the best idea ever. get your tissues and checkbook, please
If you have a few dollars to buy a fishing rod and maybe a few tears to roll down your cheeks, a guy named Don Barone needs you. Last Saturday, a mild man with the look of David Crosby sheepishly accepted the Dick Cronin Member Sportsman of the Year award from the...a big fish story and a little update
Each day of sun surely increases water temperatures and our hopes of again going fishing. Spring means rivers are coming alive with fish moving in all directions. Holdover stripers are starting to move out of Pettaquamscutt Pond, heading down the Narrow River for the...opening day, magical chain smokers, fish tax and a real young star
Opening day of trout season this year was tough for many, easier for a few. Spring fog hung tight until sunrise but the promise of long anticipated warmth did little to coax fish to the bait. Hundreds fished from boats, canoes, kayaks and very low draft plastic...is it a tax or a fee? its it right? would you want to keep paying it?
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...DEM reg redo, some truth stretching and PBR’s on the horizon
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...opening day, brown trout on a stamp & a cool fishing app
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...on the verge of spring, an apology and very few fancy Latin words
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...A RISAA symposium, scientists and how recreational fishermen are part of the equation
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,...
Stand Up To Dams
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.
