I Learned Everything From My Father on the Water. Here’s What He Taught Me
The First Lessons Were Not Spoken I did not learn fishing from books or classrooms. I learned it from my father, Daniel Silva Sr., on the water long before I understood that what he was teaching me would shape my entire life. Back then, I was just a kid from Beaufort, North Carolina, sitting in […]
Before Sunrise: What It’s Really Like to Be a Gulf Coast Fisherman
The Dark Before the Workday Begins Most people think my workday starts when the sun comes up. The truth is, I am already halfway through it by then. Out here on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, the day begins long before light touches the water. When I wake up, it is still dark enough that the […]