, striper blitz

It’s Fishmas time out in Montauk

Keeper bass, on ev’ry cast

Soon it will be Fishmas day.

2 Responses to “Merry Fishmas!”

  1. John Polcari says:

    Very creative, now GET OVER IT!!

    A Very Merry Christmas to one and all (even the bloody fish)!!

  2. madeline says:

    Fred, you are simply hilarious—-merry fishmas to all!
    Love,
    The Merry-Ashes

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