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Spring Striper Season Slows in RI
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
Like It or Not, the Blues Are Here
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
A Yacht It's Not: Launching a New Work Boat
There's always excitement around a new launch, and that's just as much the case with workboats as it is with yachts. Wayfarer Marine had a particularly unique launching on May 1, a self-propelled work barge built by Rockport Steel for Brad and Adam Scott of Two Harbor Marine. The Scott… SEE MORE
Camden: A Full Appreciation
Camden is one of the most beautiful places on this earth, let alone on the Maine coast. I count it as a daily blessing that I can walk to the shores of Penobscot Bay, or hike the twisting trails of Camden Hills State Park. The light that hangs over the… SEE MORE
How to Find, and Catch, Early Season Stripers
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
Striper Bliss: Two Casts, Two Keepers
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
Looking Forward to May Days in Port Clyde
They say that April showers bring May flowers, and they are right, especially along the mid-coast of Maine. As I write this, rain is pelting the windows behind me, and the sky is a pale shade of gloomy. The temperatures are in the forties and the mercurial and downright unpredictable… SEE MORE
Skinny Plastic Proves a Hit for Bay Fishing
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
RI Coast Sees Hottest Spring Fishing in Years
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
Swans Island In Quieter Days
These photographs were all selected from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company collection. The company's photographers captured images for postcard production and sought scenes depicting life in New England's small towns and villages. Swans Island has always been a fishing community (it's presently the homeport to about forty full-time fishermen).… SEE MORE
Striper Fishing Has Arrived on the New England Shore
Over the past two days, I have been fishing for stripers at the ocean and had some great success. On Monday, I was there four and a half hours and landed nine fish. But the big news is that I had one fish that was a near-keeper that I landed… SEE MORE
Exploring a Hidden Gem: Owls Head
Sometimes small towns can go overlooked. And sometimes those same small towns can have an attraction that, were it located in a more well-known destination, would bring far more visitors than it actually does. Owls Head is one such place. The lighthouse and surrounding state park are both perfect places… SEE MORE
