Trading For Maine Woods Time
Trading For Maine Woods Time means going north, being up there, taking in some quiet, keeping your balance in a very busy world.
With some help from all of us, Gabe’s got this
We’ve got a boat to build. Fishing surely is a top priority right now because this is our high season but it’s also the right time to meet ten year old Gabe Littlefield. Gabe’s a cool kid with a cool Dad who takes his kids and lots of people fishing. Gabe has...Save Potter Pond
Save Potter Pond, a group created to stop a private businessman from leasing away another three acres of the pond, brought a little Barcelona swing to Segar Cove. Their goal was and is to raise awareness of how special the pond is and why it does not need Perry Raso...Casting a net for fish and wisdom
It’s a lot like tossing a pancake. You keep your arm straight, put some lead line in your mouth and swing your hips. Sounds like a lame country line dance number I know but in fact, it’s the short course on how to throw a cast net. Bait is a cost when fishing and if...Fishing’s been difficult & the Simpson’s are back
Bob Kolb and the Speedy McSkiff crew find the fish Fishing has been difficult. It’s been difficult to concentrate, paddle or steer. It’s been difficult to catch, land or even release. With so many distractions on waters fresh and salt, fishing’s been difficult because...The prodigal son returns to Ryan Valois
It’s hard to have a cell phone conversation when a fisherman on the other end won’t put down his surf rod. Then again, it’s harder to stand on some slippery rocks and cast for stripers while some annoying writer asks about a fish you caught. Considering a poor...Ramping up, lighting up and meeting Aaron Flynn
RIDEM has completed boat ramp repairs at Charlestown’s Watchaug Pond and South Kingstown’s Indian Lake. Both projects improve access, parking and safety for small boats, kayaks and canoes with twelve foot wide concrete ramps and six foot by twenty-foot floating wooden...
Some Salt Pond Words
Some salt pond words is a slow walk through a peaceful fishing spot and might be just what we need in a busy world.
Unicorns, rainbows and a trip to The Preserve
Elisa Conti Cahill awards a young angler a new rod and reel The Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association once again made a fine June afternoon extra special with another successful Kids Free Fishing Derby. 60 young fishermen and women kids from aged six to fourteen...Kayak fishermen help pay off a personal debt to The Jimmy Fund
It takes a lot of work to keep things simple. It was barely 3 a.m. when Ryan Dubay pulled into the deeply rutted West Island Town Beach parking lot in Fairhaven, Ma. His headlights turned the heads of a dozen guys already milling around their trucks or lightly dozing inside cabs. Bed lights lights sliced […]
