So.

Here I am again burning the midnight oil getting issue 4 ready for Tuesday. A little snip- snip here. Streeeeeeetch -stretch there. The coffee is hot and My wife and daughter are long asleep.

For some reason My creative process will not kick in until the gun is to the head.

Until the deadline is swinging like a large rusted wreckingball.

This drives my friend and partner absolutely bat-shit crazy. I think I take this poor guy to the brink of sanity and back every issue. My wife says I have a “P” branded on my chest. This “P” stands for Procrastination Man. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound…tomorrow.

Months of preparation go into every Issue.

Dozens of phone calls.

Hundreds of emails.

Then I swoop down in the final minutes like a Tern over a pencil popper. I peck at it a few times, dodge the trebles and fly away. But my partner is the one working that plug day after day.

Cast and retrieve. Cast and retrieve.

Hopefully one day a big multinational corporation will smack that plug clear out of the water, buy SJ for a million bucks and My friend can retire to Cutty. Or the plug will get worked through a school of Interns to field all the calls and emails. Until that happens I’m sure he will keep casting away.

For all the headaches and stress this magazine is HIS baby. It is something truly unique and to tell you the truth it is AWESOME. So I guess the whole point of the bloodshot, coffee crazed blog entry is to give some long overdue kudos to my friend Zeno. Thanks to You we made it 4 frigging issues!  Come up on the beach, put the rod down and take a bow my brother.

-Tommy Corrigan

1:49 am september 6, 2010

Don’t have a heart attack! Finally got around to fixing some mistakes and it needs to reload.

Probably be back up in the morning.

-Tommy

Grand prize goes to my brother from another mother- Great White Hunter.

“Fishing is a… discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish.” ~Herbert Hoover

This one came in early and was impossible to beat.

Congrats Your SJ prize pack awaits.

-Tommy

While the boss is away I thought I would share some love with the West Coast!

Shout out to Albano!

As you know I start off each issue with a great fishing related quote. How about for issue 4, you pick it for me. Must have the author of the quote. Most importantly it must NOT SUCK. Best quote gets a double secret SJ prize pack which may or may not contain Lamb Sausage. Winning quote is due august 1st.
-Tommy

I have been on a real Roasted chicken kick lately… Read More→

Grilled lamb sausage with lemon and lime.

To quote the guy at DelFiore pork store in Patchogue “This stuff is off the hook Bro!”

Too bad Zeno missed this.

-Tommy

PS- You guys know a hunk of bread made its way into that juice…don’t you?

I am thinking my wife will NOT enjoy Read More→