Nelson Sigelman
Martha's Vineyard Deer Hunter Sees the Forest but Not the Tree
In October, the start of the deer hunting season on Martha’s Vineyard, I generally get out of bed by 5 a.m. so I can be in my deer stand...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Sep 16
- 3 min
Martha's Vineyard Derby Fisherman Catches Albie, Dodges Shark
The Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby is often exciting in unpredictable ways. For example, two weeks into the 78th Derby...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jun 4
- 4 min
Smokin' the Martha's Vineyard Blues
I generally do my best to avoid situations where I might encounter creatures that are mean and have the potential to inflict bodily harm...
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Nelson Sigelman
- May 1
- 7 min
Martha’s Vineyard Fly Rod Contest Celebrates 31 Years this May
A collision with a plow was not about to slow these anglers down. They were heading to the Vineyard.
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Nelson Sigelman
- Mar 31
- 7 min
Martha's Vineyard Nonprofits Battle Over Failed Culvert, Stream Ecology
Martha’s Vineyard has considerable self-regard for its commitment to environmental protection but falls short compared to some 80...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Harbinger of Spring: Trout Truck Arrives on Martha's Vineyard
The arrival Thursday, March 16, of a Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) tank truck filled with hatchery-raised trout was a tangible...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Mar 10
- 5 min
A Striper Fisherman Chronicles an Obsession
Seasons Of The Striper — Pursuing the Great American Gamefish by William Sisson occupies a rarefied space among books about striped bass....
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Nelson Sigelman
- Feb 20
- 5 min
Kyoto, and a World Now Far Away
Many years ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I served on an intergalactic police force on the planet of Jillucia, in the Andromeda galaxy....
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Nelson Sigelman
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
A Slice of Pumpkin Pie
I’m not sure why I wanted to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. My wife Norma and I are not what you’d call Thanksgiving...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Oct 15, 2022
- 4 min
Martha's Vineyard Deer Hunter Ticked Off
Watching a tick crawl up my sleeve and self-destruct is very satisfying.
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Nelson Sigelman
- Sep 16, 2022
- 5 min
Island Deer Harvest Dropped in 2021
As cool nights refresh lingering summer days and tinges of color appear across the Martha's Vineyard landscape, Island deer hunters are...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Sep 6, 2022
- 4 min
Glory Fades Away; Sportsmanship Lasts Forever
To promote good sportsmanship, Derby leaders asked me to write the following essay for the 2022 Derby souvenir booklet. Latin scholars...
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Nelson Sigelman
- May 29, 2022
- 5 min
When the War Is Over: Letters From America
It was April 2016 when I found two faded envelopes in a box of old photos and documents that had sat among the clutter in my basement for...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Apr 21, 2022
- 4 min
Remembering John Phillips; a Friend to Island Anglers
John Charles Phillips II died on Thursday, March 10. But for the mysteries of Google algorithms, which picked up on a reference to East...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Aug 2, 2021
- 4 min
Sun Shrimp Has a Recipe for Success
I like shrimp. I am not alone. Oceana, a nonprofit that promotes responsible fishing, reports that shrimp is the most popular seafood in...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Aug 2, 2021
- 6 min
President Obama Needs to Take Time and Go Fishing
There is a lot to learn outside the Vineyard summer cocktail circuit. (August 2010) The political pundits will be lathered up this week....
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jul 3, 2021
- 3 min
Segue On Tashmoo Pond
My first reaction was, Huh? I wasn’t sure what to make of what I saw on Tashmoo Pond. A diminutive figure of a man in a black wetsuit and...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jun 25, 2021
- 5 min
Finding Nature’s Sounds Amid the Noise
The sound was deafening. Caw. Caw. Caw. Hundreds of crows, swirling black shadows in the darkening sky, called to each other overhead as...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
Peter Herrmann, VFW Fluke Tourney Impresario, Remembered
Amid life’s uncertainties, it may be reassuring to think that we will leave some good memories behind once we depart this earth. I...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
Irony Swims in Island Waters
The return of river herring to Martha’s Vineyard this spring is one of the rhythms of a natural world unaffected by a pandemic that has...
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