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Best-Laid Plans
As much as the whole chartering occupation feels like a dream job to many who havenât made that set of ill-advised career choices, make no mistake: It takes an unusual combination of personal traits, an uncommon work ethic, and an almost bottomless reserve of patience to make a go of it. It takes much more than that to do the job at the highest levels of the sport. I will concede that when the weatherâs perfect, the fishing is so good a total moron could sink the boat with stripers, and the people are worldâs nicest, it doesnât necessarily feel much like work. So for about an eighth of a typical season, charter fishing is a dream job. The rest of the time it feels remarkably likeâŚwellâŚwork.Aug 1st, 2013
To Our Readers
So much has happened with your Coastal Angler Magazine Rhode Island in the few months since our last column. Circulation is booming. We heard from Capt. Chris Hobe at Fish the World on Block Island that his copies went in 4 days! The CAM RI Facebook page has also exploded with more than 3200 likes. Captains and anglers alike are sending us eye- popping photos and video through the FB page for publication in print, the FB pages in both Long Island and Rhode Island, and the CAM website. They're comparing notes and catches. The FB page is being taken over by you, which is the point. Aug 1st, 2013
Solving the Summer Slump: August Options
The conventional wisdom says that August marks a transition in inshore fishing from the relative ease of June-July patterns to a period of tough picking as sustained high heat raises water temps to a relative boil, and local fluke, striped bass and other staple species become skittish, lethargic. Thereâs some truth to all this, but Iâve always maintained that âAugust Doldrumsâ theory relates more to our tendency to project human qualities on aquatic neighbors than it does to piscatorial reality.Aug 1st, 2013
RI Weekly Fishing Report: July 19, 2013
Here in our second week of our brand-new weekly Friday weekend planner reports, itâs good to get solid word from folks around Rhode Island waters as well as offshore grounds well south of Block Island, that the fishing is quite good, almost no matter what you target.Jul 19th, 2013
Rhode Island Fishing Report – Jul 12, 2013
Rhode Island Weekly Vol. 1: July 12, 2013 By Zach Harvey Bass, Fluke Fishing Excellent At Block Island T his, … Jul 12th, 2013
RI Weekly Fishing Report: July 12 2013
This, the inaugural weekly web report for Coastal Angler Magazine, Rhode Island, should give you an idea of the type of up-to-the-minute report information weâll be delivering every Friday morning through the remainder of this season. The hope is that you all will find it a useful tool as the first late-morning yawns stretch your jaw hinges and your mind begins to wander toward your hours of liberty that, as of around noon, will be close enough that you can taste them. Jul 12th, 2013
Ocean State Fluke
June is the month when fluke season really begins in our Ocean State. While the commercial guys have been bringing in fluke since May, and a few recreational anglers got lucky, âflukingâ really heats up now. Add the fishapalooza âFluke âTil Ya Puke,â hosted by Big Game Fishing in South County (more on the tournament throughout this issue) and we are on the verge of calling Fluke Rhode Islandâs âfish-of-the-month.â Jul 3rd, 2013
RISAA recognized by Fisheries Society
The Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association (RISAA) was honored and recognized by the American Fisheries Society, Southern New England Chapter, during their 2013 Summer Meeting held at Roger Williams University on June 19.Jul 1st, 2013
Flukinâ has just never been this much fun
Say what you will about the name (no marketing guy ever developed this one), The âFluke âTil Ya Pukeâ fishing tourney is in a class by itself. In fact, it has become the largest fluke tournament in the country and one of Rhode Islandâs most loved fishing events. Jul 1st, 2013







