Best Bets for Memorial Day Weekend Fishing

5/26/2012 - Oh, this is a tough weekend if you are a striper fisherman. Just about everywhere you go along the bay as well as the oceanfront there will be people and disruptions. It is not ideal for fishing. However, here's a few tips that might just get you some fish. Bay-… SEE MORE

Success at the Shore, Disappointment on the Bay

5/23/2012 - My son, Chris, needed help moving back home from Narragansett on Monday. So, I figured I would get down to the oceanfront early and fish a bit in the daytime and move his stuff later. It was a good move. I found decent numbers of keeper bass and landed three… SEE MORE
A float and Slug-Go combo scores a nice schoolie.

Schoolies Heat Up When the Weather Turns Foul

5/17/2012 - The last three evenings have featured some nasty weather with rain, thunderstorms, cold and wind. However, the fishing for schoolies has been real good in the Bay. I landed a total of 31 fish in the last three evenings. They ranged from tiny ones to fish of 24 inches. I… SEE MORE
A wonderful way to end the week. Hopefully, it's a sign of future weekend fishing success.

So, What Are YOU Doing This Weekend?

5/12/2012 - Ya think there are some big fish around? The sun is shining, and we're looking at a gorgeous spring weekend in New England. How are you planning to make the most of it? Perhaps the mother in your life would enjoy going out and hooking into a monster striper... SEE MORE
The number of stripers being landed is down, but the size of each one is up.

Spring Striper Season Slows in RI

5/7/2012 - We're in a slowdown. I was catching 8-10 stripers an outing several weeks ago and now I'm getting 3 or 4 an outing. I'm fishing mostly in Narrragansett Bay, but my son Ben is fishing the oceanfront and he reports the same thing going on there. My brother is fishing… SEE MORE
My first bluefish of the season, landed May 1 on a Slug Go while fishing for stripers.

Like It or Not, the Blues Are Here

5/2/2012 - Some are going to cheer this news; others are sure to curse. I got my first bluefish of the year last night from shore in the Bay while fishing with a Slug Go for stripers. The blue went about five pounds. This is very early for bluefish, but everything has… SEE MORE
To find early season stripers, think shallow and moving waters.

How to Find, and Catch, Early Season Stripers

4/30/2012 - I got out fishing Saturday evening. My main focus was to fish shallow, moving water. I got in this one Bay location where I had a small outflow spilling water into the Bay. The place looked like a nothing spot but with water movement, it had really produced for me… SEE MORE
A nice, fat 28-inch striper that took a Zoom fluke on a small jighead.

Striper Bliss: Two Casts, Two Keepers

4/25/2012 - You know the numbers of keepers are on the increase when you can hook two of them on back-to-back casts. It happened to me Tuesday night while fishing the Bay from shore with a Zoom fluke on a small jighead with light tackle. The two fish looked like clones. Both… SEE MORE
Fishing with my brother, Steve, I have hit the jackpot fishing in the bay in the past week.

Skinny Plastic Proves a Hit for Bay Fishing

4/21/2012 - Skinny plastic is now my go-to lure for large stripers in the Bay as well as along the ocean. I'm talking using either a Hogy or a Slug Go. Thursday evening I was fishing the Bay with a 6-inch Slug Go fished off a wooden float and took several hefty… SEE MORE
The striper report in Rhode Island is simple right now: They are all over the place!

RI Coast Sees Hottest Spring Fishing in Years

4/16/2012 - Just about everyone expected a shortage of schoolies this spring. Looks like that prediction is off, since we are in one of the best spring schoolie runs in years here in Rhode Island. On Saturday I was fishing the upper Bay where I landed ten schoolies. I met up with… SEE MORE