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12/31/2022 Live Oak Tree Removal at our home in Cape Coral Florida. Started around 10am and took it slow and paced ourselves. Broke for lunch around 12:30pm and was back at it. Finished up around 4:30pm. Medium size tree, but boy was it heavy. Figuring it must be in the white oak family. FEMA is coming this week, so it had to be done. Hope you enjoyed the video

November 1, 2022. Fished aboard the Mary Alice south of Block Island. Anchored up on a wreck south of the Block Island windmills. Picked a couple nice Codfish and a few Seabass before repositioning on some structure north of the windmills. Another great day fishing aboard the Mary Alice. Thanks for viewing

October 11, 2022 we did our second tour of the Jeanie Johnston while in Dublin Ireland. Our first tour of the ship was in Port Jefferson NY in July 2003 when the replica retraced her original trip. Garouge does a wonderful job as the Jeanie Johnson tour guide. Amazing ship, amazing crew and amazing spirit of the Irish people. Hopefully if you make your way to Ireland you get to pay her a visit. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to have Garouge as your tour guide

October 11, 2022 we did our second tour of the Jeanie Johnston while in Dublin Ireland. Our first tour of the ship was in Port Jefferson NY in July 2003 when the replica retraced her original trip. Garouge does a wonderful job as the Jeanie Johnson tour guide. Amazing ship, amazing crew and amazing spirit of the Irish people. Hopefully if you make your way to Ireland you get to pay her a visit. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to have Garouge as your tour guide

11/29/2022 I got a late call from Pete saying his fishing trip with FDNY Engine 257 and Ladder 170 out of Rhode Island was canceled; this freed us up to fish his boat, the Mary Alice. Isn’t it always the way that the last-minute trips turn out to be the best! What a great day we had. We limited out on Blackfish and Seabass. I was dialed in today and pushed ahead of our best angler, retired FDNY Lieutenant Jimmy Zodowick. Jim was trying out a new blackfish jig, and it wasn’t going well. That blackfish rig got into Jim’s head, and he was dead in the water. Midday I went in the cabin to take a short nap, and when I returned it was brought to my attention that Jim had just landed a large quality blackfish. Before I was able to get situated to start fishing again Jim had landed two more large fish. He didn’t have me on a fish count, but he was closing in on weight. That’s when I landed a large blackfish that I thought to be at least 10 pounds. I made sure I marked this fish by cutting one of the bottom fins. Just before we wrapped up for the day I found out that while I was napping in the cabin Jim had the measuring tape out, along with a sketching pad writing down the specs on my stand-off blackfishing rig which he essentially copied. An obvious case of intellectual property theft. For what ever reason Captain Pete Carey turned a blind eye to this unethical behavior and allowed the crime to unfold. Trying to make sense of it all, I just figured fishing is fishing, and some guys will do anything to get ahead. At the end of the day, we brought both our large fish to the scale at Montauk Marine Basin for a final weigh-in which would determine who was the best fisherman for the trip. Would you believe that each of our large Blackish weighed in at 8.46lbs? What were the chances? Jim could’ve clinched the “High Hook” award had he not made the rookie mistake of grabbing the leader rather than swinging the keeper codfish he had at the surface over the gunnel, thereby losing our almost only Cod. Great Day, Great Crew. Hope you enjoyed the video!

11/29/2022 I got a late call from Pete saying his fishing trip with FDNY Engine 257 and Ladder 170 out of Rhode Island was canceled, which freed us up to fish his boat, the Mary Alice. Isn’t it always the way, that the last-minute trips turn out to be the best! What a great day we had. We limited out on Blackfish and Seabass. I was dialed in today and pushed ahead of retired FDNY Lieutenant Jimmy Zodowick, who is our best angler. Jim was trying out a new Blackfish jig and it wasn’t going well. That blackfish rig got into Jim’s head and he was dead in the water. I went in the cabin to take a short nap, and when I returned it was brought to my attention that Jim had just landed a large quality Blackfish. Before I was able to get situated to start fishing again, Jim had landed two more large fish. He didn’t have me on a fish count, but he was closing in on weight. That’s when I landed a large blackfish that I thought to be at least 10 pounds. I made sure I marked this fish by cutting one of the bottom fins. Just before we wrapped it up for the day, I found out that while I was napping in the cabin Jim had the measuring tape out and jotting down the specs on my rig, which he essentially copied. All of this was done under the supervision of the captain, Pete Carey, which I thought was unethical. But fishing is fishing, and some guys will do anything to get ahead. At the end of the day, we brought both our large fish to the scale at Montauk Marine Basin for a final weigh-in, which would determine who was the best fisherman for the trip. Would you believe that each of our large blackfish weighed in at 8.46lbs? What were the chances? Jim could’ve clinched the “High Hook” award had he not made the rookie mistake of grabbing the leader, rather than swinging the keeper cod he had at the surface over the gunnel, thereby losing our almost only codfish. Great Day, Great Crew. Hope you enjoyed the video

