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Southport Boats Introduces Two New Center-Console Models
Southport Boats of Augusta announces a new Tournament Edition, entry level model on the company's 27-foot platform, to be called the 272TE, and a second-generation 29 series that includes the Hunt4™ Design of the original Southport hulls, but with overhauls of the deck arrangement, systems, hardware, fit-n-finish. Most importantly, the… SEE MORE
Little Egg Inlet: Too Cool For Its Own Good?
New Jersey’s Little Egg Inlet is very shallow in spots. Superstorm Sandy caused more sand and silt to fill in an already questionable inlet. Now, two and a half years later, this important body of water still is only navigable for big boats at high tide. Which government agency is… SEE MORE
Hunt 32cc: Weekend Warrior, and Proud of It
It’s hard not to feel self-conscious when you find yourself surrounded by professional sailors, fishermen, and other twenty-somethings. They’re at the top of their game: no family, no 9-5, and a body that still bounces back from a pummeling day-after-day. Even worse, too many small boats these days seem to… SEE MORE
Spring Striper Season Hits RI –¬†How to Succeed Yourself
The water is cold (40s), the air is cold, the winds have been wrong, but the fishing is hot. I have hit the oceanfront hard in the past week and I can tell you the fishing is about as good as it gets at this time of year. I've found… SEE MORE
Southport Boats Completes First 33' Tournament Edition Boat
Southport Boats of Augusta has completed the first hull of the highly anticipated 33TE model. The TE (Tournament Edition) was built as a response to demand for a 33' Southport that offered the same ride and sea-keeping characteristics of the 33FE (Family Edition), but built for a ”strictly fishing" user… SEE MORE
Key Tackle for Your Spring Striper Season Surf Bag
You know we are getting close to the start of a new striper season when I start packing my surf bag. Sometime within the next two weeks you will hear about migrating stripers being caught along the south shore or even in Narragansett Bay. While everything is late this year… SEE MORE
Key Tackle for Every Striper Fisherman's Surf Bag
A snagger is a key device that should be in every surf bag. I can't tell you how many times I've gone down to the ocean in late fall and found an isolated school of menhaden or pogies within a cast of where I am standing. I also can't tell… SEE MORE
My Fall Trip to Maine: Down East and Up the Trail
I was pretty excited for my last trip north. My normal route from Boston to Rockland was split up and I drove the more rural areas. The drive took me off Route 1 and onto the back roads of Maine I often skip by without a further thought. Traveling along… SEE MORE
For Stripers and Albies, Go Small to Go Big
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
Hunt Yachts Introduces a Center Console Like No Other
Hunt Yachts adds a new dimension to the center console with its introduction of the Hunt 32cc. The Hunt32cc combines the key attributes of a center console fishing boat with amenities of a luxury day boat, all with the unparalleled performance of the authentic Hunt deep-V hull. Hunt’s ingenious extension… SEE MORE
The Best Tackle for Albie Action on the RI Oceanfront
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
Anchovies In Narragansett Bay: Blues, Stripers, Fluke to Follow
Things are looking up along the Rhode Island oceanfront. I mean really looking up. The most positive news in a long time is that huge schools of bay anchovies are moving along the oceanfront shoreline. This bait makes things happen. The bait has drawn in fluke, bluefish, and schoolies as… SEE MORE