by Todd Corayer | Nov 9, 2014 | Fly Fishing - Fresh Water, Fresh Water Fishing, salmon
Writing a fishing column requires lots of time looking to the water but not out the window, lest you see how much fun everyone else is having catching actual fish. In spite of this and my editor’s looming deadline, four of us waded into the Salmon River last week, a...
by Todd Corayer | Nov 2, 2014 | Block Island, Fluke Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
With a new September light behind him, Wayne Kenyon walked the path from Moonstone Beach, carrying a bucket and pole. Since he was a boy of five and first walked to fish the Beaver River, he has been a fisherman. He fished through his years working at the Kenyon Mill,...
by Todd Corayer | Oct 11, 2014 | Striped Bass Fishing
If you have spent any time fishing the beach for stripers this year, you know it’s been slow. Really slow. One here, one there with the occasional keeper to keep you in the game. It’s been slow enough that even the great surfcaster Steve McKenna might get skunked one...
by Todd Corayer | Sep 26, 2014 | Striped Bass Fishing
Albies are here in force. From the Harbor of Refuge to the east side of Narragansett Beach and Monahan’s, fishermen are lined up hoping to catch a ride with these bullets. Long revered for the great fight they give, they are loathed for their ability to disappear and...
by Todd Corayer | Sep 13, 2014 | Striped Bass Fishing, Uncategorized
Talk around the docks this week has been all about sunset. These new days of a waning summer seem to have made the fish a bit uninterested once the sun sets, even when they were actively feeding. This temporarily flies in the face of something we know best, that...
by Todd Corayer | Sep 5, 2014 | Fish Wrap Ponderings, Uncategorized
In the midst of all we consume from radio, television and the printed word, there is a reminder of what we, as Clay Pell would say, “ordinary Rhode Islanders”, can do to shape an important piece of our favorite pastime or paycheck. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries...
by Todd Corayer | Aug 29, 2014 | Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing
August 22, 2014 The soft sand along Cards Pond can make for tough walking, especially in waders. When the pond is breached, exiting brackish water carries small bait fish and often there are bass and blues waiting for a meal delivery. It’s hard to make eastward...
by Todd Corayer | Aug 14, 2014 | Block Island, Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
8/15/2014 POST CARD FROM THE LEDGE The pre-dawn commute to Block Island has been heavy with calm seas and favorable winds, drawing fishermen state-wide with hopes of securing a parking spot over the boulders and holes by sun-up. As first light made her first...
by Todd Corayer | Aug 8, 2014 | Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing
One way to get a fisherman thinking is to make him wait. You get that time at a two lane boat ramp when a freshly detailed crossover with a yellow plate is parked in the middle of both, while the driver provides a lesson in roof rack ratchet straps to the...
by Todd Corayer | Aug 1, 2014 | Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing
8/1/2014 Islamic militant’s detonated explosives last week, destroying the Prophet Jounis’ eighth century tomb. Jonas’ life story is depicted in the Old Testament as he disobeyed God’s instructions, taking to the sea to avoid his responsibilities, being called out as...
