The month of July was a big one for the Pabst Blue Ribbon Northeast Fishing Tournament. The summer weather finally arrived, and the full moon fell on a weekend. There were certainly a lot of weigh-ins waiting for us when we got back to the office on Monday, July 14th!Lisa Helme DanforthAug 1st, 2014
For those of us who are unabashed seafood lovers, it's hard to ignore the allure of Long Islandās East End. From porgies to tuna, fluke to stripers, clams, oysters and blue claw crabs, the waters here are blessed with an abundance of culinary delights. Now thereās yet another reason for anglers and āfoodiesā to love the region, a new spice called cHarissaTM thatās the perfect complement to just about anything you catch.Lisa Helme DanforthAug 1st, 2014
In the fall of 2009, I published an essay on what I saw as the major threats to a then-flourishing winter cod fishery off Block Island. Because that rebounding cod population represented sorely needed revenue for a party boat fleet that had been brought to its knees by a host of regulatory misfires, I elected to publish the pieceāone of the more strident condemnations of fishermen and regulators Iād ever writtenāin the Coastal Conservation Associationās Tide Magazine, where I was reasonably sure I could memorialize the words in print without causing massive damage to the industry. Despite some concerns that the piece would make the rounds anyway, I sent it off and filed it in my records as a kind of future āI told you so.āLisa Helme DanforthAug 1st, 2014
We are now heading into a point in the season when the only way to maintain a good catch rate is to work harder at it, to expand your tactical repertoire, and to seek out the advise of the sharpest guys who will actually give you the time of day. Thereās no reason to accept diminishing returns because someone said weāre in the summer ādoldrums.āLisa Helme DanforthJul 25th, 2014
Iāve been around this racket long enough to have learned the hard way not to dismiss even the most seemingly asinine rumor. The fact is, people catch obscenely huge fish of all species at the strangest of times in the strangest of places, year after year after year.Lisa Helme DanforthJul 18th, 2014
The storm last weekend came up well short of the early media uproarāwe saw precious little wind, and groundswell on the low end of average by tropical-low standardsābut the unsettled weather, very heavy rains, and also the tumultuous weather patterns than came on in the wake of the big offshore low seem to have had a significant cumulative impact on most of our local fisheries. Lisa Helme DanforthJul 11th, 2014
Unsettled Weather Throws Wrench In the Works for Fourth Fishing Plans Iām used to penning tropical-storm-inspired caveats and disclaimers in … Lisa Helme DanforthJul 4th, 2014
Newport is at once historic and hip. The home of the Volvo race and world-class sailing. And now for the first time, it has its own world- class fishing event. The weekend of July 18 ā 20 will bring a whole new excitement to town. Not the Volvo, the Monster Shark Tournament. This weekend promises to bring its own brand of excitement and fun, education and learning.Lisa Helme DanforthJul 1st, 2014
The 28th, one and only, Monster Shark Tournament is coming to Newport this summer, July 17th ā 20th. The lifeās work of the late Ste- ven James, this year the tournament will be held to honor Steve, a friend to many in the fishing community in New England and throughout the country.Lisa Helme DanforthJul 1st, 2014
The 3rd Annual Pabst Blue Ribbon Striped Bass, Bluefish and Fluke Tournament kicked off June 1st. The Tournament is open to anglers who fish the waters off Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Long Island. On its first day, four weigh-ins came through the Tournament Office including a 42lb 90z striper caught by Chris Landry in the Boat Division in Long Island Sound. Peter Kosciukiewicz took in a 25lb 5oz striper from the shores of Rhode Island and Howard Ward and his nephew, junior angler Kevin Fasulo also had some luck, weighing in a 6lb 7oz fluke and a 7lb 11oz fluke, respectively. Both Ward and Fasulo caught their fish off Fishers Island.Lisa Helme DanforthJul 1st, 2014