Rhode Island Fishing Report – May 6, 2021
Tautog and striper action continues to get better in Rhody.
Capt. Roy Taylor from Newport Sportfishing Charters with a big early-season tautog.
Tautog action continues to pick-up for Rhode Island anglers as we wait for fluke and sea bass to get going. Striped bass activity is intensifying across the area, in both the tidal rivers and with fresh arrivals across the beaches.
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Captain Frank, of
The Frances Fleet in Point Judith, reports that they were glad to finally get back out on the fluke grounds. They sailed with a nice group of anglers who weren’t worried about the rain, and they were able to manage some nice catches. It’s still a bit early and wasn’t a red-hot start, but they picked up a handful of nice keepers and a decent pile of shorts. They will continue to sail whenever the forecast cooperates.
As one of the first women accepted into the US Coast Guard Academy in the late 1970s, Sandra L. Stosz would rise through the ranks of the predominantly male armed forces to eventually become a vice admiral and then earn the distinction of becoming the first woman superintendent of the service academy where she got her start.Â
Admiral Stosz, now retired from the Coast Guard, was raised in the small town of Ellicott City, Maryland, but spent summers at her maternal grandparents home on Great Bay in Falmouth. It was in her grandfatherâs wooden rowboat, paddling off the shores of Falmouth, that she first learned to navigate the open water and cultivated a lifelong passion for a life at sea. Although no one in the family prior to Admiral Stosz spent time serving in the military, she attributes her maternal grandfather s âinfluence to waterâ and a lifelong desire to sail as significant factors in her decision to join the Coast Guard.