Dan's Tackle Box

Salem, MA, 8/27/2016

The other day I watched a story on channel 7 news about a modern day Salem witch that got arrested for disturbing the peace. I decided to go check Salem out.

I fished off Derby Wharf in Salem Harbor. Here is the the Derby Wharf Lighthouse.
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Tall ship Friendship moored at Derby Wharf
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I saw some stripers along the wharf, had some followers, got a few strikes, and caught this striper there
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Earlier in 2016 researchers determined that Proctor's Ledge, not an area higher up on Gallows Hill as previously thought, is where the Salem witches were hung in 1692 as hysterical townspeople looked on. Here is a section of Proctor's Ledge behind a Walgreens pharmacy parking lot.
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Salem Witch Trials Memorial
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Each of the 20 victims convicted of witchcraft and executed has a commemorative stone in the memorial
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