In baseball parlance, the fishing season is now formally in the bottom of the ninth inning. There are two outs and two strikes on the batter at the plate, or in this case a fisherman with a rod and reel in hand. For my part, I did not want to strike out by not fishing one last time before the end of the year.

Linda Sue Russell's lifelong goal, her family wrote, was to be happy and raise a family, and that she did. She died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Nov. 13.

Christopher McErlean of Flanders, known to all as Chris Mac, was an avid fisherman, basketball player, and Golden Gloves-winning boxer who won a lightweight division title 19 years ago. Mr. McErlean, who grew up in Sag Harbor, died suddenly on Nov. 23.

Linda Lawry, a well-known wine educator who retired in 2018 as director of the International Wine Center in Manhattan, died of cardiac arrest on Nov. 25. “For me, and for countless other wine professionals in New York City, Linda was the reason they pursued wine as a career," her successor at the center said.