2023 Spring Gear Guide
The Fish Wrap spring gear guide is here with awesome products you don’t want to miss and deals just for you. Click to read the guide today.
Women’s Herstory Month
Women’s Herstory Month is the right time to celebrate, praise and thank some of the amazing women who help shape our waters and worlds. We have hardly the space to thank them all but these women deserve some time in the Fish Wrap spotlight.
Go Local for Spring Stripers
This month, we all lean a little west, looking for dark grey fins, small swirls, or flocks of black-tipped gulls tipping us off to striped bass movements east and north. Locals have their favorite spots so why not use their favorite lures? This month, go local for spring stripers with advice from the best local sources.
Washington Crocus and Conservation Conversations
Conversations and crocus were blooming in Washington with The Ocean Conservancy Captain Dave Monti looked out his cab window at daffodils and crocus in full bloom alongside fresh cherry blossoms. Washington DC weather was a full month ahead of Rhode Island for sure so...
Turkey and Regulation Seasons
Spring means new boating and turkey hunting regulations and we have them here for you. Better to be safe on water and in the woods than…RIDEM has a slate of new and logical rules for boaters and the Light Foundation is back with more opportunities for young hunters. It’s all here in Fish Wrap.
Bruins’ Teddy Bear Toss
Toss A Teddy Bear for Hasbro Children’s Hospital Ralph Craft is up to more good. Ralph is inviting everyone to a Providence Bruins hockey game for the first-ever Teddy Bear Toss on March 19. With the P-Bruins staff and the Three Angels Fund, the goal is simple...
New England Saltwater Fishing Show Is Back
The biggest fishing show all year, the 2023 NE Saltwater Fishing Show has giant space packed with vendors, friends and companies you need to meet. It’s all here in Fish Wrap and we’re here to help you find the biggest, smallest, coolest and best fishing, boating and tackle companies in the country.
2023/24 RI Fish Regulations
A recent RIDEM workshop revealed their proposed 2023 saltwater fishing regulations for several species. We have them here for you so you can make comments during the open comment period.
Peter Jenkins & Dennis Zambrotta Talk Block Island Striped Bass, Conservation
“Conservation equivalency sucks,” was Peter jenkins’ opener, which certainly seized the crowd’s attention at the monthly Narragansett Surfcasters meeting. Surfcasting author Dennis Zambrotta followed with stories of fishing Block Island for big bass from decades past and this past Fall.
Potter Pond Shell Game
CRMC’s Potter Pond shell game of last minute Hail Mary’s ignores the will of so many opponents of losing more open water to private business. We have been telling this tale for almost six years and we’re all just as frustrated as when this was proposed without notice to anyone on the pond.
