Nelson Sigelman
Deer Harvest Ticked Up in 2023 Season
Successful Martha's Vineyard deer hunters have well-stocked freezers based on 2023 harvest figures released by the Massachusetts Division...
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Nelson Sigelman
Jan 206 min read
Chappy Fishing Culture Is Eroding
To: Edgartown Conservation Commission Re: TTOR OSV access upcoming hearing Dear Edgartown Conservation Commission Members: Who did or...
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Nelson Sigelman
Dec 6, 20231 min read
Marking a Birthday
Today, I achieved a birthday milestone. I turned 73 years old, and I don’t have one of those bingo-style pill boxes sitting on my kitchen...
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Nelson Sigelman
Oct 31, 20235 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20237 min read
Martha’s Vineyard Fly Rod Contest Celebrates 32 Years this June
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, 20238 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20213 min read
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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