In 1967 Charlie Cinto caught the biggest striper since Charles Church's 1912 All-Tackle World Record tying that fish with a 73 pounder. It was trolled up in the Cuttyhunk rips aboard the late Captain Frank Sabatowski's June Bug on a Googoo Eyes swimming plug. The fish never made the IGFA record...

Just wondering if any have arrived yet.

What the hell, I don't know. Just go with it. http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/weird_al_charles_nelson_reilly

Here are some photos I took this week of the Charles W Morgan, which is undergoing a three year renovation in Mystic CT. This is the last remaining wooden whaleship. http://soundbounder.blogspot.com/2009/02/charles-w-morgan-restoration.html Also, there is a NYT photo gallery of the hauling...

Massachusetts Striper Record. Charles Church 1913 Charles B. Church, Gosnold, Massachusetts Date - August 17, 1913 Weight - 73 lbs. Length - 5 ft. Girth - 30 ½ in. Where Caught - Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Rod - Abbie and Imbrie, 6 ft. 6 in., 11 oz. bamboo Reel - J.B. Crook Line -...

We fished around Cape Charles and did not have any luck about two weeks ago. We heard later that as soon as we left the bite was on. 44 inchers were caught. Sometimes you just can't win. We fished last week and caught a 30 incher and released it. No other bites we were at Cape Henry...