The Long Wait is Over

Finally, after what felt like a life time of watching, waiting, freezing, cleaning gear, watching the ice go out, and going half mad. The Winter weather in New England has broke and Spring is in full swing. Which means one thing, fishing season is upon us and more specifically, pre-spawn. The phase in a Largemouth Bass’s annual life cycle and the time when they are most likely to be at their heaviest. It’s the time of the year when you are fired up and ready to be on the water chasing a new PB. Grinding sun up to sun down throwing big swimbaits or swinging a massive streamers in search of that one bite.

The Long Wait is Over - Teaser -

The Long Wait is Over, drops tomorrow at noon! I think you guys are going to enjoy this one. If you liked the teaser, please drop a like and comment. Don’t forget to Subscribe to NSB on Youtube, we’ve got a lot of new content dropping this Spring that you guys aren’t going to want to miss. Thanks for the support and enjoy!

Fall Run Striped Bass Fishing

When you think Striped Bass, New England comes to mind more often than not. Aside from the winter months, the Striper fishing in Rhode Island can be pretty good for most of the year. However, it’s usually the Fall run that gets the most attention. The birds take flight and guide anglers to huge balls of bait, often being savagely attacked by schools of larger predatory fish like Stripers, Blue fish, and if your lucky, Bonito and False Albacore. On this day in particular, last October, the fish were plentiful.

Project on the Fly featuring NSB

I recently got the chance to catch up with Sasha and Adam from Project on the fly to talk about my time fishing in Southern California as well as Photography and New School Bass. If you haven’t already had the chance to check out the interview, then head on over to POTF to for the full conversation.

Winter Day Dreaming

Here we are once again; March in New England and it’s cold. In all honesty it’s been a mild winter, but after having spent the last three years in San Diego, I can’t help but notice the difference. There really hasn’t been a lot of snow in Rhode Island and the lake only froze over for a few days before the temperature rose enough for the ice to break up. Despite the mild weather, I really haven’t been fishing much. We got out a few times when the weather was exceptional, but something about the short days just leaves me uninspired to be on the water.

Changes to Striped Bass Regulations

The other night, I was scrolling through the Fly Lords Mag website, I was looking for a little late night hype for the following days fishing trip when I noticed a recent article titled, “NOAA Threatens to Weaken Striped Bass Regulations”. As some of you may know, I was born and raised in Rhode Island. If there is one notable fishery in RI, it would definitely have to be Striper. Striper fishing in Rhode Island is phenomenal to say the least. Starting in the early spring with the worm hatch, great striper fishing continues through the Summer and ends in the Autumn with an often epic fall run.

Go To Baits for Tough Fall Bass Fishing

Historically for me, fishing in the late Summer/Early Fall has been a difficult time of the year to catch Bass. The long days of Summer are mostly over, but the chill of Fall isn't in full effect. It can be tough to find fish and even harder to catch them. Despite the difficult fishing, I have always enjoyed this time of year. I love a good challenge and catching transitional Bass is one of them. Over the years, through many failed attempts I have learned a few techniques that seem to do the trick, or at least help catch a limit during this tough time of year. Weather patterns and lake conditions vary and I must say, most of these techniques pertain to my experience fishing for Northern Strain Bass in the north east.