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Veterans often charter River Rebel Charters of Bristol to fish for free as part of the Veteran Angler Charters program.
Trout fishing is the ticket this month
Rhode Island lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams designated as trout-stocked waters are currently closed for fishing. However, the season opens Saturday, April 8, and runs through Feb. 29, … more
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The New England Saltwater Fishing Show, taking place this weekend at the Rhode Island Convention Center, is already a record-breaker, with more than 300 booths and free seminars.
Fishing show this week is already a record-breaker
At press time, the New England Saltwater Fishing Show being held from March 10 to 12 at the Rhode Island Convention Center is already a record breaker, with booth sales revenue the highest it has … more
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Researchers perform a necropsy (autopsy) in Brigantine, N.J., on a female humpback whale Jan. 15, 2023. Photo by Michael McKenna of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.
Whale strandings are disturbing – What’s the cause?
In the past two months more than 10 large whale standings have occurred in the New York/New Jersey area. Some claim it is the sonar from the offshore wind survey vessels that confuses whales and has … more
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Fly-fishermen works the cinder worm hatch.
Mass. implements right whale closures and restrictions
It was unusual to have right whales feeding on the surface in Cape Cod Bay last month. They usually appear there in the spring. Warming water, a change in bait and forage fish profiles and other … more
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Tom Hood with a false albacore caught off Narragansett from his kayak. False albacore have grown in stature in the recreational fishing community. They are a data-poor stock.
Learning a lot more about false albacore
False albacore have grown in stature as a highly targeted recreational sport fish. These speedsters have thrilled shore and boat anglers, and have become a valuable addition to the recreational … more
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Capt. Jack Sprengel of East Coast Charters will be the quest speaker at the Saltwater Anglers seminar on Monday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m.
Mass. warns about an early aggregation of right whales
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is alerting all mariners in Cape Cod Bay about the risk of vessel collision with a large aggregation of North Atlantic right whales recently observed in … more
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Peter Jenkins, owner of The Saltwater Edge, Middletown, is co-sponsoring a ten-week on-line seminar series on striped bass fishing with Surfcaster’s Journal.
Possible discharge of nuclear wastewater into Cape Cod Bay
At press time the Cape Cod Salties Sports Fishing Club plans to hold a community forum on the possible discharge of nuclear wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant into Cape Cod Bay.  … more
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Tom Hood with a false albacore caught on his kayak earlier this year. Fishing for these speedsters was good in 2022 in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Warming water has brought false albacore and the forage they like to eat into our region in greater numbers.
North Atlantic right whales still endangered
NOAA Fisheries has released their five-year review of the endangered North Atlantic right whales at North Atlantic Right Whale 5-Year Review | NOAA Fisheries . The report finds the population is … more
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DEM, Marine association provides boating community with virus guidelines
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association last week issued the following guidance regarding the safe operation of … more
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