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September 2007 Archives


Beaches barren, Bay booming

8:50 AM Wed, Sep 26, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

All the action anglers were enjoying during the recent cold spell died when the weather warmed again. "There's hardly anything happening along the beaches," said......

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Blues in Bristol, bass at Block

12:36 PM Tue, Sep 25, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Bluefish were blitzing in Bristol Harbor this morning, and big bass have returned to Block Island. Freediver Brad Petrone shot a 51-pound striper there. Flocks......

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John "Hab" Haberek dies

11:25 AM Mon, Sep 24, 2007 | | Comments (2)
By Tom Meade    Email

John "Hab" Haberek, a storied surf fisherman and the maker of Hab's Custom Plugs, died yesterday. He was 53. "The sport-fishing world has lost a......

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Fly fishermen are catching

12:58 PM Thu, Sep 20, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Ed Lombardo reports: We fished the Wood River last night. Got there at around 4:30 p.m., and fished until 8:15 p.m. The water level is......

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Blues and bass in the Bay

3:31 PM Tue, Sep 18, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Tom Meade    Email

Bluefish were blitzing in the Providence River near the hurricane barrier early this morning and off Colt State Park later in the morning, reports Ed......

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Light tackle time

8:40 AM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Trout fishing on the Wood River is good as fish continue to feed on tiny midges and terrestrial insects. Ed Lombardo said he and some......

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Blues are biting

2:41 PM Tue, Sep 11, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Just returned from beach with supper, a 9-pound bluefish. Pods of 8- to 10-pound blues, and perhaps false albacore, were feeding beneath birds along East......

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Variety offshore

6:39 AM Mon, Sep 10, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

"Fishing on the Patty-J was pretty good," said Nick Chagnon over the weekend. "Despite some pretty rough conditions, the fish seemed to be eating pretty......

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Bristol blues

6:45 AM Thu, Sep 06, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Philip Vecchio found more big blues in the Bay this week. His report appeared as a comment yesterday, but he intended it as a post.......

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Busting bass and bluefish

9:14 AM Wed, Sep 05, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

"The South Shore is producing some of the best big bass of the season with guys pulling fish up to 45 pounds off the beach right behind the Ocean Mist."...

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Perseverence pays off

11:43 AM Mon, Sep 03, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Tom Meade    Email

Nick Chagnon reports on Saturday's fishing: "Fishing on the Patty-J was decent today. The fish were not widespread nor very numerous. However, they had some......

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