So Co RI Guys: Tuna caught from the beach?
 

I'm reading on another forum a 100 lb bluefin was caught from the beach in Charlestown RI earlier in the week.

Any more info?

“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see."
Benjamin Franklin

I was there making some casts... but it wasn't me.....:pats2:

Its true,it was me.

pics? What beach?

Just one? thats it?

i heard it was a rumor. and you know why its a rumor there are no fish in RI there all in CT. World record ones even.

Unfortunately the pics I took were lost when my son formatted the SD card on my phone :fury::fury::fury:

-spence

I did it once.....in 2004 though:biglaugh: Thread around somewhere.

“The problem with quotes on the Internet is that you can't always be sure of their authenticity.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

Dont know about one being actually caught, but the reports of dragger with 200LB tuna in the nets off of beavertail are pretty eye opening. Wish I didnt winterize the boat.

I heard it was a can of tuna.

I have no idea, but it has been pleasant enough to try. That definitely increases the likelihood.

I killed a man just to watch him die.

There's been a load of talk on the RISSA site about Tuna off Gannsett.

I read about the draggers taking 9. I've not seen a picture , and noone I know knows anything . Just rumors.

One of the pair trawlers was offloading at Fish Island (at Norpel) today, no tuners to be seen.

I heard they have been catching dolphin on cape cod beaches, no rod required they come up on the beach to you.

I thought Norpel went out of business

You mentioned that in the pair thread, doors were open the other day and they were pumping into that building.

South County Independent
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
Not about tuna, but herring.

New Discovery TV Show: Herring Wars

In recent weeks, Ballou said, his department has received several complaints from local fishermen alleging the out-of-state trawlers are wreaking havoc on their fixed gear.

“Some of them just don’t care,” said Roule.

On Jan. 11, Roule, towing off the town beach in Narragansett, got tangled with a pair of large out-of-state vessels.

“They came up behind me. I’d done a tow that I had been making for three weeks, straight off the Pier. They had set to the south and then they turned behind me,” said Roule.

“They caught me and almost broke the boat in half. They didn’t know they had me.”

Roule estimated he lost $10,000 a day for a week while he was unable to fish, in addition to the $8,000 he forked over to repair his net.

Roule documented the incident with the U.S. Coast Guard, but said the other trawler refused to acknowledge the mistake.

“That stuff happens. Difference is I’ve written checks to pay for that stuff,” said Roule. “That was a big hit.”

Not that I would entirely discount the tuna possibility thanks to the weather and the way the herring have stuck around, but I wouldn't doubt these guys are responsible for some of the "tuna" sightings.

Just read today in the east bay life section of the shorelines paper that there have been school bluefin in the narraganset bay feeding on herring as well as pogies in the providence river and decent striper bite there as well.

^^^ you can't believe everything you read. There's no fish in RI

I smell a dead herring here...and it ain't a 100lb bluefin lol

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nice work with the "beach art"...... just think how many more floaters are out there though

those were sabiki'd up at GI in december, I was at the bway chunking. Haven't been down to see the floaters (if there are any) but i'd be there with my stella and a kayak :p