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Northshore October 2025
Wanna Catch Fish and Fish Tales off Plum Island? Go See Kay!by KAREN SACKOWITZLast September, Greg Palmer of Framingham landed a 54 pound, 5 ounce striper while fishing in the Joppa Flats area at the mouth of the Merrimack River. He then made an even bigger splash by landing his photo on the "wall of fame" at Surfland, a bait and fishing supply store that has been a fixture on Plum Island since 1960."It started out as a gimmick," recalls Newburyport native Kay Moulton, who runs the shop with her husband, Raymond, "When we first opened, people would drive right by. Then Ray came up with the idea to take pictures of anyone who landed a 50-pound
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