The FV Mr Morgan is 58.8′ in length, weighing 87 gross tons, built in 1978, captained by Steve Fitz of Half Moon Bay, California. Its home port is Pillar Point Harbor, the gateway to northern California’s Monterey Bay. After noticing the boat several times, impressed by its great size and dark hull standing out from [...]
Also tagged California, Cape Cod, flatfish, Half Moon Bay, Massachusetts, petrale sole, sand dab, Scottish seining, Steve FitzHave you ever met a local fisherman or woman?
Would you try a different holiday scene that avoids the usual Christmas commercialism?
If you are in San Francisco Peninsula or the SF South Bay area, drop in on the local Lighted Boat Festival, about 6 pm on Saturday, December 19, at Pillar Point Harbor in San [...]
Pietro Parravano is owner and captain of the fishing vessel Anne B; home port, Pillar Point Harbor, El Grenada, CA. He regularly sells fresh catch at farmers’ markets in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, CA.
This now-famous west coast fisherman did not start out as one. He studied biology at Eastern Michigan University. After graduate [...]
Meet a San Mateo County, CA, fisherman of note: Ken S. Lundie. He operates a commercial salmon-fishing boat, is active in coastside community and harbor organizations, and serves as a certified fire-boat pilot at the San Francisco International Airport. You can learn lots more about him here.
Besides his community service and political savvy, what I [...]
Also tagged fire boat, fishing vessel, Henriette, Ken LundieBeing an artist first, a researcher second, I first painted the “Western Flyer” [top left] after a visit to Pillar Point Harbor in northern California about six months ago. I realized that in six years’ visits, I had never seen this huge, dark monster there before! I couldn’t even decide whether it was a fishing [...]
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