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....
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.
Life is short, right? Go duck hunting with Big Game Waterfowl, have the time of your life and inquire about the blueberry scones. Seriously. Then laugh with me and Ralph Craft while we miss damn near anything with wings.
Trees for Trout and Surf Day to celebrate a tough winter month Nature ensures January is hard. Her air is freezing, holidays have passed, daylight is fleeting and icy. Fish are deep and...
Striped bass are under recreational and commercial pressure and subject to changing regulations. We here at Fish Wrap are saying no to transferring striper quotas as a way to circumvent conservation efforts. If one area did not catch their quota, that's great for the stripers. See you next year. Let 'em swim.
The 2022 RI Tog Classic was a success by the ever-grateful and not exaclty soft spoken Ralph Craft. A cast of hundreds from here to Florida came to fish for our bountiful tautog fishery, which we really need to protect and then, a young angler named Rosie stoll the show. The best wrap up is right here.
Deep in the brush, enveloped in protective poison ivy, slowing water, amassing mud, encouraging alders to set roots in a stream, a tired wall has prohibited trout passage for nearly one hundred years. Then, Trout Unlimited, RIDEM and Protect RI Brook Trout grabbed loppers and sledgehammers and tore that wall down. The improvement was immediate and frankly, really wonderful.
Boats blocking public access are just as egregious as wealthy weekenders guarding "their" piece of a beach. With this crush of tourism in many coastal communities, people's laziness or belief their seasonal residence affords them a pass to year round laws, can block others from accessing water. Please, take your boats home.
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