I landed very good numbers of stripers of all sizes from both the kayak and from shore this week.  The common theme here was what I was using.   I've written many times (and even did seminars this winter) about finesse fishing for stripers. In shallow water where stripers are feeding on small bait using unweighted plastic fluke bodies is the MOST...

I'm back to fishing from the kayak when I have the right conditions and tides in the places I want to fish.  Tonight I went out and found good numbers of big fish- slots and over slots.  My biggest was a monster that was in the 40 to 45 inch range.  That big fish fell for an unweighted 5.75 inch Finesse Fish twitched along the top. So I was using...

Tonight was my first spring outing from the kayak and this was my first striper from the kayak.  I found a pile of schoolies.  All of them were caught on a weightless Super Zoom Flukes twitched on top.

My Slug-go was cut right near the hook on a big hit.  No question it was a big bluefish. I was out along the oceanfront two evenings ago.  I was working a 9-inch Slug-Go right before dark when I had a big hit that I thought was a good sized striper.  After missing the fish I retrieved the Slug only to find it had been cut right at the hook.  No...

The Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil has been  the hot plug in the last week The good times just keep rolling for me with big numbers of slots on just about a nightly basis.  The hottest plug of the week has been a Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil in a white color.  This looks like a Jumpin' Minnow on steroids.  It casts great into the wind and has a swagger on the ret...

Here's a slot that was landed this afternoon on a Slug go. Fishing for slots has been very good. The water is cold the air is cold and there should not be big numbers of fish around RI waters.  But they are here and the biggest surprise of the spring is the abundant numbers of slot fish along both the oceanfront and in the Bay.  I can't remember...

My first slot of the year was landed yesterday. The fish was released in good shape. Note the sea lice on the fish's body.  The first slot is in the books for me as I landed a 28 to 30 inch striper yesterday along the oceanfront.  I also had several more fish that were close to the slot along with some smaller fish.  In addition I have heard of ot...

Here is one of five schoolies landed this week. The spring run of stripers has bee a trickle of fish thus far.  I fished long and hard for 5 days in a row this week.  I came away with exactly 5 fish all under slots and mostly small. I would call the beginning spring striper run more of a trickle rather than a run. Doesn't matter where you fish.  T...

Right on schedule I landed my first migrating striper of the year along the oceanfront today. I knew it was a new fish because of the sea lice on its body.  The fish was just shy of a slot.  It hit a 4-inch Cocahoe minnow fished off a one ounce jighead. I had one other hit. I fished multiple spots and made a lot of casts but it was just this one...

I haven't been fishing this much this winter   but I have sure been enjoying my skiing. I'm up to about 60 visits to the mountains.  In recent weeks it has been good as ever with tons of snow north of us. I've especially enjoyed skiing with 2 of my grandkids who like their father and grandfather are addicted to it. I've also been doing some hikin...

Striped bass are the number one sportfish on the east coast. They deserve that title in many ways. And other…

Are you ready? Don’t blink or the season will be over. While I have historically fished for groundfish exclusively early…

Big fish fishing. Jaws. We’re gonna need a bigger boat. Shark week. If any of these things gets the blood…

We caught our first tuna on the Black Rose in 2005… It was all of 20# and 33″ long. We…

We have the best fluke fishing anywhere located in our backyards of Cape Cod. This whole fishery makes me feel…

Why porgy fishing is so popular up and down the East Coast. Well people still love to take home fish.…

My next stop on my winter seminar tour is the Springfield Sportsmen's Show on Saturday Feb. 24 at the Big E in Springfield MA. I will be doing seminars at 12:00 and 2:00.  For anyone who has never been to this popular show it is a mix of everything outdoorsy. There's hunting and fishing stuff camping stuff outfitters charter boat captains tackle...

Every time I do a seminar someone asks me where I buy my wooden eggs to use with the float and jig. I buy them online in a place called Craftparts. Here is the LINK.  I buy the 2 1/2 inch wooden hen eggs. You can buy these as unpainted or painted white.  I buy mine already painted. It's a homemade project from here.  Drill the eggs out with a 1/8...

Hope to see many of you at the NE Fishing Expo this weekend! I will be at the NE Fishing Expo this weekend on Saturday and Sunday doing my latest carp and striper fishing seminars for 2024. The NE Fishing Expo is a pure fishing show that has gotten rave reviews in recent years.  This year it will move to the Royal Plaza Trade Center in Marlborou...

Hopkins No Equal- 3 oz. In terms of fishing lures 2023 brought some surprises.  Normally I stick with the same stuff year after year because it has worked.  But in 2023 I branched out a bit and found some surprising new effective lures which I had not used much of in the past. We'll give these a worked next season. *Metal - I was out on a windy...

Striper fishing from shore has bottomed out in the last week.  I don't care whether you fish on stormy days or in the dead of night it is just plain poor. Yes we are in the dog days of summer and July is not a very good month for shore fishermen here in RI.  Read the reports and you'll see it's not good in the Bay it's not good along the oceanfro...