For many fishermen, once the opening of trout season has passed, it’s all about Galilee, Jerusalem and wailing the west wall. That ragged run of blocks and rocks is known for being one of the earliest spots to find a new season’s first stripers. Word races through chat […]
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has announced a Free Fishing Weekend for Saturday, May 6 – Sunday, May 7. Anglers are invited to fish without a fishing license or trout conservation stamp in the state’s freshwater streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. 6,000 rainbow trout and 4,000 golden trout […]
Cold water, piles of trash bags, new flies, cold beer, stripers with lice and if you’re lucky, those mighty anadromous heros of Spring, river herring. So that was Earth Day weekend, 2017. Fisherman Matt Toker a set up a Facebook page called 401 Fishing and has been promoting his […]
Each Spring, along with the return of ospreys and Florida license plates, comes the disappearance of public access signs. Surely it pays to do your homework before you double click the alarm and push through bayberries and bull briers to launch your new kayak. When properly maintained, legal […]
This post originally appeared in the Southern RI Newspapers. Cold water, piles of trash bags, new flies, cold beer, stripers with lice and if you’re lucky, those mighty anadromous heros of Spring, river herring. So that’s Earth Day weekend, 2017. Fisherman Matt Toker has a set up a […]
If someone offered you a few hours of down time, chatting about rivers and fish, in an old mill, in a brewery in that old mill, filled with lots of fishy art and people tying flies and many good folks from the local Trout Unlimited chapter, would you […]
Elisa at Snug Harbor Marina had it first…schoolie stripers have made their first appearance at Galilee’s west wall. That means it’s time to stand shoulder to shoulder with your fishermen brothers and make a thousand casts for a hundred fish. It’s not unusual to catch 50 in an […]
From the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association: Rhode Island’s Black Sea Bass and Summer Flounder Recreational Regulations Finally Set for 2017 SUMMER FLOUNDER The ASMFC Summer Flounder Management Board has denied Rhode Island’s request to have different regulations than was mandated for coastal states. RI proposed a conservation […]
This piece ran in the Southern RI Newspapers in time for the opening of trout season We’re on the heels of Springs greatest day. Any calendar can announce a change of seasons but the opening day of trout season is the ultimate announcement of winter’s departure. In advance […]
DEM is urging fishermen to use great caution this weekend, considering the inches of rain we have received over the last few days. In fact, they are urging us to AVOID FISHING IN RIVERS THIS WEEKEND DEM stocked almost sixty ponds in advance of opening day Quick currents, […]
