{"id":4908,"date":"2024-12-25T08:35:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:53:33","slug":"fishmas-2024-frosty-the-fisherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/?p=4908","title":{"rendered":"Fishmas 2024: Frosty The Fisherman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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If you can’t say something nice, so the wisdom holds, far better to say nothing at all. Based on that advice, I ought to end this year-end Fishtales report right here. And if it wasn’t for relentless trips to the clamming grounds, our annual ingestion of marine protein might have fallen to an all time low. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, as disappointing as the season was–can someone please tell me what happened to the fall bluefish run and the Montauk bass blitzes of yore–there was a handful of memorable moments. And despite it all, Big Brother Frank, sister Chaweensta, and I once again managed to amuse ourselves crafting yet another Fishmas card for your enjoyment. Cheers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SPRING FEVER: <\/em><\/strong>In the merry merry month of May<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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AUTUMN EQUINOX:<\/em><\/strong> First of only a handful of keepers as the fall season got underway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GIANTS IN THE SURF: <\/em><\/strong> Ranger Matt and Broadway LeeBob make these keepers look small.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT:<\/em><\/strong> Ranger Matt with an early season sundown keeper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME:<\/em><\/strong> A fifteen minute Shagwong blitz produced this top-of-the-slot beauty in mid October.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WONDER OF WAINSCOTT:<\/em><\/strong> Billy Black always seemed to find late season fish on the ocean beaches of East Hampton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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WHY IS THIS MAN LAUGHING?<\/em><\/strong> Always affable, rarely smiling, Verizon Charlie caught in a moment of blue heaven.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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MR. NOVEMBER: <\/em><\/strong>Nothing like a striper in the surf to ease the pain of his Yankees’ WS loss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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BLUES BROTHER:<\/em><\/strong> Frank’s got their number, when he throws big lumber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME:<\/em><\/strong> Is it dark enough? Is it cold enough? If so, LeeBob will be there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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SIZE MATTERS:<\/em><\/strong> Broadway Baby Ryder continued to punch above his weight with this bruiser bluefish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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SYNCHRONICITY:<\/em><\/strong> If you look up family fun in the dictionary this is the picture you\u2019ll see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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RED HILL GANG GETS SKUNKED:<\/em><\/strong> Bob’s shiny new waders couldn’t make up for the absence of “Santiago.” <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CHOWDER HEADS:<\/em><\/strong> Sweet Baby Rebecca, Darlin’ Daughter Diane and Farm Friend Jane went hunting for the proverbial Giant Clam. No contest winners here, but plenty for chewy chowder quahogs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CLAMS ARE US:<\/em><\/strong> Upstate friend, east end bounty. Patrick and I dug up a couple of spectacular meals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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BAG MEN:<\/em><\/strong> No matter how he dresses, Big Brother Frank always rakes in a haul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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THIS BLUE IS FOR YOU: <\/em><\/strong> Danny Skrenta made a point of nailing his prey on a summer day in the surf at Shagwong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WHY WE FISH: <\/em><\/strong>Is it any wonder why we keep coming back for more?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Frosty the Fisherma<\/strong>n<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Frosty the Fisherman was a jolly surfcaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a 10-foot rod and a bag of lures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a blg black 4-Runner <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frosty the Fisherman is a beach mirage they say<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was made of sand, and he fished from land<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catching keeper bass all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There must have been some magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that white bucktail he found<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For when he hurled it past the bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fish began to pound!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah Frosty the Fisherman knew the tide was high that day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So he said “Let’s cast, and we’ll have a blast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now before I wash away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He led us to the waters blue <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near Montauk\u2019s Oyster Pond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It only took a  moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2019Til we heard him yell, \u201cFish On!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then Frosty the Fisherman quit as fast as he\u2019d begun<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He waved goodbye, sayin’ “Don’t you cry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be back for the next fall run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you can’t say something nice, so the wisdom holds, far better to say nothing at all. Based on that advice, I ought to end this year-end Fishtales report right here. And if it wasn’t for relentless trips to the clamming grounds, our annual ingestion of marine protein might have fallen to an all time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908","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=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4971,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions\/4971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fishtales.abatemarco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}