About the Book
Award-Winning Finalist in the Sports Category at the 2019 International Book Awards. Relive a colorful account of one man's quest in the pursuit of striped bass while surfcasting along the rocky banks of the world famous Cape Cod Canal. The author, a retired Massachusetts District Court Clerk-Magistrate, has been published in newspapers and magazines, but this is his first book. He is extremely grateful to United States Congressman Bill Keating for taking time out of his busy schedule to write the inspiring Foreword.
Included are personal stories, humorous anecdotes and breath taking photographs by highly acclaimed and widely renowned photographer John Doble. Enjoy detailed fishing strategies and in depth interviews with some of the legendary anglers who have contributed to making the Canal a well-known surfcaster's paradise. See why people travel a great distance not only to fish, but to walk, run and ride bikes down the service roads bordering the powerful currents of the storied Cape Cod Canal.
"East End Eddie understands Canal culture-the characters, scenery, legends and laughs." - Kevin Blinkoff, Executive Editor, ON THE WATER
"Ed is an accomplished canal surf fisherman..." - Charley Soares, full time author, newspaper columnist & guide
"Doherty's writing demonstrates the excitement of surfcasting." - Nick "Sunshine" Tokman, deckhand as seen on Discovery Channel's DEADLIEST CATCH
"I find Doherty's work simple, clear and refreshing." - D.J. Muller, author, speaker & surfcasting guide
"East End Eddie Doherty reveals what makes up the mind, body and soul of a true Canal Rat." - Toby Lapinski, Editor, THE FISHERMAN MAGAZINE
"Eddie Doherty is a great fisherman and a gifted story-teller, whose love of the water radiates from every page." - Ted Widmer, former WHITE HOUSE speech writer for President Bill Clinton
About the Author:
Eddie Doherty fished the east end of the Cape Cod Canal so often that other fishermen started calling him East End Eddie. Thus, a nick name and pen name were born together. Doherty is a graduate of Dominican Academy, Attleboro High School and the University of South Florida. He worked for almost 37 years in the court system of Masachusetts where he began as a 25 year old Assistant Clerk-Magistrate in the Attleboro District Court before being appointed 18 years later to the lifetime position of Clerk-Magistrate of the Wrentham District Court by His Excellency, A. Paul Cellucci, Governor of the Commonwealth. He heard evidence on everything from speeding to murder, but now in retirement is hearing his grandchildren giggle and the sound of striped bass breaking the surface of the ocean.
The author has fished the warm currents of the Gulf of Mexico as well as the powerful surf pounding the rugged coast of Maine. He has surf cast along the striper coast all the way down to the clear tropical inlets of the Florida Keys. His cousins in Ireland took him from Ballyjamesduff to the River Shannon where he wet a line in the same water that had sustained his ancestors with fish during the potato famine long ago. He has been privileged to have fished Sakonnet with Charley Soares, Chappaquiddick with D.J. Muller and the Cape Cod Canal with Patrick Kearney.
Doherty has been published in Cape Cod Magazine, On The Water, The Fisherman Magazine, Cape Cod Times, The Boston Globe, The Sun Chronicle, Coastal Angler Magazine and the Congressional Record. He fishes the Stan Gibbs Cape Cod Canal Fisherman's Classic every year and his striped bass entry won the shore division in his first Buzzards Bay Anglers Club Fall Derby. He lives close to the Cape Cod Canal in Mattapoisett with his wife Joanne.
They were lucky to be blessed with the birth of three healthy grandchildren just in time for retirement. His colleagues knew that the author would be spending time teaching his young grandchildren to fish so on his last day on the job they presented him with many generous gifts including a nice shirt that is embroidered with the words, RETIREMENT - STRIPERS & DIAPERS!
