Stripers and albies were feasting on one inch bay anchovies. The fish are super fussy when that happens.

For Stripers and Albies, Go Small to Go Big

10/2/2014 - This week I saw the most fish I have seen on any outing this year from shore. I hit a spot along the oceanfront on Monday where stripers and blues had a massive school of bay anchovies pinned up against a rocky shoreline. At times hundreds of stripers could be… SEE MORE
Some of the best albie fishing ever has hit the RI oceanfront. Here's one I landed last weekend.

The Best Tackle for Albie Action on the RI Oceanfront

9/17/2014 - They are here — big time. False albacore, known as albies, have hit the RI oceanfront in masses in the past week. They are in a wide stretch of the oceanfront from Narragansett all the way to the far south shore beaches. For all I know they could even be… SEE MORE
Sunrise off Warren Island.

Summer in Maine: Daybreak on Warren Island

8/5/2014 - Day breaks on Warren Island in Gilkey Harbor. Our neighbor on the blue ketch breaks the silence. “Whizzz, ker-plunk”, he’s casting for mackerel. 50 or more cruising boats are anchored in Broad Cove, all sleep soundly. It’s the Seven Seas Cruising Club Gam, an annual get-together. After breakfast, we’d row… SEE MORE
This bluefish hit a flathead jig fished along the bottom.

Tips for Jig-Fishing the Bottom During High Summer

7/23/2014 - I went out last week on a scouting mission along the Rhode Island oceanfront. My plan was to fish the bottom with jigs for fluke and scup in the daylight and then fish into the night for stripers. I worked one of the jetties with a bucktail jig along the… SEE MORE