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About Amazon Ezra:
Born and raised in New York/New England I became hooked on fishing
at the age of three. Then, to the dismay of my parents, they
discovered that I had climbed out of my bedroom window and walked
½ a mile to a deep running river. Initially relieved and then
angry, my father found me with a self-made fishing rod (a willow
branch- equally handy as a switch), using some thread as line and
a safety pin as a hook. Beside me, a can of worms had yielded a
bucket full of “tiger fish” (perch, actually, but to a little kid
they were striped orange and black like a tiger). It is noteworthy
that he has always since claimed not to have previously taken me
fishing. If fishing has a self-starter, I guess I was it.
Through childhood, my hobbies included building fishing rods and
lures, keeping aquariums, and eventually building and stocking a
farm pond. Fishing and a love of the outdoors was reinforced by
summers spent along the shore, at inland lakes, boating, swimming,
catching fish and crabs in tidal pools, body surfing, sailing,
hiking, and picnicking. One summer in Gloucester Massachusetts, I
adopted a seagull, named Sylvester, and later released it as its
health returned. Then in college as a dual biology-chemistry
major, I was drawn to study marine biology and oceanography at
both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
My other job (the real job) is as a General Manager of a division
in a Fortune 100 Company. Between that and growing up within the
New York City commuting area, I am a time-starved no-nonsense guy
that will not accept unpleasant surprises on my limited vacation
days. When I go on vacation, I need a vacation -not a string of
problems with contingency plans to overcome a misrepresented and
ill-planned nightmare. Nope, I call that work and that scenario
exists the rest of the year. I want a vacation wrought with smooth
execution and numerous levels of happiness.
Quite clearly, fishing and wildlife possessed me then and it has
not stopped. Early on, I believed “the world is so full of a
number of things that I am sure we should all be as happy as
kings”. Now with experience, education, and money I am very very
fussy as to what are “good fishing” as well as good lodging. Call
me and find out about your ADVENTURE IN PARADISE!
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