11/23/2022 Welcome aboard the Hampton Lady. My first time fishing this boat out of Hampton Bays. Can’t say enough about the great job Captain James Foley, mates Derek, Billy and Jashu did. We were underway at 4:30am and sailed for a little over 2 hours to reach our destination. Fished in about 160 feet of water. A little snotty heading out, northwest winds between 20 and 25 knots. Just an all-around beautiful day. Non-stop Jumbo Seabass and Porgies action. Some were lucky enough to catch a couple Codfish. Great job guys! I’ll be back

4/20/2017 Horses require a lot of maintenance. Did I say maintenance? I meant to say a lot of love! Caitlin was asked by Leo’s owner to school him, which she enjoyed doing. Afterwards Leo got the full treatment and I got to do another horse video! Hope you enjoy watching

1/16/2017 When you’ve spent as much time at different barns as I have, you have to think outside the box. There’s only so many fishing rigs you can tie while waiting for your daughter to complete all the tasks that go along with horseback riding. Why not put that iPhone to good use and create a couple spoof videos.

5/6/2016 Anybody who has a daughter who rides, knows that they spend a lot of time at the barn. There’s a lot of prep work before you get to ride, and just as much work to do after you’re finished. Horses require a lot of care and attention. Caitlin could spend as much as three hours with each horse she rode. While my daughter Caitlin was getting Duke ready to ride at the Parkview Stable in Central Islip , I got to spend some time with Vivaldi “The Kissing Horse” and do this spoof video.

I don’t know who this gentleman is, but he hit the nail right on the head. “You are the Cancer that is killing this nation”

2/8/2022 Petey doing his daily workout at his private Smithtown NY gym. It takes discipline and perseverance to keep up with his vigorous training schedule

12/24/2018 What better way to spend Christmas Eve Day than for Michael and his Dad to do their civic duty removing a fallen Black Cherry Tree from the Patriot Cemetery on Pond Path in East Setauket. God Bless our Veterans

8/27/2016 My cousin George and his son Andrew were in New York for a visit. We managed to get some time on the boat to do a little fishing on Long Island Sound north of Mount Sinai

9/24/2022 Port Jefferson SeaTow in action

9/24/2022 Port Jefferson SeaTow do you watering a sunken boat in the harbor. Those guys did a great job, make sure to renew your membership, you never know when you’ll need it

Captain Persnickety Pete Carey prepares lunch for the crew of the Mary Alice South of Block Island Lighthouse. Great day fishing, with 16 Blackfish, 24 Jumbo Seabass and 2 Codfish put in the cooler. All in attendance retired FDNY brothers who at one time or another worked in the FDNY Marine Division. The lineup: Pete Carey retired Firefighter Marine Co 1 Jimmy Zodowick retired Lieutenant Marine Co 1 Kevin Duncan retired Fireboat Pilot Marine Co 1 Jimmy McCabe retired Captain E-230 Tommy May retired Firefighter Marine Co 9

11/9/2022 heading in from our Blackfish/Seabass trip off Block Island. Another great day fishing aboard the Mary Alice, captained by retired FDNY Firefighter Pete Carey. Retired FDNY Captain Jimmy McCabe and retired FDNY Lieutenant Jimmy Zodowick had a difference of opinion on who was high hook when the rumble broke out. We had to break that fight up, couldn’t have anybody injured, too many fish to clean when we got back to the dock. Also in attendance today, retired FDNY Fireboat Pilot Kevin Duncan and retired FDNY firefighter Tommy May. All of us worked together at some point in the FDNY Marine Division. Thanks for viewing, hope you enjoy the video

11/4/2022 Another great day fishing aboard the Mary Alice. Wrapping up our Blackfish/Seabass trip and heading home to Montauk. Absolutely beautiful day! On the way in we ran into a very large school of bunker bubbling at the surface.

11/4/2022 Another great day fishing aboard the Mary Alice. Wrapping up our Blackfish/Seabass trip and heading home to Montauk. Absolutely beautiful day! On the way in we ran into a very large school of bunker bubbling at the surface.

11/4/2022 All lines off and the Mary Alice was underway at 6 am this morning, enroute Fishers Island. Beautiful morning; it was dark when we left. Just before dawn, I got to witness a couple shooting stars. The 11 mile trip took us a little over an hour and 15 minutes. Couldn’t ask for a nice morning, absolutely beautiful

11/4/2022 Fished today aboard the Mary Alice out of Montauk. The FDNY Lineup: Captain Pete Carey, Kevin Profitlich, Jimmy Zodowick, Bobby Maynes and Tommy May. Great day blackfishing interrupted by “Chow’s On!” So what was on the menu? Seafood Chowder. I thought we were back in the firehouse kitchen for a moment!

11/3/2022 My friend Paul dropped off three dozen Cherrystone clam a couple days back. Today Michael put together a nice New England Clam Chowder for us. Nice job Michael!

March 3, 2022 5:48pm Retired FDNY Brothers Shawn and Tommy May Rendezvous with “The People’s Convoy” in Cambridge Ohio

July 12, 2022 Retired FDNY Firefighter Shawn May Engine 4 Rides The Mechanical Bull At Stockyards Station Ft Worth Texas. 28 Seconds