The Fish Story
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•September 9, 2026
Tidal Wave of Flies Descends on Beaches as Bitten Bathers Flee
Last Friday, Sept. 4, LBI-oriented social media exploded over a beachline tsunami, of sorts. A tidal wave of biting flies descended upon a holiday-weekend crowd.
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•September 2, 2026
Recalling Olden Times When Whale Carcasses Freely Hauled Off
The recent burying of a washed-up fin whale in Barnegat Light had me pulling up some related pics from my black and white photo archives. They showed Island times, circa 1920, when a washed-up whale…
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•August 26, 2026
Burial of Fin Whale No Simple Matter for Disposal Team
For all you whale carcass chasers, you missed your big chance. The gory fin whale remains that washed up on the Barnegat Light beachfront are gone. “To where?” you ask. Even though I’m sworn to…
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•August 19, 2026
Night Skies Alive: Thousands of Orbiters in Wild Space Race
Sheepshead specialist Kim Lance got his personal best while fishing off the South Jetty. I’m a child of Sputnik nights, when a single craft doing a few spins around the planet was front-page news.…
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•August 12, 2026
Getting Things Straight: Our Beloved Lighthouse Might Be Wee Bit Atilt
Is our beloved Barnegat Lighthouse a bit tipped? If not, why does virtually every panoramic photograph ever taken of Barney lean toward his being askew?
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•August 5, 2026
A Beach of Worlds: Every Sand Granule Buzzing With Life
I’m speaking of every grain of sand on the beach, bar none, though it takes a macro imagination to envision the micro nature of the life teaming on every granule.
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•August 3, 2026
Greenhead Guys Offer Enticing Formula to Fend Off Biting Flies
I hate biting flies more than most folks. My skin will not give up the itchy ghosts of bites for days on end. As to scratching, I’ll coin the phrase “there will be blood” – along with a scar or two.
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•July 22, 2026
Salt of the Shore: Seeking Seasoning on Island Beaches
MANN OVERBOARD: Amid current overseas displays of American warriorship being done solely in the name of Him, the instantly world-famous Blue Angel beach-top flyover in Pensacola has rightfully…
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•July 15, 2026
Capturing for Posterity: Grab Smartphones, Save LBI for All Time
Let’s make some history together by videotaping our brains out, not forgetting to also pan every which-a-way. We’ll instantly be in the posterity game.
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•July 8, 2026
Drinking Hot Tea Can Counteract Hellacious Heat
HOT DRINKS FOR HOT TIMES: Unbeknownst to most avid – some might say semi-addicted – coffee and tea drinkers, their beloved beverages need not be “iced” to help fight savage summer heat. Simply down…
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•July 2, 2026
Just Nix Shoes: Forgo Footwear for Better Health
There was a pop rock song in the 1960s called “Barefootin’” by Robert Parker. It was a sophomoric dance concept back then but has recently been reborn into something far healthier than merely busting…
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•June 25, 2026
Beach Patrol Drones Could Be Repurposed for Shark Watch
The new Long Beach Township Beach Patrol drone is set to assist distressed swimmers to the point of dropping flotation devices to them. It can more routinely be used to simply check on the status of…
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•June 17, 2026
Local 50-Foot Oarfish Is One for the Records In the Eyes of Guinness
A while back I wrote about a northern oarfish that came ashore in Wildwood. It was a modest 6 feet or so long.
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•June 10, 2026
Shocking Disappearance of Coastal Falcons Leaves Empty Nests
My all-time favorite bird species is falling from the shoreline sky at an alarming speed. I speak of the world’s fastest creature, the peregrine falcon.
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•June 4, 2026
Refloating the Past: Legendary Surf Rafts Ride New Age Wave
Monday saw summer officially begin in the eyes of Northern Hemisphere meteorologists, despite the sky persisting with the jacket-needed mode. The real chill factor has been nasty winds. Those seem…
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•May 20, 2026
A No-Doubt Drought: Dryness Down to the Aquifers
Last column, I went big on El Niño as potentially being an inordinately powerful thunderstorm spawner. Talk of upcoming downpours seemingly flies in the face of this week’s follow-up report…
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•May 18, 2026
What You Should Know About the Upcoming Super El Niño Prediction
I understand the reluctance to trust any long-range weather forecasts, but this week I’ve got an emerging dose of sky divination well worth some coverage. I speak of updated reads on the El…
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•May 6, 2026
Birdseye Field of View Is Laced With Markers Guiding Them Daily
Researchers studying bird migrations have come upon some eye-opening findings regarding how birds view the world around them.
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•April 30, 2026
Beating FOMO Monster By Getting Upper Hand Help From JOMO
I’ve lost all my former FOMO inclinations.
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•April 25, 2026
Island’s Length Is Off: 18 Miles Misses Things by Miles
Time has come (again) to forward the proper long and short of Long Beach Island.
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•April 15, 2026
Canned Sardines Becoming Life of Party for Aging Gen Z’ers
Those Generation Z kids and their … sardines. Talk about a fully freaky generational craze.
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•April 9, 2026
When in a Pica Mood, Folks Prefer Talcum Over Lobster Bisque
Ever get this overwhelming urge to chew on toy cars or jetty rocks? You just might be a pica person.
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•April 2, 2026
Turn Up the Volume: Spring Can Get Loud, Led By High-dB Frogs
FROGS KICK UP THE dB: With the arising warmth on the mainland, season-harbingering spring peepers are already sounding off. Their piercing mating calls resonating even during near-freezing nights.
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•March 25, 2026
Fertilizer Fear Strikes 2026 Farming Season Taking a Hormuz Hit
Spring has finally arrived, landing upon quite a blowdown landscape. Be it yards, streetscapes or, most obviously, woodlands, there is an uncommon showing of downed trees and branches.
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•March 19, 2026
Niños/Niñas Resting, Leaving Our Weather to Its Own Devices
We’re about to begin a rarish Swiss spring and summer. I’ll explain.
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•March 12, 2026
Dutch Fish Doorbell Needs Lock Watchers to Ring Up the Keeper
In a bit of escapism this week, I’m steering the column away from the heavier topics of recent weeks – dead birds, ocean bottom mining, broken elbows – by doing some virtual traveling.
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•March 5, 2026
Birds Just Keep Falling as State Now Suggests Public Perform Pickups
Ongoing bird deaths beg a columnistic follow-up.
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•February 26, 2026
Dismal Walkabout: Inlet Area’s Deceased Birdlife
It snowed decently enough. However, and not meaning to be demeaning, the much pre-ballyhooed blizzard lacked a certain pizzazz – nothing near what one expects from a “cyclone bomb.” Nonetheless, some…
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•February 18, 2026
Why Issuing Shower Songs Comes Down to Dopamine and Loads of Negative Ions
As I run on midwinter blah time, I opt to explore some of life’s unsung questions, like why so many of us sing in the shower.
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•February 12, 2026
Ice Takes a Toll as Island Folks Just Keep Falling
A few dreary midnights back, I found my mood up … and then down. No, it wasn’t a bipolar episode, it was merely a polar one.
