![]() When he was 23 he moved to the Oswego-Pulaski area to work the river and lake fishing seasons. So, he looked north to Lake Ontario as salmon and trout fishing was beginning to boom in the Central New York region. When he finally got his driver’s license and was ready to do more fishing on the Jersey Shore, the stripers fishing dried up. ![]() By the time he and his family moved back down to West Central, New Jersey, when he was 14 years old, fishing in the rural streams, reservoirs and ocean became a big part of his life. He moved upstate to Moravia in the Finger Lakes region on the southern end of Owasco Lake when he was 4. He has been fishing for as long as he can remember. ![]() Though they have been together as captain and first mate of one of Lake Ontario’s premier charter fishing boats, Cold Steel Sportfishing Charter, their experience as fishermen on the smallest of the Great Lakes became a calling from an early age for both.Ĭaptain Tom Burke, 58, was born in Brooklyn, where his father and uncle owned a marina. Tom Burke and Andy Bliss have been fishing Lake Ontario off the shores of Oswego together for nearly a quarter of a century. Tom Burke and First Mate Andy Bliss brings good, old memories - and 30 pounds of fresh fishīy Tom and Jerry Caraccioli Jerry (left) and Tom Caraccioli were guests of Cold Steel Sportfishing Charter and reeled in 11 king salmon, of which four ended up on their dinner table. A fishing trip on Lake Ontario with Capt. ![]()
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