Press Releases

November 21, 2002
Popular Sportfishing Class Returns to Southampton College

Contact:
Patricia Conway
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

The Continuing Studies office of Southampton College is offering a six-week "Sportfishing on Long Island" course, during which instruction will be given in the techniques for catching many marine species (striped bass, fluke, blackfish, flounder and tuna) found in local Long Island waters.

The aim of this course is to educate the novice as well as the more advanced angler in the areas of fish finding, bait and lure selection, terminal tackle, knot and rig tying, safety and chumming and baiting techniques. Audiovisual materials, handouts and complimentary copies of The Fisherman and Salt-Water Sportsman will aid in course instruction.

"Sportfishing on Long Island" is taught by Captain Jerry McGrath, an avid fisherman and experienced instructor who was honored by the Suffolk Association for Continuing Education with a 1994 Teacher of the Year Award. A former charterboat owner and skipper, McGrath has written articles for sportfishing publications and has given numerous sportfishing lectures throughout the Long Island and New York Metropolitan Area.

The course will run Monday evenings, January 6-February 10, from 7-9 p.m. For more information and to register, contact the School of Continuing Studies of Southampton College at (631) 287-8316.