by Todd Corayer | Aug 3, 2017 | Striped Bass Fishing
This article appears in the The Shore Times magazine, distributed throughout SouthCounty, Rhode Island. I am more than grateful to be part of that magazine and family of newspapers. For August, for heat, for placid sunrises and windy afternoons, for stripers...
by Todd Corayer | Jul 29, 2017 | Fresh Water Fishing, Trout Fishing
The cell phone went dead four times in half an hour. From Pennsylvania’s Route 80, Jeff Yates kept calling back because our conversation about conservation was important and timely, in light of an administration bent on overturning basic environmental protections,...
by Todd Corayer | Jul 25, 2017 | Black Sea Bass Fishing, Fluke Fishing
Joe Zottoli told me to be at the dock for exactly 8:50 a.m. It was very clear that details were important, like being on time. He’s studying Biological Oceanography at URI’s Graduate School of Oceanography, runs the deck of their 53’ workhorse research vessel, the...
by Todd Corayer | Jul 15, 2017 | Black Sea Bass Fishing, Fluke Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
“Whatever I catch, I’m going to say it was three times bigger.” 13 year old Tim Roberts started a day of fishing by sinking my writing plan. Drifting along Warwick Neck in Captain Tim Wordell’s bright white Cobia, the younger Tim was a camper with the R.I....
by Todd Corayer | Jul 9, 2017 | Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing
“Ah summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it,” wrote Russell Baker. July sometimes means fishing cools as waters warm for she is a long month of hot water pushing trout to precious few cool pools, black sea bass to dark deep wrecks and stripers...
by Todd Corayer | Jul 3, 2017 | Fishery Policy & Rules
So I called the Fish Whisperer. Now is when stripers really head for Block Island but they are fickle, their appetites fluctuate and frustrate. Catching them doesn’t seem to be as easy as it was years back. That said, Islanders enjoy a long view of those beaches and...
by Todd Corayer | Jun 25, 2017 | Black Sea Bass Fishing, Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing
It was a long awaited Friday night fights in South County salt ponds. Finally a full day of warming sun brought cinder worms from the mud to a muddled windy surface so the dance could be begin. It was a worm hatch like you read about, which we hope you read about here...
by Todd Corayer | Jun 17, 2017 | Fresh Water Fishing, Trout Fishing
Dock talk is still all about big bass keeping to themselves at the top of Narragansett Bay. South coast fishermen are finding piles of schoolie salt pond stripers but few keepers. Cinder worms have made only fleeting appearances while sand worms appear to be...
by Todd Corayer | Jun 12, 2017 | Fluke Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
The big bass continue to hold tight to the top of Narragansett Bay. Live pogies are still the best bet for the big girls and several fishermen have reported stripers in the 28”-40” range. Down south, the salt ponds are producing plenty of schoolie bass action....
by Todd Corayer | Jun 4, 2017 | Block Island, Fluke Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
The big fishing news is that Cape Cod fisherman Jeff Fortin outlasted a 64.6 pound striper in Buzzards Bay. It’s a seriously impressive fish. So early in the season, it’s hopefully a good sign that fish of such size have already moved in to feed on pogies and herring....
