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

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dads, harpoons, sharks and the Mayor of Charlestown
Striped bass, fluke, tuna and shark fishing are all getting better, much better. Along South West Ledge and the island’s south side, the bite continues to improve with plenty of bait to be found. Sand eels have been seen along the Narragansett shoreline with lots of small blues in close chasing them towards the beach. Brenden McGonagle and the crew of Patriot Six continue to find tuna in 67-68º water, including a beautiful 64”, 155 pound bluefin. Trolling a zucchini green spreader bar at 6.7...
the dogfish says of summer. sorry, couldn’t resist…
Striped bass fishing has improved, a bit, there are some bluefish, dogfish and scup around but fishing for fluke seems to be steady. Guys casting from shore for stripers are reporting low numbers, few big bass and still some fish feeding in the salt ponds. These are classic head-scratching days, days when you fish churning, oxygen-rich waters, where there seems to be plenty of bait fish and still there’s only a few fish, if any, to show for the effort. If you have a boat, there are plenty of...
so i left my wife to go fishing with my son…
Recently, a local fisherman was jigging Gulp teasers with green jigs around the Jamestown Verrazano Bridge in fairly shallow waters. Carrying neither a camera nor a working scale, he reportedly landed an approximately fifteen pound, 33 5/8” summer flounder. An old fishery bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service has a length to weight table which places this particular catch at between ten and twenty pounds. This would have been quite close to the current state record, which is seventeen...