Boston 101

An angler is the last thing you'd expect to see on the Alford Street Bridge But, here, on Route 99, dozens cast their lines into the murky Mystic River across from the power plant in Everett. “It’s urban fishing,” said Peter Santini, owner of Fishing Finatics on Main Street in Everett. “Cars and trucks go by, but there are stripped bass and blue fish.” From May to October, fisherman set up shop on the concrete sidewalks that line the structure while tractor-trailers and cars wheel down the span. They park their cars -- hazard lights on -- behind large orange cones that line the sides of the street. “It’s a good spot because of the funnel,” Santini said of the bottleneck that connets the river to the Boston Harbor. “The big fish push the little fish.” Sean Sposito
Maisie Crow for The Boston Globe

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An angler is the last thing you'd expect to see on the Alford Street Bridge But, here, on Route 99, dozens cast their lines into the murky Mystic River across from the power plant in Everett.

“It’s urban fishing,” said Peter Santini, owner of Fishing Finatics on Main Street in Everett. “Cars and trucks go by, but there are stripped bass and blue fish.” From May to October, fisherman set up shop on the concrete sidewalks that line the structure while tractor-trailers and cars wheel down the span. They park their cars -- hazard lights on -- behind large orange cones that line the sides of the street.

“It’s a good spot because of the funnel,” Santini said of the bottleneck that connets the river to the Boston Harbor. “The big fish push the little fish.”

Sean Sposito