| Fishing has to be one of the greatest pastimes ever | | | | Flounder are very abundant. Many people come to |
| invented. It is also probably one of the oldest. Early | | | | Rhode Island during the summer just to enjoy the |
| man had to eat, and those succulent Salmon would | | | | fishing, especially from New Jersey, New York, and |
| just call to early men as they saw them in the pristine | | | | Connecticut, since RI has a superior fishery. |
| waters of a streambed. Early fisherman used their | | | | There are many ways to enjoy this sport. Many fish |
| hands or sharpened sticks to catch fish. The earliest | | | | from shore, sitting in a chair on the beach with baited |
| recorded use of fishing lures was in 200AD in Aelian's | | | | rods, waiting for that telltale hit and relaxing. Quite a |
| Natural History. The earliest recorded instances of fly | | | | few own boats and fish from them on their own or |
| fishing were written in 1210 as part of romance novel. | | | | with their friends. Others vacation in RI around |
| The first really comprehensive book about fly fishing | | | | Newport or South County and charter a boat to take |
| was written in 1496 and titled Treatyse of Fysshynge | | | | them to and enjoy a day of fishing. Of course, there is |
| with an Angle. This book was the first to put fishing | | | | also the avid fishermen who live just to fish. All these |
| forward as a gentlemen's sport on a par with hunting, | | | | different people can find satisfaction somewhere along |
| then a sport for kings and nobles. | | | | the 400 miles of coastline in the Ocean State. |
| Nowadays of course we don't live or die based on | | | | The sites can be quite as interesting as the fishing |
| whether or not some fish is caught, so there is a much | | | | itself. Fishing from shore and watching the surf come |
| less stress and a lot more fun to be had. Thank god | | | | down the Charleston breachway, now there's a sight. It |
| for that, it has become a real pastime and no longer | | | | is especially interesting watching a boater attempt to |
| needs to be an occupation. | | | | charge down the breachway on the way into or out |
| New England waters are among the most productive | | | | of Ninigret pond, with rocks on either side of them and |
| on earth. The winter cycle allows Nutrients to be | | | | huge waves going into the breach. Sunrise in the |
| brought into the upper layers of the water resulting in | | | | morning on Narragansett Bay can be a very beautiful |
| an incredible bloom of life beginning in the spring and | | | | site. Of course, nothing beats the excitement of a |
| lasting throughout the summer into early fall. | | | | huge school of small baitfish jumping out of the water |
| Phytoplankton and zooplankton bloom in massive | | | | as rapacious Bluefish smash through them. It is quite a |
| amounts, bringing in the small filter feeding fish, which | | | | sight to see as the surface of the water boils with the |
| are followed by the larger predators and so on. Thus | | | | action. Just makes you want to grab a fishing pole and |
| New England waters are famous for good fishing. | | | | throw something in there while they're still slashing. Of |
| Rhode Island is a great summertime destination for | | | | course, the most fun of all is when you have a fish on |
| both fresh and saltwater fisherman. Striped Bass have | | | | the line and the drag is singing as he makes a run to |
| come back in a big way, although there are very large | | | | escape, with you holding on as the rod is bent over |
| numbers of small bass the large ones are still being | | | | double. Its very exciting, and something we can all |
| overharvested. Other species like Bluefish and | | | | enjoy at on e time or another. |