by Todd Corayer | May 4, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Salt Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
It’s time to get tight with Spring fish because just like that, we are surrounded by stripers, squid, tautog and all the while, largemouth bass are making their beds while the smallie bite just better. Tune into our weekly Fish Wrap Fishing Report each Friday on Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.
by Todd Corayer | Apr 21, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Fish Wrap Ponderings, Fishery Policy & Rules, Fly Fishing - Fresh Water, Fresh Water Fishing, Native Brook Trout, Rhode Island Trout Fishing, Trout Fishing
How Do You Value Opening Day? Is this day for fishing stocked ponds, stringers and bacon? Is it for an overdue hour on a rolling river with the hopes of possibly finding some wild brookies? Or is it a wash because you just want to fish for something? There is great value in everything so we ask, what do you value the most?
by Todd Corayer | Apr 14, 2022 | Black Sea Bass Fishing, Fly Fishing - Saltwater, Salt Pond Fishing, Salt Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing, Tackle Tips
Finally, a busy week here on the water. Regulations are being finalized, hatchery trout are circling for food and anglers are readying their trout gear or looking west for signs of striped bass. The RI Marine Fisheries Council convened to finalize regulations for...
by Todd Corayer | Apr 8, 2022 | Fish Wrap Ponderings, Rhode Island Waterways
It’s Time To Ban Nips. End of sentence. Nips are those small, shiny booze bottles that are all the rage now and they keep ending up on the side of the road and in fish’s streams. They are unrecyclable, they are unnecessary and they need to go. Drop the nip.
by Todd Corayer | Apr 4, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Salt Pond Fishing
Everett Littlefield’s epic Spring passing was a celebration of a good man who lived life on his own terms, surrounded each day by his family, on the island home he loved. And when he was laid to rest, he cheered us on with biblical rains, storm force winds and memories to last another lifetime. So long Mr. Littlefield.
by Todd Corayer | Mar 27, 2022 | Rhode Island Waterways, River Herring
After two years at sea and a million years miraculously returning to the very waters of thier birth, river herring arrived with a full moon. Now their challenge is to get to their natal waters through countless animal predators and decaying impediments which quite often force them to turn around and return to the sea without spawning. Read how you can help these mighty forage fishes.
by Todd Corayer | Mar 11, 2022 | 2022 Fishing Season, Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing
In search of walleyes through 40” of Minnesota ice, in February, outside, in the cold, what could possibly go wrong? Fish Wrap finds the fish with River Bend Resorts but there will be a few more laughs next week as we explore the comedic “dark side” of fishing in The Nation’s Icebox. What could possibly go wrong?
by Todd Corayer | Feb 24, 2022 | RI Fishing Interviews
Don Barone, DB as he prefers, has won all the awards and accolades a writer of his level deserves but more importantly, he has provided us with a window into a small piece of America, one fisherman at a time. This week, we are lucky to meet DB, see how he ticks, and how he’s not so ready to settle down.
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.