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East End Eddie Doherty

 

Eddie Doherty fished the East End of the Cape Cod Canal so often that other fishermen started calling him East End Eddie. Thus, a nick name and pen name were born together. Doherty is a graduate of Dominican Academy, Attleboro High School and the University of South Florida. He worked for almost 37 years in the Massachusetts Court system where he became the youngest Assistant Clerk-Magistrate in the state at age 25 for the Attleboro District Court before being appointed 18 years later to the lifetime position of Clerk-Magistrate of the Wrentham District Court by His Excellency, A. Paul Cellucci, Governor of the Commonwealth. He was honored to be chosen as the recipient of the Amicus Curiae Award by the Norfolk County Bar Association, founded in 1797. He heard evidence on everything from speeding to murder, but now in retirement is hearing the sound of his grandchildren giggle and of striped bass breaking the surface of the ocean.

The author has fished the warm currents of the Gulf of Mexico as well as the powerful Atlantic surf pounding the rugged coast of Maine. He has surf cast along the striper coast all the way down to the clear tropical inlets of the Florida Keys. His cousins in Ireland took him from Ballyjamesduff to the River Shannon where he wet a line in the same water that had sustained his ancestors with fish during the potato famine long ago. He has been privileged to have fished Sakonnet with Charley Soares, Chappaquiddick with Janet Messineo and the Cape Cod Canal with Patrick Kearney.

Doherty is the author of SEVEN MILES AFTER SUNDOWN Surfcasting for Striped Bass Along the World Famous Cape Cod Canal which was announced as the #1 New Release in Fishing on Amazon and was voted as an Award-Winning Finalist in the Sports Category at the 2019 International Book Awards in Los Angeles.

He writes a weekly column for the Falmouth Enterprise and has been published in Cape Cod Magazine, On The Water, The Fisherman Magazine, Cape Cod Times, The Boston Globe, The Sun Chronicle, Cape Cod Life, Coastal Angler Magazine and the Congressional Record.

He fished in the Stan Gibbs Cape Cod Canal Fisherman’s Classic and his striped bass entry won the shore division in his first Buzzards Bay Anglers Club Fall Derby.

Doherty does a weekly video Canal Report for subscribers of The Fisherman and a monthly cable segment on Bourne TV.

He lives close to the Cape Cod Canal in Mattapoisett with his wife Joanne who is affectionately known as J. Do.  They were lucky to be blessed with the birth of five healthy grandchildren to enjoy in retirement.

 

Stan Grossfeld, BOSTON GLOBE Associate Editor & two time Pulitzer Prize Winner, “Eddie, a natural storyteller, is an encyclopedia of information.”

“Your seminar was terrific! No exaggeration, in doing this for 22 years, you are definitely one of the top 5 speakers we’ve had!” -  Steve Medeiros, President & Executive Director, Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association representing over 7,500 recreational anglers & 28 affiliated clubs

“Cape Cod Canal striped bass expert and author Ed Doherty…”, “He has a wonderful personality and is a colorful speaker. You won’t want to miss his presentation.” - Captain Dave Monti, veteran columnist for PROVIDENCE JOURNAL & a dozen other newspapers

Toby Lapinski, Editor, THE FISHERMAN MAGAZINE - “East End Eddie Doherty reveals what makes up the mind, body and soul of a true Canal Rat.”

“Eddie Doherty is a great fisherman and a gifted story-teller, whose love of the water radiates from every page.” - Ted Widmer, WHITE HOUSE speech writer for President Bill Clinton

“Doherty’s writing demonstrates the excitement of surfcasting.”- Nick “Sunshine” Tokman, deckhand as seen on Discovery Channel’s DEADLIEST CATCH