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 08/15/08 - I blew work off Friday and caught the tail end of the morning tide at Block Island. With time ticking before the current died out I started bouncing from rock pile to rock pile spending 5-10 minutes max at each before moving on. Soon enough I found what I was looking for on a rock pile just west of the R4 buoy. She was about 43" fork length and weighed in a hair under 30 lbs on my boga. |
 08/09/08 - Finally got a chance to get out with my Dad on Saturday morning. Fished from 6:30am-10:30am.
Tried for bass first, caught three decent bluefish in front of Beavertail light - chopping up our eels.
Fluked for the first time ever off of my boat - just south of Dutch Island across from URI Bay Campus in about 50 ft. of water on the dropping tide. Two minutes into our first drift (my line wasn't even in the water yet), Dad hooks a nice fluke (see pic). Eight pounds, 26 inches. Forgot the net - I had to swing the fish up over the gunnel and just got it over when it fell off the hook - luck was on our side!
My Dad hasn't fluked since he was a kid with his grandfather - and he is 61 now.
The tide turned to slack, and with no wind, there was no drift. Tried in front of Narr. Beach and down to Pt. Judith about a mile off the center wall - one short for Dad, two skates and a sea robin for me.
Awesome weather to be out there, and boy was that fluke good!
Can't beat this kind of day.
Dave Sweet
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 08/09/08 - "A lot of Class" The Captain Sandy Kane and his Mate Jay Howell Will put you ON THE FISH , We are so lucky to have a great sport fishing charter here in Narragansett Bay,When you are on that 38' Black fin you are fishing in Luxury . Captain Sandy Kane and Jay Howell have the fishing experience that you can learn from .Our Group of club members are great guy we had a fun time Thank you Jay O'Brien ,Dave Giuliano, Art Sterntiford ,Joe Trojan, And our great Group LEADER Ralph Orleik you did a nice job being our leader |
 08/06/08 - This is a picture of Peter Permantell holding a 6.21 pound black sea bass caught this past Monday. The fish put up a tremendous fight and Peter had his work cut out for him just getting it to the boat.
Great catch Peter.....Congratulations on a record catch...
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 07/30/08 - Here is a picture of 2 fish that weighed just over 7 lbs.from my wed.trip on the Buckeye nuts with Dave westfall
Frank Joyal / Sozo |
 07/19/08 - Peter Vicab's RI State Record (and near World Record Striper caught off Block Island. 75 pounds, 4 ounces. Nothing more need be said.
Congrats Peter! |
 07/24/08 - Bluefin tuna caught this past Thurs. Caught 2 within 35 mins., then got caught in huge storm and had to steam in. Great fishing for 35 mins. |
 07/13/08 - I was lucky enough to win the RISAA June Fluke trip with Dan King aboard Thom (Thomcat) Pelletier's boat for today. We left just before 7 a.m on his very clean 21' Sea Hunt with it's very quiet Evinrude E-Tec outboard. We made a quick stop off Matunuck and I got a blue while trying for a lucky bass but as the Captain figured the sun was already a little high. I was happy to get the skunk off so quick, but we quickly went for and FOUND the game of the day FLUKE. Thomcat's first stop had us immediately on fluke. Dan caught a few shorts while the Captain hooked a couple and graciously handed me the rod so I could lose them like a rookie! Then Dan got the first keeper of the day, a nice fat 22" fish. After many shorts including several 19"+ fat fish, I managed my own 21"er, closely followed by Dan's just under 8 POUND beauty. With three keepers I was already happy and Dan was very satisfied with that fattie, but the day wasn't done by a long shot. We
worked through the slack tide and then had the hour of the day. I lost track of the total keeper count but we totaled at least three five plus pounders along with two or three other keepers on top of the three in the box, with many more 19 3/4" to 19 5/8" fat, fun, and feisty fish that it absolutely pained us to throw back. Thom was a great host and a lot of fun to boot. We caught the bulk of the fish on Glow Daddy's with fluke strips and mummies. Sorry for the long winded report but it's my best day this year by far and I'm ecstatic.
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 07/14/08 - Well, if you fish long enough it happens. Today off the Southwest Ledge
of Block Island I was fishing with a couple of young friends, Matt &
Jim, and we hooked and landed the fish of a lifetime aboard Time After
Time. Drifting live eels on the middle of the ledge, we were well away
from the conga line at the 3 mile limit and the rest of the fleet at the
SW corner. The fish hit solid and did not give up, and by the bend in
the rod I knew we were into something special. We were not able to get
it in a net, and it took 2 of us to heave it over the gunnel. This
striped bass weighed in on my spring scale at 55 pounds. Jim had the rod
in his hands and fought it well, but we know, ALL the fish are the
captain's. We idled through Wickford Harbor showing the fish to cheers
and applause. People drove children up to us in dingies asking to see it
again. We attended a friends' birthday party on the dock at Wickford
Shipyard tonight and the fish was the talk of the town. "Did you hear a
guy caught a 55# bass today? Oh yeah, that's Ric, over there....." Truly
a day I will always remember! After our total skunking yesterday it was
a welcome contrast.
