Fishing in RI has sucked lately

I don't know what the heck is going on.  Places that should be on FIRE this time of year are ghost towns.  It's been nearly 2 weeks since I last caught a fish and it was a scrawny little bastard.  I skished with Ed last on Friday night and I think he caught the only fish that was around,,, probably not more than 15" long,,, and this place should be full of good fish right now.  Fished it again Sunday night and was skunked then too.  Gotta shrug it off and keep trying.....

Last weekend

Had a couple good swims last weekend.  Didn't find many fish though.  One baby striper caught off Brentons Reef saved me from a skunk...

On a good note, think I've finally figured out the intricacies of the tidal currents around Brenton's Reef, and how to hit the trough in the reef on the outgoing so that I don't get swamped by the point break.  I'm much more comfortable getting close to the main reef and working it's edges that I was last fall.

Tonight

Should be a great night for a swim!  Looking forward to getting pulled around.  Might do some diving after sunrise if the underwater visibility is decent.

Hey Ed.... I'll say hi to the sharks for you.  They'll be disappointed you can't join us tonight!  [insert tongue wagging emoticon here]. 

Apnea training

I just held my breath for 4min and 23 seconds,,, new personal record.  Learned some great techniques & training excercises to increase tolerance to CO2 buildup and low O2 levels.

Should really help improve my bottom time when freediving.


On a skishing note,,, tides look great for a  Friday night swim this week. I'll post a report sometime Saturday.
Tight lines everyone!  Stay safe!

This weekend

I didn't get out at all this weekend.... Spent the weekend re-roofing my house instead. Man am I sore!!
Thanks again to everyone who stopped by to help out!!  You all rock!!

What's under there??

I've been doing some snorkeling & freediving lately around some of the places I like to skish, armed with a camera.  I'd like to put together a photographic diary of sorts, showing the submerged structure in some of the areas I love to fish.  Underwater visibility has really sucked lately, making this (so far) a somewhat fruitless endeavor, but I have seen some nice quantities of bunker and sand eels, even though visibility in the cloudy water has been limited to 3-6 feet.

Hopefully the water will clear up soon and I can get some better photos....

SOL

So a recent thread on SOL has triggered some good conversation about skishing over the last few days, and for anyone who is reading this as a result of that, I must apologize for the lack of fresh content. 

Spring/summer is the absolute busiest time of the year for me at work and adding new content to this site just hasn't been a priority.  Over the next few weeks things should be slowing down for me and I'll have a bit more time to devote to this website and adding some fresh content, skishing photos, articles, reports, etc.

In the mean time, if you're someone who already skishes New England waters and would like to contribute an article on the subject, or would like to have some of your own photos hosted here, just shoot me an email and I'll add them to the to-do list.

If you're new to skishing and have questions that you would like some answers to, I'm easy to get a hold of.
Just shoot me an email:  jake@skishingnewengland.com

Be safe everyone!
    Jake