Among the most picturesque of the island's dazzling vistas are the lighthouses. North Light, facing the Rhode Island coast, warns shipping traffic of the long sand spit that projects from the island shore.
North Light, seen from the Labyrinth hill
You can approach North Light by hiking the isthmus between Sachem Pond and the Sound. This lighthouse is a bit unusual--it sits directly upon the roof of the keeper's house.
Southwest Light, overlooking Mohegan Bluffs, had to be moved a few hundred feet inland in 1992 due to erosion of the bluff on which it stood.
The waters off Southwest Light are productive fishing grounds for striped bass, bluefish, and squeteague. Members of my family have gone on some notable (some might say
notorious)
charters on these waters.
A Coast Guard Station and its light mark the entrance to New Harbor. This man-made channel converted a salt pond into a large, deepwater harbor that, in summer, teems with pleasure craft. The channel and the jetty here offer excellent fishing for fluke in the summer, and bonito and false albacore in the fall. I, however, failed to hook up despite dozens of casts with the lure of choice, the green Deadly Dick.
North Light, seen from the Labyrinth hill
You can approach North Light by hiking the isthmus between Sachem Pond and the Sound. This lighthouse is a bit unusual--it sits directly upon the roof of the keeper's house.
Southwest Light, overlooking Mohegan Bluffs, had to be moved a few hundred feet inland in 1992 due to erosion of the bluff on which it stood.
The waters off Southwest Light are productive fishing grounds for striped bass, bluefish, and squeteague. Members of my family have gone on some notable (some might say notorious) charters on these waters.
A Coast Guard Station and its light mark the entrance to New Harbor. This man-made channel converted a salt pond into a large, deepwater harbor that, in summer, teems with pleasure craft. The channel and the jetty here offer excellent fishing for fluke in the summer, and bonito and false albacore in the fall. I, however, failed to hook up despite dozens of casts with the lure of choice, the green Deadly Dick.
