DECEMBER 23, 2009
A Fishmas Card for Surfcasters: Striper Blitz!
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.
Very creative, now GET OVER IT!!
A Very Merry Christmas to one and all (even the bloody fish)!!
Fred, you are simply hilarious—-merry fishmas to all!
Love,
The Merry-Ashes