{"id":2982,"date":"2015-12-24T07:06:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2015-12-24T07:06:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:06:37","slug":"merry-fishmas-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/?p=2982","title":{"rendered":"MERRY FISHMAS 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 24, 2015:<\/strong> Stripers were missing in action. Blues turned out to be the new bass. Less intrepid surfcasters would have been down in their cups this 2015 season. To be sure, I was. But NOT Charlie R.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVerizon Charlie\u201d, as we know him on the beach, simply set his sights elsewhere: on False Albacore\u2014those sleek and swift swimming little tunny known to anglers as \u201cAlbies\u201d.\u00a0 They don\u2019t make good eating, and they don\u2019t weigh a whole lot.\u00a0 But Albies kick up quite a commotion when they\u2019re around and they run and fight like nothing else if you\u2019re skilled enough to hook one. Verizon Charlie chased them in Montauk, Southampton, and the Long Island Sound waters near his Port Jefferson home. In his honor, Big Brother Frank and I present this year\u2019s Fishmas Card: \u201cAlbie Home For Christmas\u201d. Jingle, Jingle, y&#8217;all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/?attachment_id=2983\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2983\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2983\" src=\"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FishmasCard2015FINALFINAL-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FishmasCard2015FINALFINAL-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/FishmasCard2015FINALFINAL.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ALBIE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(To the tune of I&#8217;ll Be Home for Christmas, with apologies to Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram and Bing Crosby)\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Albie home for Christmas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But you will not catch me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cast \u2018til dawn, but I\u2019ll be gone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Opening presents under the tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Northeast wind will find me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But I will never bite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Keep your blues, and fishing news<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019ll tease you just for spite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Albie in the Weed Bowl<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Water deep, deep blue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stripers here, that bunker fear<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m here, just not for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Albie in Port Jefferson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My blitz, a sight to see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Many try, most I defy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Except Verizon Charlie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Albie home for Christmas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When the baitfish gleams.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sharpies try to hook me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But only in their dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 24, 2015: Stripers were missing in action. Blues turned out to be the new bass. Less intrepid surfcasters would have been down in their cups this 2015 season. To be sure, I was. But NOT Charlie R. \u201cVerizon Charlie\u201d, as we know him on the beach, simply set his sights elsewhere: on False Albacore\u2014those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2982"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3013,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2982\/revisions\/3013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}