by Todd Corayer | Feb 17, 2022 | recipes, Rhode Island Fishermen, Salt Water Fishing
Rhode Island’s Gourmet Goddess warms winter kitchens with her shrimp and grits recipe, featuring The Ocean State’s Kenyon Grist Mill white cornmeal and Lola’s Fine Hot Sauces fresh from West Des Moines, Iowa. This is the right seafood dinner to make with a group of friends huddled in a kitchen, telling stories of Spring and warm water fishing, or after a good day on the ice. Enjoy!
by Todd Corayer | Feb 10, 2022 | Fresh Water Fishing, Tackle Tips
This week we meet John King and his wife Kathy who own Glasswater Angling Lead-Free Lures to help us all catch more fish in fresh and saltwater without poisoning the very waters we love. It’s a great company and an even greater story. Lead-free is the way to be.
by Todd Corayer | Feb 5, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing
Finally, we are enjoying a solid shot of solid ice throughout the Northeast. Once temperatures dropped, some magic wand cleared people’s calendars so we could get out ice fishing, sailing, skating and plain old winter relaxing, from South County to North Smithfield to...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 20, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, American Saltwater Guides Association, New England Tackle Shops, Trout Fishing
We’re all about trees to help trout, guides to help fish and flies to help a film be absolutely killer. Not a bad winter Fish Wrap week. And you get to meet Peter Jenkins of The Saltwater Edge and the American Saltwater Guides Association.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 13, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Fish Wrap Ponderings, Kayak Fishing, Salt Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
This one got away. I don’t often keep fish I catch anymore but that’s of little salve to the wound of seeing a giant winter bass come to the edge of your kayak then watch it slip back down when a piece of leader gives way at its tipping point. It was amazing to find fish stacked up in cold waters but to lose the biggest was a heartbreaker I may never get over. It still hurts.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 7, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Carp Fishing, False Albacore Fishing, Fluke Fishing, Fly Fishing - Saltwater, Largemouth Bass Fishing, New England Fishing Clubs, Rhode Island Fishermen, Salt Water Fishing, Tackle Tips
The 2022 Fish Wrap calendar is ready to go and full of options to keep you busy for a few months. Firstly, Trees For Trout happens this weekend so please, before you toss your Christmas tree over a fence or into some crushing garbage truck abyss, truck it on over to...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 2, 2022 | 2021 Fishing Season
Our 2021 Fish Wrap Review highlights several of the characters and events which made last year so remarkable. Now, cheers to 2022 and fish abundance, more opportunities to hunt, hike and love the outdoors. Sign up for our newsletter and as always, thanks for reading Fish Wrap.
by Todd Corayer | Dec 24, 2021 | 2021 Fishing Season, New England Fishing Clubs, Salt Water Fishing
We’re wrapping up a solid Fish Wrap 2021 with a two-week review of three large issues: COVID, coastal access and total characters. The first continues to dominate our news and lives, the second threatens our freedom to walk a beach and the latter is the heartbeat of...
by Todd Corayer | Dec 17, 2021 | Native Brook Trout, Rhode Island Waterways
Rhode Island’s Trout Unlimited Chapter welcomes a new year with their popular and important Trees For Trout program. RI TU Chapter 225 President Glenn Place has worked with RIDEM Biologist Corey Pelletier and Dana Kopec, Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Aquatic...
by Todd Corayer | Dec 13, 2021 | 2021 Fishing Season, Deer Hunting
Don’t let the calendar fool ‘ya, meteorlogical winter is a full on time to fish, hunt, hike and tie a few flies with your feet on a cooler and steak on a plate. Read Fish Wrap to find out how you can get outdoors or hang inside this month to make the most of our newest season. And as always, thanks for reading.