Nothing beats hooking a big fish. It doesn’t matter if its a 26-inch brown, a 30-pound stripe, or a 10-pound large mouth; a trophy is a trophy. Nothing ruins a day of fishing more than breaking off your hoss as it runs for cover and hangs up in the weeds. ..
It was about 9:00 A.M. on this mid-July day and I was working a nice draft along Grace’s Cove on Block Island in my kayak. I could tell from the high cloud ceiling, blue skies and humidity that it was going to be a scorcher so I had snuck out at 4:00 A.M. to get in a quick fish before it got to bright…
It’s hard to find a more textured place than Newport, the historic summer resort city at the south end of Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. If you walk along Bellevue Avenue, you’ll know what I’m talking about…
The moon is down. the striped bass are in. And the water is black as night. Welcome to the dark side.
Estuaries are some of the sweetest saltwater fishing spots. They are seldom far from the crashing surf, strong tidal rips or surging rocks, but are protected by land and by trees which minimize the impact from the wind…