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Codfish, Head Boats & Maybe a Meeting or Two. That’s So Winter…

by Todd Corayer | Dec 28, 2016 | Block Island, Fluke Fishing, Ice Fishing

It’s cold. It’s windy.  It must be time to go cod fishing. Block Island has long been a key place to start drifting given areas of hard bottom for tasty codfish. Like many New England fishing communities, the island had a history of reliance on the mighty Gadus. From...

‘Gansett, B.I. & Monterey Bay: Albies, Stripers & Plastic Get The Hook

by Todd Corayer | Nov 30, 2016 | Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing

Tautog season looks to be winding down but false albacore are speeding through our shores. Albies are part of the mackerel family and beloved for their speed and power. Like tuna, they have no swim bladder so are in constant motion and will corner bait where there...

toxic algae closes shellfishing & an albie keeps a flyrod

by Todd Corayer | Nov 6, 2016 | Block Island, Striped Bass Fishing

This week: how to avoid toxic shellfish, where to catch a striper and how to lose a fly rod and smile about it. Narragansett Bay has been closed for the first time due to a bloom of the toxic phytoplankton Pseudo-nitzschia. From the mouth of Narragansett Bay to...

Fall is here and salt ponds are on fire

by Todd Corayer | Nov 6, 2016 | Fresh Water Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing

Fall. October. Wind. Striper migrations, salt ponds on fire, piles of mullet and a hurricane? It’s good to live in New England. This new month with it’s black moon and drenching rains quenching a season-long drought just may be a most perfect month to go fishing. We...

Public Lands Must Always Be Public

by Todd Corayer | Oct 6, 2016 | Fresh Water Fishing, Trout Fishing

We the people have 650 million acres of federally managed public lands in this country waiting for us to discover or rediscover. We possess endless potential to catch fish alongside hundreds of thousands of acres to hunt, camp, rest, recharge, be silent for a vista or...
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