Norman Bird Sanctuary hosts its Harvest Fair for two days this weekend. Families can expect to find pony rides, pumpkins painting, face painting, field games, a mud pit, train rides, a grease pole …

Tautog (or Blackfish) are a great eating fish with a grey/white delicate meat. Rhode Island and Massachusetts have the same trophy fish regulation. Anglers are allowed just one trophy fish, 21” or …

Ryan Collins of “ My Fishing Cape Cod” is offering a three-day email course free, titled “ Catch Your First Cape Cod Albie .” I screened course highlights, and much of the information …

NOAA is now using uncrewed surface vehicles for research. In fact, their partner, Chance Maritime Technologies, tested their vessel in Narragansett Bay prior to its mission. In an advisory last …

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are approaching extinction. There are fewer than 400 individuals remaining, including less than 100 reproductively active females. Human impacts such as vessel …

The Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament ended Sunday, July 26, with a winning shore stiped bass measuring 47.5” caught by Sean Hughs of Waterford, Conn. What was amazing about Sean’s striped …

Summer flounder (fluke) fishing has been off the past three or four years; however, the species is not overfished, and overfishing is not occurring, according to the latest stock assessment. Whether …

There is still time to register for the Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament, which now takes place from Rhode Island beaches, areas south of the Newport and Jamestown bridges to 15 miles south of …

It is very hot. Some saltwater estuary ponds in South County, Rhode Island, were nearly 90 degrees last week, with water temperatures off Rhode Island hovering around 70 degrees.   However, salt …

Striped bass fishing this year has been better than it has been for a long time. Early in spring, fish in the 30” to 40” class were caught frequently in our bays and estuaries, with larger fish …

The summer flounder (fluke) bite off Block Island has been good for three to four weeks and now keeper sized fish 19” and over are being caught at the mouth of the Sakonnet River, Narragansett Bay …

Our ocean, bays and estuaries have absorbed much of the heat created by global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels and the creation of greenhouse gases. The result is that the ten warmest …

This is one of the best times of year to fish the saltwater. The striped bass have come on strong, in our bays and estuaries, along the coastal shore, and at our two iconic striped bass fishing spots …

Striped bass fishing is still very good, while squid fishing exploded the past two weeks, with enhanced tautog fishing and fluke now being caught south of Block Island. Some fluke have been caught in …

Striped bass are here, and anglers are catching them. But it can be hit or miss, either with the strategies being used to catch them or the area being fished. So I thought I would share what experts …

The Block Island Inshore Fishing Tournament will be held Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, in areas south of Jamestown and Newport Bridges, along Rhode Island coastal beaches to 15 miles south …

Striped bass fishing has started to heat up, with holdover stripers still being caught, as well as migrating fish with sea lice on them up to 30” being caught in upper Narragansett Bay. Migrating …

It’s beginning to look like fishing season out there. “Anglers are hooking up with striped bass off Newport. They are not big fish, in the 18” to 24” size, but the larger fish will be …

The wind did not keep anglers away on opening day of trout season Saturday, April 11, but it did keep the fish away on some waterways. Richard Pacifico of Warwick said, “I fished Lake Tiogue, …

It’s opening day Saturday, and we’re ready to fish with fully stocked trout ponds in both Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) …

Opening Day of the freshwater fishing season in Rhode Island is 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 11. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) plans to stock more than 60,000 trout and …

The NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center invites input from industry and external experts that could help inform the 2027 Management Track assessments. NOAA partners can help by …

Whales are among the largest and oldest animals on Earth. They can be found in every ocean and range in size from the small dwarf sperm whale to the massive blue whale, the largest animal on the …

What is an angler to do?   We like the idea of catching fish we have not had in our waters or in our waters in this abundance before. But, we do not want to damage the fishery.   Fish like …

When I was a young man, I had no idea of the importance of wetlands. To me they often looked like soggy swamps, not good for much. But now, I know they are essential. Last week NOAA Fisheries …