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This is Supposed to be FUN!

Oh, to have back the untold thousands of hours I’ve squandered in two decades trying to justify my escalating fluke habit to “real” fishermen who measure what they hunt in terms of their own testosterone production. Never mind my 15-plus- year defense of scup fishing.Sep 1st, 2015

WELCOME TO PORGY TIME!

With the kids back in school and a slight drop in nightly temperatures signaling that the fall blitz of surface feeding stripers, blues and false albacore is but a few weeks away, it’s easy to overlook the massing of bottom fish that builds around submerged structure, humps and mussel beds even before the true fall push gets underway. Sep 1st, 2015

TARGET ‘EYES ON LAKE RONKONKOMA

It may seem hard to believe, but Lake Ronkonkoma received its first stocking of walleye over 17 years ago in a test program started in 1994. At the time, it was hoped these ravenous predators would establish themselves and help bring the lake’s stunted population of overabundant white perch, which had decimated Ronkonkoma’s largemouth bass population back into check. Sep 1st, 2015

OCEAN STATE SWORDFISH

Swordfish has had had a bumpy ride over the last 20 years as differing opinions as divergent as those expressed by Sea Web, to my Dad, to the “get ‘em while you can” camp were publicly debated.Sep 1st, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/28/2015

15-Pound, 11-Ounce Slabzilla Landed off Block By Veteran Flukeman, Pat Muli QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Newport Harbor is loaded with … Aug 28th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/21/2015

Watch Hill Outfitters said the big news locally has been some greatly improved action with green bonito out front, anywhere from Watch Hill eastward to Point Judith and beyond—enough shots of fish popping up often enough to make a day of it as this goes to press.Aug 21st, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/14/2015

Watch Hill Outfitters said there was some activity on a mix of school bass and bluefish in the 8- to 12-pound range in various spots along the line, notably Sugar Reef, Quonny, and Weekapaug in no particular order.Aug 14th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/7/2015

Watch Hill Outfitters said the tube-and-worming along the south side of Block was fruitful on Wednesday, surrendering blues into the low teens and bass to 44 inches. Scuppiong’s been good to lights-out on the humps, bumps, and hard spots from Naps and Watch Hill Light up the line eastward to Weekapaug and Quonnie.Aug 7th, 2015

DON’T BE THAT GUY: IDIOT-PROOF TUNOID TACTICS

When you start out with the right people, the right fishing and/or sea conditions, and the right target species, it’s … Aug 1st, 2015

IT’S OKAY TO BE TRIGGER HAPPY

I’ve heard a lot of anglers over the past few years site triggerfish as an example of a “new” species … Aug 1st, 2015