Contributors

Writer and hard-core surf nut Dave Anderson has been contributing to fishing publications since the early 2000s. He is the editor of the online publication Surfcaster’s Journal and spends his nights fishing for striped bass. In “Fish Funnel,” Dave writes about the Cape Cod Canal, where anglers use trickedout bicycles to get in on the striper action.

An education in English and film helped Austin Coit develop an appreciation for the art of storytelling. Between rigging ballyhoo and cutting squid on his stepdad’s charter boat, he picked up a camera. Two years ago he passed on a private boat job to pursue photography full time. Austin tells of a slightly awkward moment with a Bahamian guide for this issue’s “How I Got That Shot.”

Retired Bourne, Massachusetts, police detective John Doble has been fishing the Cape Cod Canal for four decades and photographing the action in “the ditch” for the last 15 years. “This year was the best season we’ve had in my lifetime,” says Doble, whose photographs in this issue illustrate the “Fish Funnel” story on fishing for stripers in the canal.

Jody Dole’s award-winning photography has appeared on the covers of The New York Times, Fortune and Time magazines. Jody took the still-life photos of tackle that belonged to a departed fisherman for “A Fishing Life” in this issue, as well as one of the covers.

Offshore photographer Richard Gibson fell in love with the blue marlin while residing in St. Thomas and working as a staff shooter for the Virgin Islands Daily News. A former managing editor of Tournament Digest magazine, he has contributed to many publications worldwide, and his passion for billfish is stronger than ever. Richard traveled to Panama to shoot the photos for “A Land Like No Other.”

Longtime deckhand Zach Harvey has experience on charter, party and commercial vessels, and in most fisheries along the Northeast. A resident of Wakefield, Rhode Island, he is a former editor of

The Fisherman magazine and has contributed to a host of periodicals. Zach writes about the fall striper migration in “The Run” in this issue.