by Todd Corayer | Apr 17, 2015 | Block Island, Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
this piece originally ran in the Narragansett Times back in March. Fishing today can be frustrating and it’s not what it used to be. There are hundreds of rules and regulations, there are trucks parked where you always parked to sneak into your secret spot that’s...
by Todd Corayer | Apr 17, 2015 | Fresh Water Fishing
Lions Club meetings begin with the awesome toast of water: “Not Above You Not Beneath You But With You”. Fantastic. Right now ospreys and blackbirds are all of those, circling above, building nests and attracting mates while bass perch and buckies are...
by Todd Corayer | Apr 17, 2015 | Fresh Water Fishing
Spring’s greatest day is next Saturday and after a fresh coat of snow a few nights back, there’s a good chance some ponds will still be frozen. This could make the expected jockeying for spots that much more tricky this year, unless you can find a quiet corner to set...
by Todd Corayer | Apr 3, 2015 | Striped Bass Fishing
Spring has been a hard sell so far. The poet Robert Hunter gave us, “Well the first days are the hardest days” and man was he right. Winter and now spring weather, among other factors, has caused construction of the Post Road dam fish ladder in Wakefield to be...
by Todd Corayer | Apr 3, 2015 | Striped Bass Fishing
Reprinted from the Narragansett Times, Wednesday, April 1st. no, it’s not a joke… The Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Association held their 2nd Southern New England Recreational Fishing Symposium with a goal to bring together scientists,...
by Todd Corayer | Mar 28, 2015 | Fresh Water Fishing, Wild and Scenic Rivers
Stand Up To Dams is a walk through local dams choking on sediment, impeding waters, choking and ending river herring migrations. Read how some dams, even ones we loved back in the day, are now useless reminders of Colonial progress with little regard for fishes or fishers.
by Todd Corayer | Mar 15, 2015 | Rhode Island Waterways
There is a lot happening in preparation for spring and her greatest day: the opening of trout season. 6 am on the second Saturday in April marks the beginning of everything we have waited for this winter, while we shoveled, watched the plow truck drive by and then...
by Todd Corayer | Mar 6, 2015 | Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing
Hopefully by now, fishermen who target striped bass or any other local species will have sent an email to the RIDEM about proposed regulations for this year’s striper season. We have an amazing and rare opportunity to get out ahead of a fishery in trouble, trouble...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 27, 2015 | Fresh Water Fishing
After a several long, strong snow storms, our roads are again blotched black and dirty, roads are getting narrow, salt cakes everything. For those well-traveled paths, this is a ragged time of year. As snows continue to cycle through our region, legions of mailboxes...
by Todd Corayer | Feb 20, 2015 | Fresh Water Fishing, Ice Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
A thousand clear acres of wind have been tearing though the seams and zippers of ice fisherman on South Kingstown’s Worden Pond. Huddled atop fast freezing holes, cold, still, heads down, parkas stuffed with fleece until they look like sausages, they have braved that...
