Category Archives: Hiking and Fishing

From Everest to the Sahara: Top Chinese Adventurer to Visit Capital Re...

March 30, 2013

Top Chinese Adventurer to Visit Capital Region; Recognized  as One of Top Ten Entrepreneurs in China Who: Jin FeiBao from Kunming,   China What:  Visiting in Capital  Region When: Tuesday, April 9 th...

Salmon River Fish Hatchery Remains One of the Most Interesting Places ...

September 27, 2012

Just north of Syracuse is the Salmon River and the Pulaski Fish Hatchery. But fishermen have another name for this place: The Salmon Capital of the World. And right now–Sept, October– the...

CT Fishing Report

July 10, 2012

I am starting to think Long Island Sound is overfished. Now, I don’t have data, but I do know last year was slow. I also know that when Cod were big back in the seventies and eventually got wip...

Hurricane Mountain Fire Tower

October 13, 2011

Hurricane Mountain by Courtney I have hiked all over the world, but I have to say that Hurricane Mountain here in the Adirondacks is probably my favorite mountain of all time.At 3,694 feet, it is by ...

Salmon River Fall Run

September 26, 2011

Salmon River Fall Run Pulaski, NY Whether you fish or not, Pulaski, New York is one of the most incredible places I have ever been to. It is a small hamlet about an hour north of Syracuse, sitting on...

Afternoon Delight-Rock Climbing

August 30, 2011

I have been involved in indoor rock climbing for a number of years, but finally decided that “Hey, I live by the Adirondacks! Why am I not climbing outside?!” This weekend I went with a &...

July-Connecticut and LI Sound Fishing Report

July 22, 2011

Every reader of this column knows I am a longtime fan and visitor of the HelCat fishing boat. Captain Brad and his team can make any fishing trip a day to remember. They look for fish (some captains ...

Castle in the Clouds!

July 12, 2011

Castle in the Clouds 455 Old Mountain Road Moultonborough, NH 03254 Phone: 603-476-5900 Fax: 603-476-2512 www.castleintheclouds.org, Welcome to Tom and Olive Plant’s mountaintop estate “Lucknow...

Gothics Mountain

July 10, 2011

Extremely strenuous. See related articles under Hiking. Gothics is the 10th highest peak in the Adirondack 46. Since Courtney and I were last minute dropouts of a planned Santanoni group hike, we dec...

CT Fishing Reports

June 28, 2011

The first nice day in a few weeks arrived yesterday, so didyouweekend snuck the chance to check out the Hel Cat in New London, Connecticut. (See related article under Connecticut). We usually donR...