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Published on 10/6/08
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Battery Park City, Pier A
During the day, Pier A is overrun with street vendors and tourists snapping pictures of the park’s mini Statute of Liberty. By dusk, the gawkers have cleared out and the fishermen move in.
Eddie Morales drives to BPC from the Bronx with his buddies so often that he has a delivery deal worked out with nearby Water Street Gourmet. It’s one of the best fishing spots, he says, because both rivers converge into a salty, fertile hot spot. Morales and pals regularly pull all-nighters, watching for cops (it’s illegal to hang here after 1am).
The evening we visit, they’ve brown-bagged sandwiches. Morales has also brought along his 11-year-old son, Matthew, who is already skilled in casting and gutting. “I don’t want him out in clubs, drinking,” says the cautious father. ”Besides, there’s girls here fishing too.”
He’s teaching his son patience, but also enjoys goofing around—especially after a week of working nights as a steel grinder in New Jersey. “We just talk, joke around, lower people’s self-esteem,” he says. “We enjoy the view, the weather—it’s like therapy.”
Ed Ruckle
Tue, Oct 02, 07, at 9:45am
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