A good surfman died last night
 

Just got a note from RIRockhound that Ollie (Russ Olivo) died after a long courageous battle with the Big C.

You RI surf guys may not know him by name but if you fished the mouth of Narrow River, Ollie was a fixture there. Big bushy handle bar 'stash.

A Nam vet who served his country proudly.

I was with Ollie one night in October, probably 1999 or so when he caught and released 3 fish all of which were over 50" long. We never carried a scale so we never knew what they weighed but they had to be all high 40s and low 50s. Ollie rarely killed a fish, especially a big girl.

RIP old soldier:bc:

Sorry to hear of your friends passing Piemma. May he rest in peace.

Rip ollie, may all your fish be 50's.

A good guy for sure.
Wasn't many nights between midnight and 5a you wouldn't run into Ollie there....

R.I.P.

a true friend.:crying:

rip

:(

:fishin:

rest in peace

I'm sorry to hear the sad news. May he rest in peace.

as the Pearly gates swing open

off in the distance comes

Ollie ollie in come free

Rest in peace

Sorry to hear about this. Ollie RIP.

Hey guys and girls I haven't posted on hear in awhile, I just seen this post and wanted to thow my 2 cents in,I met ollie about 5 years Ago he was a very nice guy and was willing to help anybody out.He's is in a better place now no more pain.R.I.P.

R.I.P - I'll miss seeing him at the water's edge when I come out from a dive.

Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend, Paul

I've always believed that strong spirits never truly die

Rest easy, soldier

thoughts and prayers for his family RIP

Someone who learned the value of all life somewhere along the way. I suspect he appreciated his more fully as a result......and got the most out of it. RIP, indeed.

RIP and thank you for your service in Vietnam.

RIP Ollie.

I didnt recognize the name or thought I ever met him until you mentioned the handle bar mustache. Had a very quick "hows it going" one night at the mouth. Seemed like a nice guy. T&P

Ollie was the first to show me the way a sluggo would destroy fish...
So long Ollie :( semper fi
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He was a GREAT guy to fish with. I spent hundreds of hours with him over the years. I remember one December night it's about 9 degrees and we are fishing the Great Island Bridge for Shad. 9 friggin' degrees and I'm laughing so hard I'm crying and the tears are freezing on my face.

he says "we got to be nuts! It 9 degrees and we are freezing our ass off for shad. You can't even eat the bastages". So I said "maybe we should try". Ollie catches a shad, kills it and piles up some drift wood right in the parking lot, lights a fire and cooks a damn shad on a spit.

He say "God Damn Iemma, we killed it, we are eating the f**^%$ thing. We did and it was awful but funny even now.
He was just an easy going surf fisherman who loved to fish. He worked at Foxwoods in the later years and got off work at Midnight. We'd meet at 2:00 AM and fish till dawn.

Sorry for the loss of your friend Paul! May he rest in peace.

Or standing on the bar on a warm august morning with Ollie, Pipe Scott, you and I catching schoolies and small fluke on needles having a grand old time... he was suspicious of my wetsuit and van stall, but we got along fine :love: He will be missed!

RIP .....tight lines 4ever..

...and how many times did we catch him all alone in the back of the river.
Yeah, he never did understand your wetsuit but he liked you a lot and respected your fishing ability. He thought Eben was flat out crazy.

He was in Narragansett Surfcasters. You guys should maybe do something like a River Tourney for members only.

He knew me well :hihi:
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Sounds like he was good man.There's not many like that around anymore.RIP

Good man he was.
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oh man that stinks. I saw Ollie and Mark most nights in the fall where you said. we always shot the bull. he showed me the ways of the soft plastic rigged eel. Never even knew he had the big C. hope Mark is doing alright. R.I.P. :(