With our 22nd Hudson River striper season soon on the horizon,

the usual questions pop up anticipating what the new striper season will have in store for us.www.acecharters.com

Questions like,” when will the stripers show up,

will they show up in good fishable numbers, will the river be fishable for the entire season or will it flood out,

what will the boat traffic be like, and last but not least, will bait be readily available?”

These are some of the variables dictated by Mother Nature that must be dealt

with on a yearly basis to be a successful Hudson River striper fisherman. www.acecharters.com

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Last February 27th I decided to “hang up my anchor”. I had been working for the Sandy Hook and Hudson River Pilots for over 42 years. That day I piloted the tanker Afrodite down through the ice out of the Port of Albany and brought her safely to Yonkers - It was my last run! People often ask me what I’ll miss most about working on the “River”. My immediate response is always the same, namely the people I meet and work with! Spinning a ship around in the Port of Albany and helping it wend it’s way along is not an easy task and depends on the help of many others to make it happen safely. It all starts with the goodbye hug from my wife as I leave the house. Then I meet the security guard at the port who greets me and checks me through to the ship. Next I meet the agent (whose job it is to please everyone) who then gives me the OK that everything is ready. As I walk along the berth I greet the line handlers who are happy to know that their job is at hand as they shift back and forth with the cold.  MORE

Football season is finally here. You know what that means to me, don’t you?
Sunday football parties of course! Sunday is my Husband’s day to sit and
scream at the TV. I am a standard girl when it comes to football; I really have
no interest in it. I do however; have a serious interest in Superbowl FOOD.
This recipe is so much fun. It combines two of my three loves; food and shop
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ping. Think about the size of your crowd before you go to the market. Actually,
what you really need is a good Italian deli. I go to A&S Fine Foods in Jefferson
Valley. They are the nicest guys! Mario and Nicky always take very good care
of us. They have the BEST fresh mozzarella you have ever had. They make
it every morning around 9:00. If you haven’t tasted fresh Mozzarella before
then get yourself over there and try some. Trust me, you’ll love it! Not that you
can’t put this together from your local deli department, even supermarket deli
department, but using only Italian specialties makes a definite difference. More

I love making Rib Roast this time of year.
They are everywhere and they are on sale!!!
To me, cooking up that big honking hunk
of meat is a true sign of the holidays. I
have a recipe that is so easy, so delicious;
you are going to fall in love with it too.
Since I started cooking it this way; rib
roast has become a regular in our family’s
food repertoire. My darling Hub always
wants an end cut.  More