REEL N FISH

I started this website in college as a way to share my art and experiences on the water.

During that time, I became obsessed with striped bass and spent countless nights chasing them up and down the coast. I sought out old timers and learned from their stories. In the process, I realized the fishery was only a shadow of what it once was.

I was studying psychiatry, but my passion wasn’t there. One day my advisor asked, “You’re already so obsessed with striped bass and fishing, why not find a way to make a living researching fish?” He was right. I switched paths, graduated with a degree in Cognitive Science, and published my bachelor’s thesis, The Migratory Behavior of Striped Bass, in collaboration with Gray Fish Tag.

Since then, I’ve been fortunate to work in both fishery management and the fishing industry.

My passion for angling started when i was a kid. some of my earliest memories are of spending time fishing with my dad on his aluminum jon boat. My father was a classic outdoorsman, and passed those values on to me. No matter the size, or species, my father taught me that wildlife was something to respect.