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chipwood · 11-05-2006, 08:49 AM

Scratch off another spot in Newport. For the second year in a row another access point has been taken away from the fishing citizens of Aquidneck Island. I was walking to the spot when a caretaker told me there was no more fishing allowed due to accumulation of garbage. All he said was that they kept picking up diapers all the time. As I look back over the years I tried to think back of the garbage I saw accumulate at this spot. Besides the buoys, high fliers and snarled lobster pots, I've seen diapers, boxes of wine, gallon jugs of wine, plastic bags,toilet paper rolls, takeout food containers and of course discarded scup rigs. Now most people I know from Aquidneck Island that fish regularly don't usually carry jugs of wine or babies while fishing ,especially to this spot. Most of the people from the Island who fish this spot usually plug or throw eels. The guys who do chunk usually don't go there unless they know fish are there because it can be a hassle lugging bait there. Now with all this talk of spot burning and magazines putting spots out there for the masses to explore I won't name this spot you'll have to figure it out for yourself but I would just like to thank a few people. First and foremost I would like to thank the fishermen. ( I can honestly say that from reading the threads that most fisherman on this site are very respectful with regards to trash and issues of the like). Thanks fisherman for bringing boxes of wine, babies,takeout food and anything else that helps out with catching scup out to this spot. Lastly I'd like to thank The Fisherman Magazine especially Charlie Soares. I don't know Charlie I've only read his articles and from what I've read he's originally from Fall River and now resides somewhere along one of the rivers in SE Mass. Over the past few years Charlie has highlited this spot in his fishing reports with reports of dinnerplate sized scup, 20# bass , chopper blues and big tog. Well Charlie maybe you used to fish Newport in the old days but I have'nt run into you ever out on the rocks. At least McKenna and those other guys that burn spots fish from shore too, but I imagine most of the time when Charlie fishes Newport it's from a boat. Anyways, thanks Charlie for putting a spot that is accessed through PRIVATE PROPERTY in the Fisherman so every Tom , #^&#^&#^&#^& and Harry can come and leave boxes of wine.

11-05-2006, 08:49 AM	#1
chipwood Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 178	Newport Access Denied Scratch off another spot in Newport. For the second year in a row another access point has been taken away from the fishing citizens of Aquidneck Island. I was walking to the spot when a caretaker told me there was no more fishing allowed due to accumulation of garbage. All he said was that they kept picking up diapers all the time. As I look back over the years I tried to think back of the garbage I saw accumulate at this spot. Besides the buoys, high fliers and snarled lobster pots, I've seen diapers, boxes of wine, gallon jugs of wine, plastic bags,toilet paper rolls, takeout food containers and of course discarded scup rigs. Now most people I know from Aquidneck Island that fish regularly don't usually carry jugs of wine or babies while fishing ,especially to this spot. Most of the people from the Island who fish this spot usually plug or throw eels. The guys who do chunk usually don't go there unless they know fish are there because it can be a hassle lugging bait there. Now with all this talk of spot burning and magazines putting spots out there for the masses to explore I won't name this spot you'll have to figure it out for yourself but I would just like to thank a few people. First and foremost I would like to thank the fishermen. ( I can honestly say that from reading the threads that most fisherman on this site are very respectful with regards to trash and issues of the like). Thanks fisherman for bringing boxes of wine, babies,takeout food and anything else that helps out with catching scup out to this spot. Lastly I'd like to thank The Fisherman Magazine especially Charlie Soares. I don't know Charlie I've only read his articles and from what I've read he's originally from Fall River and now resides somewhere along one of the rivers in SE Mass. Over the past few years Charlie has highlited this spot in his fishing reports with reports of dinnerplate sized scup, 20# bass , chopper blues and big tog. Well Charlie maybe you used to fish Newport in the old days but I have'nt run into you ever out on the rocks. At least McKenna and those other guys that burn spots fish from shore too, but I imagine most of the time when Charlie fishes Newport it's from a boat. Anyways, thanks Charlie for putting a spot that is accessed through PRIVATE PROPERTY in the Fisherman so every Tom , #^&#^&#^&#^& and Harry can come and leave boxes of wine.