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MARCH, 2011 Representing Over 6,500 Recreational Anglers P.O. Box 1465, Coventry, RI 02816 www.RISAA.org 401-826-2121 MARCH, 2011 Representing Over 6,500 Recreational Anglers Announcing the 14th Annual TAKE-A-KID FISHING DAY ark your calendar. Saturday, June 18, and don't M let anything keep you from signing up to take part in this annual event. Last year, we had 84 MEMBER End of the pogie wars? BOATS and 200 VOLUNTEERS! Over 200 KIDS were treated to Advisory Panel supports Providence River closure a morning on the Bay and great a s reported in the February issue of the RISAA Newsletter cookout. Aan interesting proposal was submitted during the November Now we need YOU to sign RIMFC Menhaden Advisory Panel (AP) meeting “to close up so we can make the 2011 commercial purse seining for adult menhaden for a limited area Take-A-Kid Fishing Day and a limited time period while removing restrictions on “all other even bigger and better! areas”. More specifically, closing the area of Narragansett Bay SIGN UP TODAY! to pogey boats north of a line from Warwick Light House to (See page 14) Rumstick Point from May 15 to July 15” (the Providence River). Greenwich Bay would also be closed. The proposal RISAA joins offered by The Federated Rhode Menhaden Coalition Island Sportsmen’s he RISAA Board of Directors have Club, Inc. (and Tunanimously voted to align with The supported by the MenhadenCoalition. RISAA Board) was to close the Providence River to commercial The Menhaden Coalition, formed in purse seining, but it would remain open to recreational fishing 2010, recognizes the critical role of and commercial cast net fishing. The reference to "all other areas" menhaden in the ecosystems of the would open areas that were closed to the commercial harvest of Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Accordingly, it seeks menhaden several years ago. That includes most Bay estuaries responsible management of the fishery so that menhaden are including Newport Harbor, Wickford Harbor and the Hope Island present in sufficient quantity to fulfill their ecological role as management area. (to page 35) forage for fish, bird, and mammal predators. Although much of the work of the Menhaden Coalition is done in the Chesapeake Bay region (over 50% of landings come from this area), we realize the importance of networking with all organizations in stopping the industrial decimation of this important forage fish. R.I.S.A.A. / March, 2011 Meet new RIDEM Director, Janet Coit When it was announced that friendly, personable and March 7 • 6:00 PM incoming Governor Chafee had interested in all we had so say. RI Marine Fisheries Council named Janet Coit as the new Each time we touched on a Corless Auditorium, URI Bay Campus Director of Rhode Island DEM I subject from our list, she asked was immediately disappointed questions, wrote notes on a pad March 8 • 6:30 PM because we had a good working and expressed interest in DEM's Fly Fishing Committee Meeting relationship with the then current association with RISAA. at River & Riptide Anglers, Coventry director Mike Sullivan. The meeting lasted for two hours! Who was this person? Would she be Here's the list of things we talked March 11-13 favorable to sport fishing? The Bay? about, all in depth: New England Saltwater Fishing Show Public access? • What is RISAA - who we are and what Rhode Island Convention Center As we all soon found out, the answer we do March 22 • 6:30 PM was yes to these questions. An Board of Directors Meeting environmental lawyer, she has worked for • Take-A-Kid Fishing Day the Nature Conservancy, the Dept. of March 22 • 6:30 PM Interior, and the U.S. Justice Department. • New England Saltwater Fishing Show Charities Committee Meeting So, we needed to meet with her, but decided it would be best to wait until she • The value of recreational fishing to March 28 • 7:00 PM was settled in and avoid the sure crush of RI economy RISAA Monthly Seminar groups that would rush to get "face time". When I called at the beginning of • The R.I. Saltwater Anglers Foundation April 2 • 8:00 AM February to make an appointment, her Kayak Committee Event secretary told me that she was inundated • Need for better fisheries data fishing at Warden Pond with such requests, and they needed to know what we wanted to talk about. I told • Species important to recreational April 16 her it was only to meet the new Director fishing Annual Spring Shore Clean-Up and let her know who RISAA was. Turns out, that was refreshing news since many • Menhaden April 19 • 6:30 PM groups were asking to get in with axes to Board of Directors Meeting