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
Smackin’ it with poppers, Brian Hall and a kayak
There are big fish all around us. Up North, where Narragansett Bay becomes the Providence River, menhaden are filling coves and the bass know it. The best tip right now is to liveline a few snagged pogies and work the schools. It can be a crowded place, especially when the word gets out and a lot like work to get through the crowds, to find a quiet spot that holds fish. Tiverton kayak fisherman Brian Hall knows this; he’s been working some off-the- beaten-path spots, having all the luck...
Captain Jerry Sparks Guides Us Through the Cinder Worms
It’s one of the most exciting, challenging, rewarding and frustrating fishing events of our striper season: the cinder worm hatch. Salt ponds with dark mud bottoms and skinny water corners where strong tides drain edges will warm with longer days and if all conditions align, really turn on in a short window of stellar fishing. To be clear, the hatch is not a hatch at all, but an emergence of worms spawning on the surface. Their undulating dances, as old as millenia, draw striped bass...
You Can Own a House On the Beach but You Can’t Own the Beach
The last few weeks of May are absolutely packed with anticipation. Route 1 carries a steady load of trucks trailers and boats, sticky windows in Green Hill and Matunuck start to open in cottages suffocating in the shadows of castles, small boats run the tides in salt ponds and channels, retired uncles get back to the business of digging clams and no parking signs quickly reappear near boat ramps. No season brings welcome changes quite like Spring in New England. Small bass and a few keepers...