Category: Fishing

Shore Fishing Lights Up In Rhode Island

Fishing

9/14/2012 - We know that the boat fishing along the oceanfront in the last few days has been phenomenal from what I have been writing about. Well, I can also tell you that the shore fishing has also lit up in the last few days. It is all being fueled by huge… SEE MORE

This Back Cove 37 looked like something I could be quite comfortable aboard.

Yachts of All Sizes Shine at Newport Boat Show

9/13/2012 - Every year, we are awed by the yachts that congregate in Narragansett Bay for the Newport International Boat Show. Just as New England boaters are coming to terms with the fact that the season will come to an end in a month or so, this in-the-water show allows them a… SEE MORE

Stripers, Albies, Blues: The Fall Run Is Here!

Fishing

9/13/2012 - Today was the best day I have ever experienced in fishing for false albacore here in Rhode Island. I went out with my brother in his boat in the morning. My son, Ben, later joined us in the afternoon. The false albacore were EVERYWHERE we went. For miles they were… SEE MORE

Sometimes there are invasive non-living things in tide pools.

Coastal Ponderings: Do Tide Pools Have To-Do Lists?

9/12/2012 - Living on a small farm, I am plagued with endless to-do lists. As I try to recall the demand of spring projects, somehow the fall seems even more crammed with immediate needs and wants. Of course the needs of putting up firewood, storm windows, garden harvesting, storing winter hay, and… SEE MORE

Itching to get out one more time before winter comes, a wooden beauty rests on the docks of Great Cranberry Island.

Basking in the Splendor of September on the Maine Coast

9/11/2012 - I am prone to hyperbole, but I have to admit, when the month of September arrives on the Maine coast, a certain poignant smell — a mixture of spruce fir, ocean, and wild flowers — pervades the landscape and seems to take my breath away. It is the smell of… SEE MORE

My first False Albacore of the season, and hopefully not the last!

False Albacore Have Arrived In Rhode Island

Fishing

9/10/2012 - I had been hearing rumors about false albacore here and there along the Rhode Island coastline, but I hadn't actually seen one until Sunday, September 9. My brother Steve and I went out in his boat in some big rollers and found good numbers of false albacore tearing up the… SEE MORE

Hopeful Signs for Better Fishing In RI

Fishing

9/4/2012 - I 'm guessing we have turned the corner on the worst summer fishing for stripers that many of us have ever seen on the mainland shore here in Rhode Island. I got out twice this weekend. Although I hate going down on these crowded holiday weekends, I had to move… SEE MORE

A recent black sea bass caught in RI waters.

For Keeper Bass and Blues, Block Island Is the Best Bet

Fishing

9/2/2012 - Nothing has really changed recently in terms of fishing in Rhode Island. As I write this the temperature hovers near 90 degrees and the water along the Bay and oceanfront is like bathwater. So, fishing for stripers and blues is less than ideal, and downright slow in most places. However,… SEE MORE

Scammell Bridge, carrying Route 4, looking toward the Bellamy River.

Bellamy River – A Hidden Gem In the Great Bay Estuary

8/28/2012 - There are seven rivers that drain into the Great Bay estuary, carrying freshwater runoff – as well as pollutants – from fifty-two communities including ten in Maine. The Bellamy River, which flows into Little Bay, originates from Swains Lake in Barrington and flows east through the Bellamy Reservoir in Madbury… SEE MORE

RI Shore Sees Action with Blues, Sea Bass, Scup, and Fluke

Fishing

8/23/2012 - On August 22 I went out fishing with my brother in his boat. We fished along the south shore, mostly down toward Green Hill and Charlestown. Our intent was to fish the bottom with fluke rigs spiced with squid strips. The action was very good, with a variety of fish… SEE MORE

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