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Single Hooks Save Lives (and Hands)

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Brody Mannino caught himself a nice striped bass from the beach in Bridgehampton recently.

Brody Mannino caught himself a nice striped bass from the beach in Bridgehampton recently.

Mark Borucke took a break from the local fluke grounds to sample some of the fluke-ish fishing in Alaska last month and was rewarded with a limit of halibut.

Mark Borucke took a break from the local fluke grounds to sample some of the fluke-ish fishing in Alaska last month and was rewarded with a limit of halibut.

Peyton Sfreddo, with a little advertising from Capt. Brad Reis, and the nice

Peyton Sfreddo, with a little advertising from Capt. Brad Reis, and the nice "slot" striped bass she caught aboard the Someday Came out of Hampton Bays recently.

At 95 years old Jack Resnick is still hitting the high seas and pulling on black sea bass, like this nice one he caught recently aboard the Double D charter boat out of Westlake Fishing Lodge in Montauk. CAPT. DAN GIUNTA

At 95 years old Jack Resnick is still hitting the high seas and pulling on black sea bass, like this nice one he caught recently aboard the Double D charter boat out of Westlake Fishing Lodge in Montauk. CAPT. DAN GIUNTA

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  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Jul 23, 2024
  • Columnist: Michael Wright
If you read this column regularly you will know that I have for years been pleading, begging, exhorting, cajoling and goading fishermen to remove the rear treble hooks on their... more

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