Most North Shore natives have heard their share of fish stories, from Uncle Steve’s brush with a shark to Grandpa Jack’s fight with a monster bluefin tuna. But few New Englanders can spin a tale better than the captains of Gloucester’s charter fishing fleet. As summer trips fill up, crews are hunting everything from haddock to giant tuna and shark. It’s a great time to be fishing, but then, when isn’t it?
Captain Gary Cannell
Gary Cannell is a New Jersey native who moved to the North Shore after “meeting his mermaid” many years ago. In 1983, he built his own boat, Tuna Hunter, and has
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