Into The Outflow...

The concept of an outflow is relevant in all styles of fishing. It might be a feeder creek meeting with the main flow on a small trout stream, a salt pond spilling it's contents into the surf, or a narrow band of tropical water flowing between two warm core eddies. The point being that if you fish, you've caught fish in an outflow. Then of course there is the literal sense of the word. Knowledge, emotion, anger, excitement... these things can all come forth in an outflow. In fishing, an outflow if often an area of concentration, bringing predator and prey together in a predictable place while injecting changes in temperature, salinity and oxygenation. 

An outflow is place of memory, a place of importance and an obvious starting point when facing a new beginning.

Team Outflow...

John P. Lee

Manager of everything
J.P Lee is the co-director of Outflow Fishing. He has been fishing his whole life, mostly in New England, in many different fisheries, from bluegill sunfish to broadbill swordfish. Along with being an angler, he also worked commercially for many years on Rhode Island squid and lobsterboats. Lately, John has focused more of his efforts into writing and photos—which often center around fish and the sea.  His work can be seen in Surfcasters Journal, where he is a regular columnist; Anglers Journal, Edible Rhody, National Fisherman, and the Providence Business News.  But his love for working at sea is not gone: he has a regular gig working on a pilotboat in the shipping industry. If you happen to see a blue pilotboat, 64-feet long, making a fluke or striper drift on Block Island Sound that would be John.  


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Contact John:
Email:   jplee70@gmail.com
​Instagram:   @thedentedbucket
Website:   www.thedentedbucket.com

Dave Anderson

Manager of everything else
Dave Anderson is also the co-director of Outflow Fishing. His fishing obsession began, in earnest, at age 7 when his family moved to the shores of one of Massachusetts’ best bass ponds. Surfcasting took over around the age of 18 and took firm hold in 2002 when he moved to the shores of Buzzards Bay. He is known for upholding an old school fishing mentality—don’t ask, don’t tell. But he also loves to pass his knowledge on through writing, focusing on the experience and how to become a better angler rather than where to go. Dave held the positon of Managing Editor of The Fisherman Magazine from 2007 to 2010 and now holds the same position with Surfcasters Journal. In addition to fishing, Dave loves to build wooden lures, play guitar and hunt for Native American artifacts. He is also a family man, and enjoys nothing more than introducing his young daughter to all of the things the New England outdoors have to offer. 
Contact Dave:
Email:   danderson_nef@yahoo.com
​Instagram:   @striperbrain
​Facebook:   facebook.com/OutflowDave
​Website:   www.gotight.net (currently offline)