Ric
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 07/13/08 - A few miles before the Canyon in 74 degree water we started seeing large pods of porpoises and a few shearwaters so we decided to go lines in and troll down to the Canyon Wall. We quickly boated a Mahi off a high flyer and then in about 30 minutes both short rigger spreader bars got lit up hard ....... |
08/15/08 - I blew work off Friday and caught the tail end of the morning tide at Block Island. With time ticking before the current died out I started bouncing from rock pile to rock pile spending 5-10 minutes max at each before moving on. Soon enough I found what I was looking for on a rock pile just west of the R4 buoy. She was about 43" fork length and weighed in a hair under 30 lbs on my boga. 
08/09/08 - Finally got a chance to get out with my Dad on Saturday morning. Fished from 6:30am-10:30am.
Tried for bass first, caught three decent bluefish in front of Beavertail light - chopping up our eels.
Fluked for the first time ever off of my boat - just south of Dutch Island across from URI Bay Campus in about 50 ft. of water on the dropping tide. Two minutes into our first drift (my line wasn't even in the water yet), Dad hooks a nice fluke (see pic). Eight pounds, 26 inches. Forgot the net - I had to swing the fish up over the gunnel and just got it over when it fell off the hook - luck was on our side!
My Dad hasn't fluked since he was a kid with his grandfather - and he is 61 now.
The tide turned to slack, and with no wind, there was no drift. Tried in front of Narr. Beach and down to Pt. Judith about a mile off the center wall - one short for Dad, two skates and a sea robin for me.
Awesome weather to be out there, and boy was that fluke good!
Can't beat this kind of day.
Dave Sweet
08/09/08 - "A lot of Class" The Captain Sandy Kane and his Mate Jay Howell Will put you ON THE FISH , We are so lucky to have a great sport fishing charter here in Narragansett Bay,When you are on that 38' Black fin you are fishing in Luxury . Captain Sandy Kane and Jay Howell have the fishing experience that you can learn from .Our Group of club members are great guy we had a fun time Thank you Jay O'Brien ,Dave Giuliano, Art Sterntiford ,Joe Trojan, And our great Group LEADER Ralph Orleik you did a nice job being our leader
08/06/08 - This is a picture of Peter Permantell holding a 6.21 pound black sea bass caught this past Monday. The fish put up a tremendous fight and Peter had his work cut out for him just getting it to the boat.
Great catch Peter.....Congratulations on a record catch...
07/30/08 - Here is a picture of 2 fish that weighed just over 7 lbs.from my wed.trip on the Buckeye nuts with Dave westfall
Frank Joyal / Sozo 
07/19/08 - Peter Vicab's RI State Record (and near World Record Striper caught off Block Island. 75 pounds, 4 ounces. Nothing more need be said.
Congrats Peter!
07/24/08 - Bluefin tuna caught this past Thurs. Caught 2 within 35 mins., then got caught in huge storm and had to steam in. Great fishing for 35 mins.
07/13/08 - I was lucky enough to win the RISAA June Fluke trip with Dan King aboard Thom (Thomcat) Pelletier's boat for today. We left just before 7 a.m on his very clean 21' Sea Hunt with it's very quiet Evinrude E-Tec outboard. We made a quick stop off Matunuck and I got a blue while trying for a lucky bass but as the Captain figured the sun was already a little high. I was happy to get the skunk off so quick, but we quickly went for and FOUND the game of the day FLUKE. Thomcat's first stop had us immediately on fluke. Dan caught a few shorts while the Captain hooked a couple and graciously handed me the rod so I could lose them like a rookie! Then Dan got the first keeper of the day, a nice fat 22" fish. After many shorts including several 19"+ fat fish, I managed my own 21"er, closely followed by Dan's just under 8 POUND beauty. With three keepers I was already happy and Dan was very satisfied with that fattie, but the day wasn't done by a long shot. We
worked through the slack tide and then had the hour of the day. I lost track of the total keeper count but we totaled at least three five plus pounders along with two or three other keepers on top of the three in the box, with many more 19 3/4" to 19 5/8" fat, fun, and feisty fish that it absolutely pained us to throw back. Thom was a great host and a lot of fun to boot. We caught the bulk of the fish on Glow Daddy's with fluke strips and mummies. Sorry for the long winded report but it's my best day this year by far and I'm ecstatic.
07/14/08 - Well, if you fish long enough it happens. Today off the Southwest Ledge
of Block Island I was fishing with a couple of young friends, Matt &
Jim, and we hooked and landed the fish of a lifetime aboard Time After
Time. Drifting live eels on the middle of the ledge, we were well away
from the conga line at the 3 mile limit and the rest of the fleet at the
SW corner. The fish hit solid and did not give up, and by the bend in
the rod I knew we were into something special. We were not able to get
it in a net, and it took 2 of us to heave it over the gunnel. This
striped bass weighed in on my spring scale at 55 pounds. Jim had the rod
in his hands and fought it well, but we know, ALL the fish are the
captain's. We idled through Wickford Harbor showing the fish to cheers
and applause. People drove children up to us in dingies asking to see it
again. We attended a friends' birthday party on the dock at Wickford
Shipyard tonight and the fish was the talk of the town. "Did you hear a
guy caught a 55# bass today? Oh yeah, that's Ric, over there....." Truly
a day I will always remember! After our total skunking yesterday it was
a welcome contrast.
Ric
07/13/08 - A few miles before the Canyon in 74 degree water we started seeing large pods of porpoises and a few shearwaters so we decided to go lines in and troll down to the Canyon Wall. We quickly boated a Mahi off a high flyer and then in about 30 minutes both short rigger spreader bars got lit up hard .......
