The Fish Wrap Writer Blog
For more than 20 years, we have been learning from and writing about outdoorsmen and women who fish, hunt, hike, pause, and sometimes just look around. Fish Wrap has been published over 480 times. Here you will find articles, interviews, reports, laughs, a few stretched truths (that’s true), and an unfortunate number of obituaries from good folks we have lost.
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Stripers at Galilee’s west wall!
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...
Fluke & Black Sea Bass Regs Set
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...
Birth of the Trout from Lafayette
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....
High Water, High Risk…
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...
Tiogue Lake added to trout stocking program
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has announced that Lake Tiogue in Coventry will be stocked for Opening Day of trout season as a result of improved water levels in the lake. Bring on the rain! Dexter Pond in Scituate will be stocked and...
Who’s Trapping Coyotes on Aquidneck Island?
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Law Enforcement (DLE) is seeking information about two recent incidents on Aquidneck Island of coyotes with illegal leg-hold traps. Anyone with information on who set these traps is asked to...
How to get this year’s Conservation Stamp
If you intend to keep your catch this Opening Day or another day this season, don't forget to purchase your trout conservation stamp. They will be available when you buy your fishing or hunting/fishing combo. You can get a fishing license on-line but not the stamp....
The Clean Power Plan & a call for help
From the Massachusetts Audubon's Action Network: Support the Clean Power Plan On Tuesday, President Trump signed an Executive Order that essentially cripples the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which set standards for reducing US greenhouse gas emissions. The CPP would...
New England Saltwater Fashion Show comes to Providence
Fishermen have forever fashion classics like khakis with plaid shirts, tennis shoes for wading summer streams, floppy hats adorned with favorite flies or Al’s Goldfish and tan fishing vests, which of course can be worn in all seasons. Millennials have soda bottle...
Trump Cuts Our Environment
House OKs Carson bill asking DEM to report on potential effects of Trump’s cuts to environmental funding How much can volunteers be expected to do to protect our environment? STATE HOUSE – The House...
Flashback to Fish Wrap’s First Opening Day Review
A few lines from Fish Wrap's first Opening Day... April 18, 2014tcorayer Trout season opened warm clear and bright; a real bluebird morning. Boats of all shapes sizes and materials ground their way down ramps all over South County. Stocked ponds were packed to the...
A few Tips for Spring’s Greatest Day
If you're planning on fishing for trout on SPRING"S GREATEST DAY, April 8... you’ll need a freshwater fishing licence from RIDEM. Resident licenses cost $18 while visitors can fish for $35. If you want to keep your catch, a trout stamp is required for an additional...
Ocean State Kayak Fishing is Catching On
In 2015, a few kayak fishermen started a Facebook group to stay in contact, make plans to go fishing and encourage others to get on the water. Word spread, membership increased, anglers entered and won tournaments, the page became popular. Fast forward...
River Herring at Rising Sun
RIDEM has one more herring count site at Providence's Rising Sun Mills. If you haven't been there, it's a real beauty of a refurbished mill whose owners have a sincere desire to help the Woonasquatucket River that flows through the backyard. Where others threw...
River Herring Need Your Help (and it’s easy!)
For all those interested in volunteering for our upcoming herring counts, the trainings for new volunteers (or those who would like a refresher course) are as follows: Warwick- Buckeye Brook: Thursday, March 23th, 5PM-6PM Saturday, March 25th, 10AM-11AM Training...
Carp is King With Dave Pickering
Dave Pickering took The Narragansett Surfcasters monthly meeting in a whole new direction. Dave walked members through his PowerPoint show, “Discover Carp Fishing,” a one hour pictorial of how to identify, fish for and catch some unbelievable North American carp....
How To Fish With Your Hands & Learn From The Sea
Long before inventions like propellers, power blocks or stern trawlers, men hauled heavy fishing nets by hand. Hard to believe for some perhaps, but ingenuity, grit and small boats were the common tools to catch, sort and sell a day’s catch. Photographer Markham...
Meet Captain Jerry Sparks & Me at the NE Saltwater Fishing Show
Captain Jerry Sparks and I will be at the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association's New England Saltwater Fishing Show all weekend representing Scotty Fishing & Paddlesport Products at booth 1215. Please stop by, check out the Scotty line and let me shake...
How To Tie Tail Teasers and Tell Tall Tales On A Winter’s Night
Grilling steak tips marinated the air. Allman Brothers riffs fell from ceiling speakers. Fishermen gripped tall bottles. Winter doldrums gripped us all. Outside, roads were tight with dirty snow; it felt like years since we’ve been...
Lest We Forget, Trout Waters Are Closing
The open season on all species of trout, salmon, and charr shall close annually on the last day of February at midnight and shall commence at 6:00 AM on the second Saturday in April annually. All designated trout waters shall be closed to all fishing from the last...