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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
Great news for recreational and commercial quahoggers, 515 acres in Mt. Hope Bay are now open as conditional rather than a prohibited shellfishing area. The area can be …
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5/31/23
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The Boston Celtics saw their season come to an end on Monday night as the Miami Heat won Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals to advance to the championship round.
The loss marked the end of …
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5/31/23
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More striped bass fishing trips are taken by anglers coastwide than any other species. This highly desirable fish has been overfished for the past few years, and last year, anglers killed twice as …
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5/24/23
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Our teams are wrapping up their regular seasons this week and as always, this spring season is flying by.
As we get prepared for the upcoming playoff tournaments, let me give you my thoughts on …
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5/24/23
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This past weekend I had the pleasure of covering the unified basketball state championships. Cranston West and Johnston made the trip from our coverage area and each team put on a show and finished …
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5/17/23
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Currently, the striped bass regulations from last year are still in effect, meaning Rhode Island and Massachusetts anglers can retain one fish between 28 and less than 35” inches until the new …
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5/17/23
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Last Tuesday the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved a new emergency slot size limit to be implemented this year of 28 to less than 31 inches, one fish/person/day. Presently we have …
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5/10/23
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The Boston Celtics came up short in Game 4 of their series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday afternoon, but my biggest takeaway had nothing to do with what happened on the court.
It was a …
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5/10/23
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Freshwater and saltwater fishing in Massachusetts and Rhode Island is outstanding. Both trout and salmon fishing in stocked ponds is particularly good with an explosive largemouth bass bite. …
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5/3/23
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The Boston Bruins fell victim to what was one of the biggest upsets in sports history on Sunday night, when the Florida Panthers marched into the Garden and pulled off the wild overtime upset in Game …
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5/3/23
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The striped bass fishery on the east coast is overfished. The fishery experienced a significant increase in harvest in 2022, as the eighth most abundant year-class on record entered the allowable …
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This past weekend, former Johnston basketball player and current URI student Cam Iasimone premiered his self-made documentary called, “Coach” in honor of the late Dan Mazzulla, who passed …
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4/26/23
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By CAPT. DAVE MONTI
Black sea bass are fun to catch and great to eat. The Rhode Island state record for black sea bass is 26 inches, about 8 pounds, 7.25 ounces.
The minimum size for …
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4/12/23
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After years and years of discussion, Major League Baseball finally implemented a pitch clock for the season and the results have been wildly affective through the first two weeks.
It is no secret …
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4/12/23
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Opening Day of the freshwater fishing season in Rhode Island is 6 a.m. Saturday, April 8. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has stocked 100 waterways many with …
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4/5/23
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Welcome to spring sports, everyone. We made it through the long, winding winter playoffs and brief intermission that followed. Here’s to the next two months of fun prior to jumping into the …
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4/5/23
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The West Bay Anglers, a fishing club in Warwick, contributed $7,000 to each of three Rhode Island non-profit organizations including Veteran Angler Charters of Bristol with other locations coastwide, …
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3/29/23
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Each year, I go on a spiel about how April is the best month on the sports calendar, and I will do it once again.
April will once again deliver in 2023, starting with what should be an epic …
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3/29/23
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The excitement was building outside the New England Saltwater Fishing Show exhibition hall at the RI Convention Center earlier this month as hundreds of anglers waited in line for the show to …
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3/22/23
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The Bishop Hendricken hockey team took home a 2-0 state championship win over rival La Salle last weekend to officially wrap up the winter sports season at Beacon Communications.
As always, it was …
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