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Sea bass season extended; tautog limit cut

Posted on Sep 24, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has extended the recreational Fishing season for black sea bass, and the agency has reduced the limit on tautog….
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Don Smith lands the largest bass in Block Island event

Posted on Sep 23, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

Don Smith has been having a good year, and last weekend, he caught the largest bass in the Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament. It weighed…
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Darkness and cool weather move carp to bite

Posted on Sep 21, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

Soon after surgery Dave Pickering was pursuing carp. Dave Pickering is recovering from arm surgery that repaired damage from years of surf casting. Even…
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False albacore and bonito at Watch Hill today

Posted on Sep 20, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

Mike Monagletook this bluefish on Quonny Pond. False albacore and bonito showed up in large numbers from Newport to Watch Hill, said Al Conti…
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Conditions are ideal, but trout aren’t biting on the Wood

Posted on Sep 19, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

Fishing conditions on the Wood River are ideal, but Ed Lombardo and Arnie Waters found the Fishing to be slow this week. The water was…
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‘Grand slams’ get easier at Block Island

Posted on Sep 17, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

“Albies in New Harbor, bass in Old Harbor,” says Chris Willi of Block Island FishWorks. “Made a fly Fishing-trip to Montauk over the weekend,…
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East wind snuffs hot bite at Block Island

Posted on Sep 15, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

An easterly wind yesterday cooled hot striper Fishing at Block Island, said charter boat skipper Ed Hughes who has been fishing with Dave Chieffo, skipper…
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Party boat anglers are catching large scup and sea bass

Posted on Sep 13, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

Capt. Frank Blount, owner of the Frances Fleet, reports that his customers had a great week of inshore bottom Fishing for scup and sea bass….
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Jarbeau lands trophy bass in the afternoon

Posted on Sep 12, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | No Comment

Matthew Jarbeau poses with a 53.5-pound striped bass he caught on Labor Day on the south side of Block Island. He was drifting eels…
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Research and development on lures look like fun

Posted on Sep 10, 2010 under Fishing Industry News | 2 Comments

Shimano is creating a buzz in the Fishing tackle world with its new Waxwing jig. The company bills it as “the next generation of…
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