March 2018 archives
Dory Fishermen’s Catch of the Day Is Certain to Be Fresh Want to know if Nick D’Amato’s fish are fresh? Shake hands with him. One solid grip will tell you that he pulled his catch of red snapper and sea trout out of the Catalina Channel maybe three hours before. They are the hands of [...]
She Doesn’t Crab About Fishwife’s Life Newport Beach—Carrie Beck was born to the good life. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and a stable in the backyard. She grew up in relative luxury in Fall River, Mass., and once rode her way to a first-place ribbon in a horse show at [...]
A Line to the Sea—and the Past: Newport Beach Dorymen Like Biblical Fishers Newport Beach—The dory fishermen of Newport Beach have been likened to the fishermen of biblical times on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Poems have been written about them. A restaurant, The Dorymen, has been named for them. Books and magazine [...]
A Diminishing Breed: Dorymen of Newport Newport Beach (AP).— Times are tough for the Newport doryman. But a dozen or so still put to sea before dawn each day in tiny one-man boats seeking crab, lobster or whatever good-eating fish can be found as far as 30 miles from shore. They are back at Newport [...]
Newport Beach Fishermen Ply Trade in Ancient Way “Fishing is like poetry; men must be born so.”—Isaak Walton. “If my sons thought of becoming fishermen, I’d break their heads. It’s a dog’s life.”—Jess Van Riper. Walton was an angler and Van is a fisherman and maybe the difference in their points of view is that [...]