by Todd Corayer | Nov 28, 2014 | Block Island
Back in the day, John Swienton would turn the F/V Bonnie S north out of Block Island’s Old Harbor, then steam less than twenty minutes at eight knots to find his mark off Clay Head. Refilling his Thermos cup, he watched a high cliff line for one green mansard...
by Todd Corayer | Nov 20, 2014 | Fresh Water Fishing
Construction at two fish ladders on the Saugatucket River has begun at last. In Peacedale, Narragansett Dock Works has started changing the sluiceway floor height and the pitch in the lift system, which will reduce the occasionally volatile flow of water. As the...
by Todd Corayer | Nov 16, 2014 | Striped Bass Fishing
Starting January 1, 2015, necessary changes to the recreational and commercial striper fishery will begin. Coastal recreational anglers will be limited to a bag limit of one striped bass per day with a minimum size of twenty-eight inches. While the Atlantic States...
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...
