A bird's eye view of the lake, looking down a hill. In the foreground there is a large white house, with barns. Trees obscure the rest of the shore. There are several boats on the water.
A number of spectators have gathered as the fisherman are hauling striped bass from the river. At their feet is a net; in the river beyond, a wooden structure.
A dredge is at work in the Hudson River off the seawall at Grand View, loading mud from the river bottom onto a barge. At the left, a fisherman is tending a net.
Fisherman and author Ray Bergman poses on a wooden dock with his rod and reel and a large-mouthed fish. Bergman was born in Nyack in 1891 and died in 1966. He wrote for "Outdoor Life" magazine and was the author of several books on fishing. "Trout"...
Winston C. Perry, Jr., village historian of Upper Nyack, discusses the history of the Perry family and the historic Van Houten's Landing neighborhood in Upper Nyack.
A tidy fisherman's home on the west side of Rockland Lake consists of two large houses, some outbuildings, and clothes drying a lines in the yard. Across the lake are the huge storehouses for the ice that was harvested during the winter.
Fishing boats, fishing nets, and fisherman at the Bight. Large trees shade the fishing area. In the background is a seawall and dock for one of the houses that faced the Hudson River.
The large shad net has been set into the icy Hudson River. One fisherman is in a rowboat, two are wading close to shore, and a fourth sits on the shore. On the back of the photo are the names Carlo Zenata, Eddie Shackle, Will Arietta, and Les Ryan.
A fisherman pauses in cleaning a fish, to glance at the photographer. Another is reaching into the pail for a fish. The fisherman with the pipe also appears in Nyack library photos #1332 and 1337.
Working at the edge of the Hudson River in Grand View, several fisherman are slowly hauling in a large shad net. The reel for the task is at the right.
Robert (Bob) Gabrielson of Nyack, fisherman, holds a shad, a member of the herring family and a desirable catch. Bob studied, caught, and sold shad for more than 45 years. Bob said, "Hey, it's a great life. I wouldn't have it any other way. Like I...
