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Salt Ponds and Cinder Worms

Salt Ponds and Cinder Worms

by Todd Corayer | Jun 3, 2018 | Fly Fishing - Saltwater, Striped Bass Fishing

Salt ponds and cinder worms are a great pair, as long as you pack plenty of patience in your fly box of tricks and patterns. Patience man, you need to be patient to catch stripers in a cinder worm circus. We offer you the goods on worms and a few tips on how to fool stripers gorging on them.

How to find big bass, get out-fished and then find public access to a public beach that’s pretty much private

by Todd Corayer | Jun 12, 2017 | Fluke Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing

The big bass continue to hold tight to the top of Narragansett Bay. Live pogies are still the best bet for the big girls and several fishermen have reported stripers in the 28”-40” range.  Down south, the salt ponds are producing plenty of schoolie bass action....

How To Catch A Beast of a Bass & A Shaky Cinder Worm

by Todd Corayer | Jun 4, 2017 | Block Island, Fluke Fishing, Striped Bass Fishing

The big fishing news is that Cape Cod fisherman Jeff Fortin outlasted a 64.6 pound striper in Buzzards Bay. It’s a seriously impressive fish. So early in the season, it’s hopefully a good sign that fish of such size have already moved in to feed on pogies and herring....
Learning from local fishermen

Learning from local fishermen

by Todd Corayer | May 25, 2017 | Block Island, New England Tackle Shops, Striped Bass Fishing

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse meets with RI commercial fishermen to better understand catches and the science of data harvesting on open seas.

stripers, shooters, wardens, thieves and Jimmy Chappel. That’s a full Fish Wrap week.

by Todd Corayer | May 13, 2017 | Striped Bass Fishing

 This is the time. Bucktails, teaser flies, Cocahoe minnows. Seven foot medium weight rods for kayaks in salt ponds, ten foot surf rods for long beach casts.  Buckies, pogies, silversides. D.O.A. jerkbaits, topwater schoolie action and everything tipped with squid....
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