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Tautog season re-opens and fish are biting

10:37 AM Thu, Jul 02, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Steve Travisono of Breachway Bait & Tackle said a shore fisherman did well catching blackfish along the Charlestown Breachway this morning. Matt Conti of Snug......

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Block Island fishing defies foul weather

Keith Stockley.jpg 7:57 AM Sun, Jun 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Keith Stockley with a 49-pounder taken aboard Played For It, just off the southern side of Jamestown, according to Will Barbeau of East Bay......

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Played For It takes 50-pounder off Newport

5:53 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Kevin Vargas caught a 50-pound striper aboard Neal Vitullo's charter boat Played For It yesterday, according to David Henault of Ocean State Tackle. Young Neal......

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Bluefin tuna and big bass at Block Island

12:33 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Bluefin tuna, in the 20- to 25-pound class, have been feeding on sand eels off the southwest side of the island this week, said Al......

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Fish Hard Live Long is spreading

FHLL_RI_TShirt_sm.jpg 1:01 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

"Fish Hard Live Long" decals and shirts are spreading along the striper coast from Maine to Virginia. "It's becoming a life-style brand for surfcasters," says......

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Fluke fishing is steady

seven bs fluke.jpg 10:15 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Tom Meade    Email

Millie Arzuaga had a good day fluke fishing aboard the part boat Seven Bs south of Block Island. Frank Blount owner of the Frances......

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Watch Hill alive with bass on top

4:37 PM Sun, Jun 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Fly fishermen Joe Rovinski and Dave Bachand fished the waters off Watch Hill yesterday, and found bass between 23 and 28 inches nailing sand eels......

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