2021 Fish Wrap Writer Gift Pack Giveaway!
To celebrate the start of the 2021 fishing season(s) – and a shameless plug to get the word out on the Fish Wrap Writer – We’re doing a fun little giveaway contest for a prize pack valued over $100! Simply fill out the form below to enter for a chance to win the following:
- 1 Yeti Tumbler
- Fish Wrap Writer Edition Al’s Goldfish Saltwater Series Lure
- Fish Wrap Writer Canvas Hat
- Fish Wrap Writer Sticker
- $25 Gift Certificate to The Saltwater Edge

CONTEST HAS CLOSED
Drawing closes at 9pm EST Sunday, April 18th. A random winner will be drawn and contacted no later than April 19th by 9pm EST and announced on our Facebook Page. See below for more terms and conditions.
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Catch Up on Recent Articles
Swim Shads, Seabass, Shotguns and Skateboards. Man, Rhode Island has it all this week!
This week we get caught up with a Narragansett Times piece from a few weeks back. Sorry, it's the whole busy holiday season thing... With seawater temperatures holding tight in the low to mid-fifties under falling air temps, fall has opened the door to excellent fishing and hunting. Striped bass continue to be caught from Newport to Watch Hill as schools of bait cling to the shorelines. Elisa at Snug Harbor Marina reported that lots of guys are fishing the beach from the Galilee’s West Wall...
‘Gansett, B.I. & Monterey Bay: Albies, Stripers & Plastic Get The Hook
Tautog season looks to be winding down but false albacore are speeding through our shores. Albies are part of the mackerel family and beloved for their speed and power. Like tuna, they have no swim bladder so are in constant motion and will corner bait where there exists structure and moving water. Inlets, breakwalls and rock structures make perfect ambush points while also giving shore fishermen a chance at landing one. Fishermen will do well to use imitations of sand eels, silversides and...
Bay Scallop Season & the Bright Green Lawns Which Destroy It
Saturday last opened another sagging season steeped in stories of great harvests, piles of bushels of glistening shells and an aging promise of a paycheck by noon. While the fleet worked hard October bottom offshore, baymen rowed dories and sailed skiffs to drag dredges with rusty iron teeth meant for scanning sandy bottom teeming with shellfish that swim. The season was a savior for working men and women who relied on some endless bounty but history shows natural cycles, habitat degradation...