Learn
how to catch big fish:
Seminar host George Poveromo with the 55 pound yellowfin tuna he caught
with a Williamson Jet Popper top water lure and a Penn Spinfisher V 10500 reel
spooled with 50 lb. test braid.
Saltwater
Sportsman National Seminar series to be held in Rhode Island
The Salt Water Sportsman
National Seminar Series will be held in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday,
February 2, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Roberts Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island
College. George Poveromo, host of George Poveromo’s World of Saltwater Fishing
on the NBC Sports Network, and editor-at-large for Salt Water Sportsman, will
headline the program, along with Tom Richardson, noted New England angler and a
prominent fishing writer and editor.
Joining Poveromo and
Richardson in Providence will be Dr. Mitchell Roffer, a leading authority on
locating surface temperature breaks and ocean-circulation features that hold
fish; Harry Vernon III, nationally recognized authority on offshore trolling
and day-dropping for swordfish; Captain Corey
Pietraszek, Buzzards Bay and Elizabeth Islands light-tackle striped bass, fluke
and blackfish pro, with his Plug N Play Charters;
Captain Zach Harvey, renowned authority
on fishing the coastal and offshore waters, and fishing writer; Captain
Brian Patterson – renowned Rhode Island
and Cape Cod light-tackle striped bass, bluefish and bluefin tuna pro who
operates Patterson Guide Service; Captain Dave Monti, veteran New England pro,
charter captain and fishing columnist with 40 years of experience fishing
Narragansett Bay; Captain Andy Dangelo, distinguished authority on catching
tuna, and sharks, as well as trophy fluke, blackfish and cod with his charter
boat, Maridee II; and Captain Alex
Friedman, premier authority on big game fishing in New England waters, and also
a noted trophy fluke and striped bass specialist with his Martha’s
Vineyard-based charter boat, Dazed and
Confused.
Topics covered will include: striped bass fishing tactics… live-baiting
for trophy bass, spinner-and-worm fishing, top water lures, diamond and
flutter-jigging for striped bass and bluefish, chunking, inshore wire-line
techniques, and secrets of fishing the rips.
Bluefish tactics will include, how to keep track of and locate the largest
bluefish in the Sound, surface lures and other artificials. Trophy fluke
tactics include how to chum up big fluke and tactics on bottom-fishing for
inshore table fare (flounder, black sea bass, blackfish). Blackfish or tautog jigging tactics and
bucktailing for trophy black sea bass as well as tricks that take more offshore
cod and Pollock. Tuna and shark tactics
will also covered in the seminar.
New this year will be a
special Kid’s Seminar from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., presented by Sperry Top-Sider. The
kids will participate in a meet-and-greet with George Poveromo, have chances to
win special door prizes, enjoy a free lunch courtesy of Sperry Top-Sider, and
have their names entered into a Grand Prize drawing to win a Florida fishing
trip with George Poveromo. One child, 15
years and younger, per paying adult, will be admitted for the full day at no
charge.
Seminar Series tickets are
$55.00 each. The ticket price covers six hours of instruction from the best
pros in the business, and a gift bag that includes a course textbook, a
one-year subscription or extension to Salt Water Sportsman and a host of other
items. Participants receive chances to
win thousands of dollars worth of door prizes. The Grand Prize is a Bahamas
fishing trip for two to the prestigious Bimini Sands Resort & Marina. The
Super Grand Prize, to be awarded two weeks after the conclusion of the 2013
series, is a new Mako Pro Skiff 17’ center console.
Register by calling (800)
448-7360, or visit www.nationalseminarseries.com..
Roger
Williams to hold shellfish farming course
The Roger Williams
University Center for Economic and Environmental Development will is enrolling
students to its non-credit course in Practical Shellfish Farming for the winter
2013 semester. The course provides the technical information needed to undertake
a small shellfish farming enterprise in Rhode Island or nearby southern New
England. All aspects of shellfish farming will be covered over the
fourteen-week course. Students will learn the basic principles of hatchery,
nursery and grow-out operations; as well as risk management, siting and
permitting, and business management.
Associate Professor and
Aquaculture Extension Specialist, Dr. Dale Leavitt, will instruct the course
which will be held in The Marine and Natural Sciences Building (Room TBD) on
the Bristol, R.I. campus of Roger Williams University. The course will be held
on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. starting January 8, 2013 and
run through April 25, 2013. The fee for the entire course, including all
handout materials, is $125 per student. Students may attend classes on a
drop-in basis at a rate of $10 per evening session. Pre-registration is
preferred by contacting Cheryl Francis at (401) 254-3110 or cfrancis@rwu.edu.
Providence Boat Show, January
18-20, 2012
The Providence Boat Show is being held Friday, January 18 from
10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, January 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; and
Sunday, January 20 form 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Rhode Island Convention
Center. Contact Lisa Knowles, sales manager, Newport Exhibition Group for booth
space or information at 401.846.1115 or at lknowles@newportexhibition.com
.
RISAA seminar Monday, January 28
The January Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association (RISAA)
seminar will be held Monday, January 28, 7:00 p.m. at the West Valley Inn, 4
Blossom Street, West Warwick, RI. Topics
to include First Aid for Fishermen by
Gary Johnson a 26 year veteran with the Coventry Fire Department and 29 years
as an EMT/Cardiac. Dennis Zambrotta will
be the second speaker addressing Surfcasting
Block Island. Dennis has been
surfcasting for stripers for the past forty years and is author of “Surfcasting Around The Block”. Public is invited to attend with a $10
donation to the scholarship fund, RISAA members no charge.
RIMFC puts out call to scientists
The Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Council (RIMFC) is in need of
two scientists on the Council. The Council
meets about nine times a year making policy and regulation recommendations to
the DEM director for both commercial and recreational fishing. Meetings are held at the URI Bay Campus,
Narragansett. All types of scientist or
people involved/interested in the science of fisheries and the ocean are
welcome to apply. Robert Ballou, assistant to the DEM director said, “It is not
necessary to be a marine biologist to be nominated for these council seats.”
The Council consists of three recreational and three commercial fishing
representatives as well as two scientists.
Contact Robert Ballou at robert.ballou@dem.ri.gov
or 401.222.4700.
Get involved now… attend advisory
panel meetings
DEM is having a series of RIMFC advisory panel
meetings that impact fishing. The status
of fisheries, policies and regulations that work their way into DEM species
management plans are discussed at the meetings. So, now is the time to let your
voice be heard by attending advisory panel meetings. Striped bass
panel was scheduled for January 8; the ground fish advisory panel January
10; the whelk committee meeting January 15; and the Atlantic Menhaden panel set for February 11.
Visit www.dem.ri.gov (Marine Fisheries page) for agendas.
