New Striper Artwork

[Fish_Eye]

Good magazine cover art also - SWS pays pretty well for a cover - I don't think they retain the rights

Joe, I'm going to hate to muck up the image with the text overlay for the DVD cover but the picture layout goes beyond the rule of thirds to account for the space necessary for the title and limited description of the content; that's why your keen eye felt it would make a good mag cover.

Although "Striper Islands" is going to deal with Cutty, The Elizabeth chain, MV, Long Island and many tiny islands like Seal Rock, Gooseberry, Cormorant, Brenton Reef (a striper island at low tide), I originally wanted a generic island background, but the more I thought about it, the more I just knew it needed some sort of a 'grounding' landmark. We took a little artistic license and moved the lighthouse back to the edge of the cliff and presto you have a signpost for Block Island's SE corner.

For those that have fished under the shadow of the cliffs the lighthouse obviously pigeonholes the location, but for those that haven't, it serves the original purpose of appearing to be a generic lighthouse -- Is that Montauk Point? Gay Head? Beavertail? The DVD will answer those questions and many more...from an above and below water perspective...just as depicted by the cover artwork.

Check out Matt Dangler's artwork, he is one amazing artist and although he's a dedicated and obsessive surf fisherman his only marine art is this cover and an equally impressive roosterfish attacking a plug piece we also collaborated on. I'll post that as well.