![]() You can fish for freshwater bass or trout at Stafford’s Pond in Tiverton. You won’t catch any fish from the dock at Stafford’s Pond. fishing license at Wilbur’s, and that’s too bad.Ĥ. Except they don’t sell bait and fishing tackle. We picked up everything we needed from cookie dough to lemons to boogie boards for the beach. Talk about 18th century traditions living on in Rhode Island, from hardware to groceries, books, clothing, even big city daily newspapers, this store really is a throwback to another era when the general store was the place for one-stop shopping. Very worth exploring is the Nature Conservancy’s Goosewing Beach Preserve.ģ. This makes for a lot less of the inevitable schlepping of your chairs and stuff. ![]() Goosewing Beach is a terrific sandy beach, where you can drive right up to the shore. Sandy beaches are more enjoyable than rocky beaches. This time I caught a half dozen rather large sea bass, with Ryan’s pro guidance, the Garmin HD radar fish finder, tackle and gear.Ģ. I typically fish freshwater lakes, as I have never caught much of anything (besides a cold) in salt water, and my bad luck spell came to a halt. At Ryan’s firm urging, we ate some of the bananas before pushing off, leaving the rest for the hungry gulls. The fruits rotted, they attracted bugs and vermin, ships sank, sailors died, they experienced lots of bad luck. He runs a small business called Double Haul Anglers, and he’ll drop his 23-foot boat anywhere in the Little Compton/Westport area where it’s convenient for your excursion.Īpparently in the 1700’s sailors experienced hard times when transporting bananas on the high seas. Ryan’s a Rhode Island native who gained fishing expertise, both salt and freshwater, by going to schools and taking jobs from Alaska to Colorado, and fishing in local waters his entire life. We vacationed in Little Compton, a terrific, peaceful hide-away from life’s daily grind. We hired Ryan Gluek as our fishing guide. I learned that this summer on an ocean fishing trip off the shore of Little Compton, R.I. Rhode Islanders like their traditions and habits die hard. Don’t ever bring bananas to a Rhode Island fishing trip.
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