Article Highlights Cape Cod Tuna Fishermen
Cape Cod Times/BARRY DONAHUE PHOTOS
CapeCodTimes: Just a few miles southeast of Chatham, the monotony of the ocean erupted in an explosion of life. Humpback whales moved with ponderous purpose among flocks of terns and offshore birds that crashed into the sea with folded wings.
I do think there are signs that things are going to get better
With a flip of a tail, one humpback after another dove and then surfaced, their pleated pouches leaking water, their mouths filled with sand lances.
The crew of the Tammy Rose hustled to put out gear: a spider’s web of lines trailing lines, coming off the stern from thousand-dollar rods with ham-sized brass reels. Squid bars that mimicked a panicked school of fish extended out from both sides of the vessel, towed by large outriggers.
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Tom Richardson is the co-director and host of BoatingLocal. Before that he served as the editor of Northeast Boating from 2005 to 2009, and as managing editor of Salt Water Sportsman magazine from 1995 to 2004. He lives, boats and fishes in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife and three kids.
