Sandeels have arrived and the stripers are on them. As I arrived at the water last evening I looked out to see lots of turns hitting the water about two to three casts off the shore where I was standing. At the same time I glanced down in a tidal pool next to me to find several dead sandeels. Yes they have arrived the birds have found them and t...

This huge overslot was landed last evening on a white Slug-go. The 9 inch white Slug has been my most effective big fish catcher all May. The good ole Slug-go- it's been the hottest lure for me in the past month. I've landed schoolies slots and oh so many over slots with this lure that it's hard to deny it's effectiveness. It's appeal has been w...

It's been another good week of fishing for me with Slug-gos and Albid Snax doing most of the damage. This has been another good week of fishing for me.  It wasn't all big fish though as I also landed good numbers of schoolies. I did have a couple of over slots up to 40 inches that I landed on Slug-gos.  I also had slots and hefty schoolies that fe...

I landed this one a few nights ago on an albie snax in the Bay. There are still fish around if you work for them. That outstanding fishing for large stripers that we saw a couple of weeks ago has really cooled off. They are still around in small pockets but you have to really look around to find them. Just not as easy as it was. Also for shore f...

Welcome back everyone! I hope there are many exciting adventures to come for all of us! I am currently booking weekdays from the rest of May and early June if anyone is looking to get on the water for an early morning run or for a solid half day. I also have a few Summer… Read More »

I got some decent ones from the yak today! This one slammed a 7 1/2 inch Slug-go.  On the days in which I don't have favorable conditions from shore I head out in my kayak to slug it out in the calm water.  I'm out further than a shore cast but still fishing shallow water with lots of boulders. Yes that is working as we are clicking on all cylinde...

It was an epic week for very large stripers.  There was phenomenal numbers of slots  and over slots as my son and I caught and released over 100 stripers this week. In the last week my son Jon and I landed over 100 stripers. The majority of those fish have been slots and over slots.  In fact the over slots have outnumbered the slots with many of...

Last evening I landed the longest striper I have ever caught from shore.  The fish measured 52 inches.  So was it 50 lbs.? No this fish was a streaker- very skinny for its length.  It had a huge head but nothing in the belly.  Still I'm guessing it was in the upper 30 lb. to low 40 lb. range. We are in an unpresented time with massive numbers of...

I went out on my first voyage of 2026 in my kayak tonight and it was just like I had been experiencing from shore all week. I landed good numbers of fish with slots over slots and hefty schoolies in the mix. Like from shore I had never landed fish this big from the kayak so early in May. The hot lure tonight was a white Albie Snax.  It was a fine...

Holy Smokes- this big fish was landed this week as a slug of big stripers have entered RI waters. Jon and I had many slots and overslots this week. Conventional wisdom says April fishing for stripers is a schoolie game here in RI. But this year has been far different like I have never seen before.  In the last week the last week of April my son...

First migrating fish of the year for me proves to be an OVERSLOT.  It was landed  on a Slug-go. I was into some big fish this evening.  My first fish of the night blasted my nine inch Slug-go.  That fish proved to be an overslot in the 36 to 38 inch range.  Next cast- a slot fish of 30 inches. A few casts later- another 30 inch fish. Twenty minu...

Here's one that I landed last week in the backwaters. I'm guessing it might have been a holdover. The striper season is off to a very poor start.  The weather has been cold especially at night and the winds have not been favorable for the migration to get underway.  And there are no fish in the areas where they should be at this time. I know of...

I landed my first striper for 2026 today. I actually landed 2 fish tonight and had multiple hits to begin my new striper season. Both fish fell for a white Albie Snax one of my hottest lures last year.

It's coming roughly one month from now! It's coming.  In about one month from now we will begin to see the first of the migrating stripers along the south shore oceanfront of RI. I expect we will see the fish at about the same time as we've seen them in recent years.  Yes it's been a cold winter this year but I've seen cold winters and warm wint...

This yellow perch is about as big as they get.  My son Jon and I got out on the ice today.  We were just jigging and it was all yellow perch. I got this big one on a small Kastmaster tipped with a plastic maggot.  We continue to see the thickest ice in a decade especially away from the coast. Looks like the ice fishing is going into March this ye...

My son Ben holds up the catch of the day as he jigged up this beautiful largemouth bass through the ice today.  It was a banner day as we jigged up 8 largemouths along with numerous perch sunfish and crappie. They were all caught on small gold Kastmasters tipped with either a plastic mealworm or a Gulp maggot. By the way- over 12 inches of ice th...

My next stop on my winter seminar trail is the Springfield Sportsmens show at the Big E in Springfield MA.  I will be there on Saturday Feb. 21.  This show is billed as the biggest pure outdoor show in the northeast. There are a lot of fishing related booths and exhibits for freshwater and saltwater fishing enthusiasts.  But there are also a lot...

I jigged up this nice crappie today in some bluebird weather.  This fish hit a small gold Kastmaster tipped with a Berkley Gulp Maggot. The weather is cold really cold but the ice fishing remains hot.  I've gotten out several times in the last week jigging several different ponds and I've gotten good numbers of fish.  It's been a lot of variety...

The weather was cold but it was hot fishing today while jigging. I had a chance to try out some  Varivas nylon line today and it worked out well as you can see from the photo! As many of you know I am a line tester for Varivas lines.  I've written a lot about their braided lines and fluorocarbon for saltwater applications. Now I'm back to ice fi...

As many of you know I did a review on my St. Croix Avid surf rod a while back on this blog. That rod was great and served me well. One day last fall I was using it along some rocky dropoffs when I hooked a decent size striper. I was on a high perch and when I got the fish rear the rocks I did something really stupid.  I attempted to lift the fish...

Sandeels have arrived and the stripers are on them. As I arrived at the water last evening I looked out to see lots of turns hitting the water about two to three casts off the shore where I was standing. At the same time I glanced down in a tidal pool next to me to find several dead sandeels. Yes they have arrived the birds have found them and t...

This huge overslot was landed last evening on a white Slug-go. The 9 inch white Slug has been my most effective big fish catcher all May. The good ole Slug-go- it's been the hottest lure for me in the past month. I've landed schoolies slots and oh so many over slots with this lure that it's hard to deny it's effectiveness. It's appeal has been w...