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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
RI Boatbuilder Launches Hunt Challenge Event Series
Hunt Yachts is pleased to announce a new series of demo events designed to introduce prospective boat owners to the outstanding performance of Hunt Yachts. The Hunt Challenge is a private test drive with a Hunt Yachts team member who will demonstrate the high-performance characteristics that set Hunt Yachts apart… SEE MORE
Tips for Jig-Fishing the Bottom During High Summer
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
Newport's Pre-Race Volvo Show In High Gear
Though the official race stopover in Newport won't happen until May 2015, the summer of 2014 is seeing plenty of Volvo Ocean Race action in the City by the Sea. Nearly all of the teams have chosen to use Newport as a destination for their transatlantic test sails before the… SEE MORE
Warming Waters Spell Blues and Schoolies for RI Fishermen
I fished upper Narragansett Bay this week and landed four schoolies that looked like clones — all in the 18-20-inch range. (They were all taken on Zoom flukes fished off a float.) Last weekend, I went down to the Cape Cod Canal with my son Ben and we each got a… SEE MORE
Hometown Team Arrives in Newport After Transatlantic
Team Alvimedica, with American skipper Charlie Enright of Bristol, Rhode Island, at the helm, sailed into Newport Harbor on June 9 following a challenging ten-day crossing of the Atlantic. A flotilla of local vessels welcomed the Volvo Ocean Race team at the Castle Hill Light entrance to Newport Harbor. The… SEE MORE
Best Tactics, Lures for Narragansett and Buzzards Bay Fish
In the last week I have been out quite a few times from shore and from the boat. Each time I fished I ran into a mix of stripers and bluefish. Right now Narragansett Bay has good numbers of bluefish in the 5-8 lb. range that are looking for the… SEE MORE
Battleship Cove - A Living Museum of Naval History
In the past few years, I have driven back and forth from the Cape to Providence, Rhode Island, countless times. With every trip through Fall River, I would see the large mast of the battleship USS Massachusetts just visible over the bridge guard rails and make another promise to myself… SEE MORE
At Last, Spring Striper Fishing Explodes at RI Shore
One spot. One night. One hundred fish landed. Any doubts that we would even get a spring migration were erased on May 2, as I saw a small army of fisherman hauling in one fish after another in a popular spot along the oceanfront. And, I didn't see just schoolies.… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse and Ted Fontaine Reunite for New Project
Cabot Lyman, owner of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company, and his family have had a working relationship with designer Ted Fontaine for nearly thirty years. The relationship started in 1983 when Fontaine, while managing the Ted Hood Design Group, drew the lines for the 55' ketch Janmar for a customer of Cabot’s.… SEE MORE