Jimmy Fee

Jimmy Fee is the managing editor of Cape Cod-based On The Water Magazine. From steelhead to tuna to largemouth to trout, Fee has chased almost everything that swims in the U.S., though his true home-turf passion is surfcasting for striped bass.

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Smelt Camp: A Deep-Fried Maine Tradition

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Smelt Camp: A Deep-Fried Maine Tradition

Jimmy Fee Mar 17, 2020

By the third hour of our six-hour smelt shack rental, I’ve come to reconsider the true reason fishermen willingly spend frigid winter nights on fluctuating tidal ice in Maine. If you were to peek in at this point, you’d see a half-full bucket of smelt, a half-empty liter of brandy, and Andy Nabreski...

Jimmy Fee Mar 17, 2020