Saturday, April 12, marks the beginning of trout fishing season in Rhode Island and things will be hopping over at Ocean State Tackle on Branch Avenue. They will be opening at 4:30am with nightcrawlers, Power Baits, and all your other angling needs. Owner Dave Henault can answer all your questions. The RI Department of Environmental […]
The folks at Narragansett Brewery are throwing their own shark week celebration, starting this Thursday with a screening of “Jaws” complete with costume contest. There will probably be several Quints crushing it. While the book is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the movie won’t turn fifty until next June. But the brewery celebrates “Jaws”
This looks great. A couple of weeks ago we stopped by Ocean State Tackle to get an update on the striped bass. Owner Dave Henault had announced that local artist Umberto Crenca was going to give it a much-needed facelift. Crenca (of Divine Providence fame) is one of Dave’s oldest friends and he had been
I would not normally allow a Yankee fan to throw gang signs at me, but this is Dave Henault, owner of Ocean State Tackle, and he has some fun news to share. We first got to know Dave when covering the first day of trout season every spring, and soon found out that everyone knows
Time for you bikers to kiss the wave goodbye and enhance your street cred with a new badass shark plate. Put one of these on your Vespa Ciao and watch the other mopeds scatter. The Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI) announced Thursday that they had recently taken their 500th order for the commercial and motorcycle versions
Saturday, April 13, marks the beginning of trout fishing season in Rhode Island, so things will be hopping over at Ocean State Tackle on Branch Avenue. They will be opening at 4:30am with green crabs, Power Baits, and all your other angling needs. Owner Dave Henault can answer all your questions. Information on applying for
The Ocean State Tackle bait window was bustling today. I wanted to check in on Sukha who had been ill, and I’m happy to report that she has responded well to treatment and resumed her duties holding down the sidewalk. Sukha and Purna, Dave Henault’s two awesome labs, are the store’s official greeters and neighborhood
And I ran, I ran so far away . . . folks hoping to take a leisurely walk downtown along the river, be advised: It’s been very Bodega Bay down there lately. It didn’t take long for local gulls to notice the massive influx of menhaden into the Providence River. A similar scenario has been
Saturday marks the beginning of Trout Fishing Season so things will be hopping over at Ocean State Tackle starting Friday (noon to 7pm). Owner Dave Henault has been stocking up on sea worms, green crabs, and Berkley PowerBait and will be opening his doors early on Saturday at 4:30am. (The season officially starts at 6am.)
I predict this will be hit, whichever version is selected. And one reason is that the artwork and design is so good, which is not always the case. The Atlantic Shark Institute is making a bid to become one of the new charity plates with an image of the endangered shortfin mako shark. The state
(5.7) Ever wonder why fish need ladders? Join the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council’s Fish Ladder Bike Tour for an easy bike ride along the Woonasquatucket River Greenway bike path and see for yourself. Guided by WRWC Executive Director Alicia Lehrer and the Recreation Program leaders, you’ll discover the beauty, importance and success of the WRWC’s
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will be restocking local ponds and rivers with rainbow and brook trout, now through Friday, for the fall fishing season. “With crisp clear weather and lighter crowds than in spring, fall is a terrific time to try to reel in a trout,” said DEM Acting Director Terry
It was only a matter of time. The Atlantic Shark Institute has announced the tagging of a great white shark in Rhode Island waters. This weekend was an epic one for the Atlantic Shark Institute and our great white shark research. For the first time ever, an acoustic tag was deployed on a great white
Yes there are fishing spots on the East Side, from River Road, around India Point, and over to the fishing deck below the hurricane barrier. I keep up with this by following Dave Henault, owner of Ocean State Tackle, on social media. I don’t fish but his Facebook page is full of happy smiling people
(5.15) Doors Open RI is back! Join them this Saturday as they launch their 2021 season of programming by celebrating one of the weirdest days in Providence history, the day it rained fish: . . . on May 15, 1900, in Providence. It was an unseasonably hot day when a gust of wind picked up,