Projo Fishing: HotBytes

70-pounder joins monster bass club

4:06 PM Sat, Jul 12, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4)
By Tom Meade    Email

More monster bass have moved onto the reefs, reports Pat Abate of Rivers End Tackle at the mouth of the Connecticut. "We weighed in a......

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New spear world record striper: 68.4 pounds

10:41 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Tom Meade    Email

Dave Hochman and his new world record shot in Block Island Sound Dave Hochman set a new world spear-fishing record on Independence Day when......

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 Tags  fishing   Rhode Island   saltwater   spear fishing   world record  

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Jigging up bass

10:22 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

John Anterny aboard the L'Il Toot yesterday Bass are biting in the lower Bay, on the reefs of Block Island Sound and Rhode Island......

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 Tags  Block Island   charter boat   fishing   Rhode Island   saltwater   striped bass  

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Summertime fishing is here

3:29 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Lakes and ponds are warming, but Anthony Palumbo continues to catch fish. He reports: I fished Bowdish Lake last Saturday. The action was slow going......

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 Tags  bass   fishing   fresh water   freshwater   largemouth   Rhode Island   worms  

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Fluke fishing is getting even better

9:24 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Tom Meade    Email

"The fluke bite is holding up well along the South County beaches," reports Thom Pelletier, skipper of the charter boat ThomCat. "We fished south and......

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 Tags  fishing   fluke   Rhode Island   salt water   saltwater   South County   summer flounder  

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Big blue jaws

2:32 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Tom Meade    Email

Blue shark yesterday Mike Benoit took some of his employees sharking yesterday, and they caught and released 15 blue sharks, and jigged up one......

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 Tags  fishing   Rhode Island   saltwater   shark  

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45-pounder in Newport

12:22 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)
By Tom Meade    Email

Kevin Bettencourt with a new personal best Kevin Bettencourt writes: It is with great pleasure that I forward along a picture of my personal......

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 Tags  fishing   Newport   Rhode Island   saltwater   striped bass  

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Look to the lower Bay for bass

12:10 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Damon Hamilton at Block Island yesterday "My friend Damon Hamilton, fishing with Rick Belevance, nailed this impressive 49-inch bass yesterday on a live eel......

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 Tags  Block Island   bluefish   fishing   Narragansett Bay   Rhode Island   saltwater   striped bass  

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Bass still biting in the Bay

5:11 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Tom Meade    Email

Don O'Neil aboard the Can't Imagine this morning "Still some nice striped bass fishing in Narragansett Bay," says Nils Christensen of Ultimate Kayak Fishing.......

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 Tags  charter   fishing   kayak   Narragansett Bay   Nils Christensen   Rhode Island   saltwater   striped bass  

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Trophy thresher tale

2:24 PM Sun, Jul 06, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Yesterday's big thresher Joe Bagwell, one of the River Rebel skippers, writes: Capt Bill Major of Maj Ya Day fishing charters, two other members......

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Bass bite booms

9:48 AM Sun, Jul 06, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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"Capt. Ray reported the striper fishing last night (Saturday) was the kind of fishing we had been waiting for," writes Frank Blount, skipper of the......

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 Tags  bass   bluefish   fishing   Rhode Island   saltwater   striped bass   stripers  

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