by Todd Corayer | Mar 1, 2021 | Deer Hunting, Fishing and Hunting Safety, Hunting in Rhode Island
The RI Legislature is reconsidering banning some types of confined hunts where Chronic Wasting Disease may be introduced to local cervid populations like White-tailed deer. The Backcountry Hunters and Anglers support the bill as a way to keep CWD out of Rhode Island.
by Todd Corayer | Feb 22, 2021 | 2021 Fishing Season, Salt Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
With winter in full force, ponds frozen, snow mounds filling intersection and only the heartiest of ice fishermen catching pike and perch, the rest of us may need to go virtual this week. East End Eddie Doherty will take us Cape Cod Canal surfcasting with a Zoom...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 14, 2021 | 2021 Fishing Season, Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing
Finally, the start of February and we’ve had a our first shots of ice thick enough time to drill holes in and set up our tip ups. Hard to believe, really. Global warming, sagging airstreams sagging, warming oceans turning high snow clouds to low rain showers; whatever...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 9, 2021 | Rhode Island Fishermen, Salt Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
Talking Surfcasting Will Ward Off Winter Blahs It’s winter. Hunting season is pretty much done, salt ponds are frozen and my desire to fish is slushy at best. The snow keeps coming, making the garage door that much harder to open, which is a fine excuse to not...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 1, 2021 | Fresh Water Fishing, Literary Review, Product Reviews
“Wild River”, Warren Winders’ new collection of poetry and prose, shares how people, waters and fishes struggle, survive, pass and very often teach us how amazing our world really is.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 23, 2021 | Rhode Island Trout Fishing, Rhode Island Waterways, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Trout Unlimited 225 enjoyed great success with their Trees For Trout program and for the second year in a row, RISAA has cancelled their NE Saltwater Fishing Show because of COVID.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 19, 2021 | Fishery Policy & Rules, Rhode Island Fishermen, Rhode Island Waterways
Now is the time to renew your outdoor hunting and fishing licenses. Saltwater fishing licenses expired in December, freshwater licenses and stamps will expire soon. In this article I explain all the details and what you need to do to be ready to fish or hunt the 2021 season.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 11, 2021 | New England Fishing Clubs, Rhode Island Trout Fishing, Rhode Island Waterways
Boats of all sizes are wrapped in slinky white blankets while Monahan’s Pier rests without echoes of Narragansett Surfcasters’ salty tall tales. Seasoned anglers know all that means it’s time: we must respect our proximity to Spring with inevitable tasks of reorganizing and worse, to purge gear. Fishing, hiking, hunting; it matters not.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 5, 2021 | New England Fishing Clubs, Rhode Island Trout Fishing, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Ecocycle Your Christmas Trees and Trout Will Benefit. That 2020 calendar belongs in a recycle bin and your Christmas tree belongs in a river. There’s not much to be done about what we all just went through but this year we’re starting off with a new hope. Since 2018,...
by Todd Corayer | Dec 27, 2020 | 2020 Fishing Season, False Albacore Fishing, Salt Water Fishing
Fish Wrap’s 2020 Year in Review of stripers, traditions, social lives, kayaks, tautog, squid, and David Latham. And the lucky bunch of us also ate some amazing blackberries. Even 2020 has positive memories and lessons to learn from.