grind and complaints to file. • Need for increased penalties for We were given an appointment for mid- poachers, especially of striped bass April 19 • 6:0 PM February, and Rich Hittinger, our 1st VP, RIDEM Public Hearing and I would be attending. We figured to • Public access issues Corless Auditorium, URI Bay Campus get maybe 15 minutes so we carefully planned out a list of things we wanted to • Fishing piers, shore access, renewal April 25 • 7:00 PM say, and listed them in order of importance, of Adopt-A-Ramp, Adopt-An-Access RISAA April seminar not expecting to get through the whole list. We arrived to find that the meeting • Artificial reefs and the need to get May 2 • 6:00 PM would also be attended by Larry the state's reef plan completed (she was RI Marine Fisheries Council Mouradjian, Associate Director, and Bob especially interested in this subject) Corless Auditorium, URI Bay Campus Ballou, Chief of Fish & Wildlife. From the first minute of our meeting, • Wind turbines- preserve fishing Rich and I found Director Coit to be access Ed Cook Charters Fly and Light Tackle Fishing Member on Narragansett Bay - South Shore SEATOW.COM 1-800-4SEATOW Capt. Kevin Scott (401) 294-2360 Member Cell: 401-524-5294 Net: edcookcharters.com - 2 - R.I.S.A.A. / March, 2011 One of the most popular species that live in Rhode Island waters is fluke (summer flounder). Here are some tips to help you improve your catch. Locations or the wind is moving the vessel too fast, fishing will be The Rhode Island coastal and Block Island shorelines are unproductive. very productive for fluke at certain times of the year. Since Some fluke sharpies utilize a sea anchor to control the drift fluke spend winters on the continental shelf, the first productive for an optimum drift pattern. If the drift is too slow, you can area during the month of May is typically in the 45 to75 foot cast and retrieve your fluke rigs or slow troll, bumping the engine depths near Block Island’s south coast. in and out of gear to get some forward motion. Fluking can be Unfortunately, during the early part of the season the spiny productive anytime during daylight hours. dogfish are abundant as well around Block Island. Anglers may have to move a few times to get away from the concentrations Bait of dogfish during this time of The fluke’s diet consists of numerous baits. The most the year. common is squid. They will Fluke continue to migrate also eat small fish, sand eels, towards the Rhode Island shrimp and crustaceans. coastline from Newport to Live bait such as Watch Hill, including mummies, small mackerels Narragansett Bay in May and snapper blues hooked to before heading back out to a fluke rig or jig is very offshore waters in late productive for these September and October. predators. Cut bait such as Rick Sustello with a fat fluke Other productive fluke squid strips, fluke belly, he landed in 2010. fishing areas include the center bluefish and skate work as wall in Point Judith, well. Fluke rigs tipped with Misquamicut Beach and the spearing is another good edge of the channels at the Jamestown and Newport Bridges. option as well. The typical productive depths range from 35-60 feet in these Ann Castelli landed this flat areas. Fishing Tackle fluke off the RI south shore The 2010 fluke season was very productive near Clayhead, The fishing rod and reel last summer Block Island for a few weeks in the 35- 65 foot depths. Block utilized for fluke is Island’s Old Harbor channel and shoreline south of Old Harbor considered light tackle. Conventional rods are preferred. The is a very productive spot as well. Block Island’s North Rip is rod length should be 7.0 to 7.5 feet in length with a medium to another productive area for fluke. The key here is getting the fast tip. The rod should be rated for lines of 15-25 lb. test. When proper drift pattern and or speed of drift. Fluke can found in choosing a rod, keep in mind that you will be utilizing weight depths up to 100 feet in this rip. of 3 to10 ounces depending on the current and depth with the Another key component to productive fluke fishing in the average weight being 4-6 ounces. Rhode Island shoreline is knowing where the commercial fluke The reels utilized are bait casting reels or small level winds draggers have been fishing as well. It is common to have great that hold up to 20-25 lb. test. Some anglers prefer braided line fishing in an area one day only to find out it is extremely difficult for sensitivity. If utilizing braided line, I recommend several the next because that area feet of monofilament top shot to create some stretch in the line.
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