| Capt Andy LoCascio writes for several
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Northeast Boating
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A Nose for Fish
Potcakes Daisy and
Dusty use their sense of smell to help their owner
find baitfish
By TOM SCHLICHTER
Captain Andy LoCascio points the bow of
his 28-foot Triton center console northwest and begins
a slow run towards the middle of Manhasset Bay.
As we push past a flotilla of moored sailboats, his
two dogs, daisy and Dusty bound to the bow, spring to
attention and stick their faces hard into the wind..click
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The
Butterfly Effect...
Walk the dog deep to fetch more fish!
By CAPTAIN ANDREW LOCASCIO
In late spring of 2004 a package
arrived at my door from the folks at Shimano. It
included a light rod, a very robust reel, an
instructional DVD and a handful of weird blade-like
jigs. There had been growing hype about a
“revolutionary” new fishing system coming out of Japan
called butterfly jigging. Now it was in my hands...click
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One Rod, a Handful of Lures, and a
Pair of Sneakers
By CAPTAIN ANDREW LOCASCIO
A summer house in Cape Cod, a
business trip to Tampa, or a road trip along the Gulf of
Mexico - what do all these things have in common?
They offer really fun opportunities to catch fish.
But when you are traveling or vacationing, you can't
bring all the tackle you'd like. You also never know
what conditions you are going to encounter.
Improvisation is a must...click
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TV Show Scores 'Holy Grail' of
Shark Fishing
By CAPTAIN ANDREW LOCASCIO
Capt. Bill Brown looks like a man
who has made fishing a cornerstone of his life. When he
speaks of shark fishing, he cannot contain his passion
or hide his incredible insight and understanding. As
host of the Northeast Angling television show, I knew
that we wanted more than the usual shark show. We knew
we could get a good blue shark bite in a variety of
locations, but the Holy Grail of sharks we were seeking
was a...click
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Long Island’s Other Striper Run
By CAPTAIN ANDREW LOCASCIO
It was first light on an outgoing tide. My clients and
I were drifting toward a submerged rock pile 30 yards
ahead when my sonar screen began marking huge
boomerangs. It could mean only one thing - we were
moments away from our first big striper of the
morning. Right on cue, the live bait closest to the
rock pile surfaced and swam in tight corkscrews...click
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Marlin Evolution
By CAPTAIN ANDREW LOCASCIO
The sun had just crept over the horizon
and four of the biggest trolling lures I have ever
seen left smoke trails through the wake of our boat.
In the distance, a beehive of seabirds hammered an
acre-wide patch of the surface. Then the port line
exploded from the outrigger and peeled off the reel.
Not long after the hookup we had a blue marlin that
looked all of 450 pounds at boatside—one of eight
marlin we released that day...click
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Western Sound Stripers on Peanut
Bunker
By CAPTAIN ANDREW LOCASCIO
As I cut the engine, the boat glided
quietly into the shallows. The wind slowed the
boat to a stop and started to push it backwards.
Rich gently slipped the anchor over the side in six
feet of water and tied it off. I opened the
baitwell and grabbed a couple of handfuls of 3 inch
peanut bunker and tossed them off the back of the
boat. Before we could even grab our rods,
there were bass swirling...click
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