by Todd Corayer | Feb 3, 2017 | Striped Bass Fishing
Winter really hasn’t taken a good grip on us yet, which surely means we’re going to pay for all this calm weather next month. In the meantime, it’s time to fill the calendar with events to remind us of all those fishing days on the other side of March. The...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 20, 2017 | Rhode Island Fishermen
This week, we meet regular Joe’s who want to register a trailer without being labeled Ocean State Trailer Trash. It’s not too much to ask.
by Todd Corayer | Jan 14, 2017 | Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing, Trout Fishing
Last year, I had the pleasure to meet Mike Lee, a small business owner from Maine who was promoting his fishing products at an outdoor writers meeting. He’s an engaging guy and we had much in common. A few days ago, we talked for a very long time about his...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 14, 2017 | Block Island, skeet shooting
Winter’s arrival has not slowed Sven and the crew at the Peace Dale Shooting Preserve in South Kingstown. The foundation for a 16 lane indoor shooting range has been poured and is curing. This important step means construction of the facility will follow and...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 13, 2017 | Fish Wrap Ponderings
I need to make a correction regarding our story about Al’s Goldfish Lure Company. Founder Al Stuart passed away in 1984, not 1978. Changes in company ownership did not occur until after his passing and the new owner, Mike Lee, made a purchase offer to an owner not in...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 2, 2017 | Fish Wrap Ponderings
We have a new look to the website, which I imagine you have noticed by now. Now it’s 2017. A new year with all new opportunities… Thank you all for a fantastic year meeting the finest and craziest characters anywhere. And here’s to an even better...
by Todd Corayer | Jan 1, 2017 | Block Island, Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
A few weeks ago, RIDEM placed 2,000 brook trout into four regularly stocked ponds: Barber, Silver Spring, Meadowbrook and Wyoming. Depending on who you ask, stocking hatchery fish is contentious, necessary, a nuisance to local wild fish populations, tax funded...
by Todd Corayer | Dec 28, 2016 | Block Island, Fluke Fishing, Ice Fishing
It’s cold. It’s windy. It must be time to go cod fishing. Block Island has long been a key place to start drifting given areas of hard bottom for tasty codfish. Like many New England fishing communities, the island had a history of reliance on the mighty Gadus. From...
by Todd Corayer | Dec 18, 2016 | Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
This season, before the ice takes over, salt ponds are where it’s at. Salt ponds are teeming with ducks, geese, stripers and bait fish. Roads have cleared, parking has eased, boat ramps are open and there’s plenty of big pond-side windows with their shades drawn down...
by Todd Corayer | Dec 18, 2016 | Block Island, Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
More catch up this week. The onset of cold weather has slowed the fishing and my knack for uploading columns in a timely fashion. Then again, it’s always fun to look back… Thanksgiving, come and gone, has left a bit of void on the beaches. The big charge...
