Rhode Island Blitz

These pictures were tough to take when I received them from Matthew Genetelli earlier in the week. Why? They are a painful reminder that the striper season has come and gone. Also, I know these pictures were taken after the blitz of all blitzes. Matthew described the scene as a bunker apocalypse. Stripers and blues were crashing bait for well over an hour. The bait was being pushed right up on the beach and blues were regularly being washed up on the sand as they gorged themselves on bunker. Matt fished the fly rod for the first hour and recalled, "I don't even know how many I caught, all I know is that my hands hurt." You can tell from the pictures below that even the birds have had their fill.

Thanks for the pictures!

Swift River

Sam Hart hit the Swift River over the Thanksgiving break. From the looks of it, he did pretty well with the fly rod.... Sam - what were you using for flies? Do tell!

Nice work!

Brown Trout

This brown trout picture comes in from Luke Pessinis. Though it is definitely not a huge trout, it comes with a great story. The very short story is that after being skunked fishing the saltwater on Cape Cod, Luke and a friend decided to scout out a pond that was rumored to contain trout. It required covert operations to reach the pond, but they paid off with this nice fish.

White Perch

This picture of a nice white perch comes in from Chris Vigliotta. The fish was caught in a pond in North Reading on a Mepps Trout spinner. Nice fish!

Catch of the Season Contest

Calling for submissions for "catch of the season." All SJP affiliated fishermen are welcome to submit photos of their best catch this season. All photos will be posted on the blog as I get them and winners will be determined at a fishing club meeting in the future. Send your photos in!

Kicking the contest off is a nice blue fin tuna caught by Tyler Conway a few weeks ago. Nice fish!