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
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