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NOAA Fisheries announced the annual opening of a Seasonal Management Area (SMA) in Cape Cod Bay to protect North Atlantic right whales starting on January 1, 2024 to May 15, 2024. All vessels 65 feet …
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1/17/24
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Last week marked the end of perhaps the greatest era in professional football history as the New England Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick parted ways after 24 years together.
You all have …
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1/17/24
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I know that it’s early in the season, but it is becoming clear that our girls basketball teams are going to be factors in the eventual playoffs at winter’s end.
Here is a look at …
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1/11/24
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has asked coastal states for their thoughts on what scup and summer flounder (fluke) management measures they would propose for 2024 to meet mandated …
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1/10/24
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The Rhody Fly Rodders, the oldest chartered saltwater fly club in America, is holding a 60th Anniversary Banquet Celebration Saturday, Jan. 20, 1 p.m.at Wright’s Farm Restaurant, 84 Inman Road, …
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1/3/24
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Fishing in 2023 was a mixed bag. Everything seemed to be delayed and/or extended this year due to warm water. In the spring, summer and fall the striped bass fishing was good, but the fish in shore …
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12/27/23
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As we wrap up 2023, there were plenty of special moments to celebrate and remember from the sports calendar. Many of our teams enjoyed the highs of championships and endured the lows of winless …
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12/27/23
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The 28th United Nation’s Conference of the Parties (COP) on climate change ended last week. At the bi-partisan international climate conference nations agreed to transition away from fossil …
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12/20/23
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If you’ve followed New England Patriots football this season, or the NFL in general, you know that perhaps the hottest topic has been the future of head coach Bill Belichick with the team.
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12/20/23
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Sometimes there is a silver lining and good things come out of a bad situation. Last week anglers met with Janet Coit, Assistant Administrator and Chief of NOAA Fisheries and her staff, to talk …
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12/13/23
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Now that the regular season is officially underway and I was able to gather just a little more information in the past week, it is time for me to make some of my official winter predictions for the …
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12/13/23
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division I hockey season is also underway along with basketball. Division I hockey is always one of the most competitive fields in the whole sports season, but …
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12/7/23
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Hats off to Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and his staff for putting together the Energy, Environment and Oceans Leaders Day, Friday, Dec. 1 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. This is the 14th year …
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12/6/23
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I have made a lot of friends fishing but have made just as many at coffee shops. Sorry to say my coffee friend Marc passed away Saturday after fighting pancreatic cancer for over a year. Fishing …
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11/29/23
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We had three Thanksgiving football games this past week at Beacon Communications and there were three distinct storylines in each of them. Of course, no two or three games are identical in terms of …
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11/29/23
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It’s the holidays. Time to take stock and be thankful.
First and foremost I am thankful for the privilege to fish, take people fishing, get paid for it as a charter captain and then write …
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11/22/23
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Last weekend’s football state championships wrapped up another fantastic fall sports season, leaving us with just the Thanksgiving exhibitions.
With football being the last sport on the …
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11/22/23
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The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced their winter season of outdoor programs from fly tying to wild game cooking classes. The Aquatic Resource Education, Hunter Education, …
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11/15/23
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It was a wild week of high school sports playoffs and there was plenty to chew on both on and off the field.
Here are some of my biggest takeaways from the events I had the pleasure of covering:
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11/15/23
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Fishing for tautog (also called black fish) has been outstanding in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The fish are abundant and quite large.
Anglers are allowed just one trophy fish, 21 inches or …
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11/8/23
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