Projo Fishing: HotBytes

June 2007 Archives


Smart pogies

6:39 AM Fri, Jun 29, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Ray Stachelek, skipper of the charter boat Cast A Fly, reports: "Pods of bunker continue holding north of Providence Pointoff Prudence Island.They rise and dive......

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What the divers see

9:13 AM Thu, Jun 28, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

John Warnock of Pawtucket shot a 61.2-pound bass to win the Rhode Island Bluewater Meet, sponsored by the Rhode Island Freediving Club, over the weekend.......

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HotBytes audio: David and the monk

3:15 PM Wed, Jun 27, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to listen to Tom Meade's latest audio file. Today, in an unusual posting, Tom talks with David Henault of Ocean State Tackle about......

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Block Island: The place to be

3:58 PM Tue, Jun 26, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

"On the Patty-J this weekend, the fishing was not as great as it has been, but it was still good," writes charter-boat skipper Nick Chagnon........

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Orca is a killer team again

5:24 PM Sun, Jun 24, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Wade Callaneen and Dan Hawkins today won their second consecutive Snug Harbor Marina June Moon Madness Tournament, a stop in the American Striper Association tournament......

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Bunker and bass

1:09 PM Sun, Jun 24, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Large schools of menhaden have been gathering in the waters between Roger Williams University and Commonfence Point for several days, said David Henault of Ocean......

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Small craft warnings, small fish

4:40 PM Sat, Jun 23, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Small craft warnings on Little Narragansett Bay didn't frighten the fleet in the Kayak Fishing Rodeo at King Cove Outfitters this morning. Anglers in the......

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Bass on the bite

5:44 AM Thu, Jun 21, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

"I apologize for the delay in reports," says Chris Willi, "but I've been busy with getting married.. but that hasn't stopped the fishing." The owner......

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Hex is hatching

3:17 PM Wed, Jun 20, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

The Hex hatch has begun on the Wood River. Ed Lombardo spotted some of the giant Hexagenia limbata mayflies on the river last night,......

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Fluke are biting

6:08 AM Tue, Jun 19, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

"Fluke fishing is very good right now at most of the popular spots between Point Jude and the Charlestown Breachway," says Thom Pelletier. "Sunday had......

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65-Pounder

5:09 PM Fri, Jun 15, 2007 | | Comments (5)
By Tom Meade    Email

Dan O'Neil and his pending world record Freediver Dan O’Neil of East Providence this morning shot a bass weighing 65.1 pounds, a world record......

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Nolan lands 60-pounder in Bay (with photo)

5:16 PM Thu, Jun 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Bill Nolan landed a 60-pound striper in Narragansett Bay last night. Earlier this week, he took a 51-pound fish. What a remarkable week for......

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This morning's reef report

8:25 AM Thu, Jun 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Charter boat skipper Ron Mouchon is on the reefs off South Kingstown and Charlestown this morning, and he finds himself working for bass. As of......

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HotBytes audio: Kayak Fishing Rodeo

1:54 PM Wed, Jun 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to listen to Tom Meade's latest audio report. Today, Tom talks with Nils Christensen about next week's big Kayak Fishing Rodeo, based at......

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Nolan scores again (with photo)

8:29 AM Tue, Jun 12, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Bill Nolan's big bass from yesterday Bill Nolan's nickname is Eelman, but it may change to Bunkerboy as this extraordinary angler continues to catch......

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Big bass

10:00 AM Thu, Jun 07, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Tom Meade    Email

Jim Sylvestre weighed a 42-pound bass this morning at Quaker Lane Outfitters. He caught the fish last night along the Narragansett shore, said Thom Pelletier......

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Rising trout

10:09 AM Wed, Jun 06, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Trout were rising on Meadowbrook Pond in Richmond yesterday. On the Wood River, Ed Lombardo reports: "After the last few days of rain, the river......

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HotBytes audio: Kayak fishing for trophies

2:14 PM Tue, Jun 05, 2007 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo / Tom Meade Nils Christensen Click here to listen to Tom Meade's latest audio edition of HotBytes. Today, Tom talks with Nils......

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Weekend report

7:35 AM Mon, Jun 04, 2007 | | Comments (2)
By Tom Meade    Email

Bass were biting in the upper reaches of the Bay over the weekend, and boaters who stayed on schools of bait caught fish weighing 15......

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Photo: Bite on the other Narragansett Bay

9:04 AM Fri, Jun 01, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

While anglers in the northern part of Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts are concentrating on Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay, many southern Rhode......

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