Living / Fishing

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Volunteer, for-hire charter boat inspections catching on

Inspections target commercial vessels such as charter fishing boats.

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Ten ways to catch striped bass

Striped bass fishing in Narragansett Bay is hot.

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Tips on catching tautog, which are really biting

Tautog are going for Asian crabs and clam worms in a big way

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Baywatcher program wins top honor

The Buzzards Bay Coalition’s long-standing Baywatcher’s water-quality monitoring program has been awarded an Environmental Merit Award — the highest honor from the New England Region of the Environmental Protection Agency.

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So you want to buy a boat?

No matter if it’s your first or 21st boat purchase, it pays to shop around

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Anglers out in droves for opening of freshwater fishing

Three generations of the Doro family were fishing at Willett Avenue Pond in East Providence

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Opening day of freshwater fishing is Saturday

DEM reminds anglers to take proper safety precautions.

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Expert anglers share tips on fishing for spring striped bass

Also, trout and general freshwater fishing season begins at 6 a.m. Saturday, April 14

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Families-only shellfish boost

Grants sought to help river’s recreational catch

WESTPORT — Shellfish Constable Gary Sherman has applied for seven grants for Westport’s recreational shellfishermen that would make a recreation-only shellfishing area self-sustaining.

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DEM stocks ponds for opening day

Freshwater fishing season starts April 14