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Keep up to date with the New England Fishing 2008 Grudge Match
Lake Rico Car Topper Tournament August 2, 2008. Sign up now!!
Hosted by Bill's Bait and Tackle and NewEnglandFishing.net
Team Tournament 6am - 2pm
Click here to read more and to sign up. Must be a NEF member!
King of All Bridges update!
This is a write up from the Autism Project of RI:
Kudos to Brian Boog and www.NewEnglandFishing.net
for organizing our first fishing tournament on June
22, 2008 at the Turner Reservoir in East Providence.
Because of their generosity we were able to
raise an additional $2657.32 to support our programs.
Thanks also to the many volunteers and local
businesses that helped make this event a great
success. Click here to read more!
C.A.S.T FOR KIDS August 17th at Mashpee-Wakeby
BassinRN has put together another amazing event happening August 17th at Mashpee-Wakeby. He is looking for a few more boaters. Lets help out and make this event a HUGE success.
See the entire thread here
The Swimabait Raffle winner for Cancer Research is.....TBASS!!!
"NEF member Tbass (Joe Roy) from RI won the raffle. The total cash value of all the merchandise was around $1300.00 without the guided fishing trip. Joe says that "We're going tuna fishing". I'm really looking forward to it. I'll post the video of the drawing as soon as I get a chance to edit/upload it. Thanks to all that bought tickets. This raffle raised about $3000 for my PMC fundraising campaign. Can't thank you guys enough!!"
Matt
See the entire thread here

NEF Hats Now On Sale
Come check out our new NEF black FlexFit Hats. They come in 2 different sizes that fit all types of heads and you even get a FREE NEF sticker for your truck or car.
Click here to check out our Merchandise!

Swimbait Raffle for Cancer Research!
Matt Grady is raffling off over $1000 worth of swimbaits, which include a couple original Rago Rats, to help sponsor his ride in the Pan-Mass Challenge. Click here to read the thread and buy some raffle tickets!
Charity Tourney for the Autism Project of RI Where: Turner Res. East Providence RI
When: Sunday, June 22nd 2008
Time: 6am-2pm
How Much: $100.00 per boat (Includes Lunker Pool)
NEF member BOOG has started something great here! He is running this charity event for the Autism Project of RI. The tournament will have a 20 boat field - ALL SPOTS ARE FILLED!!! After the tournament there will be a cookout at BOOG's house right down the street from Turner Res. $500 will go to the Autism Project of RI in the name of NewEnglandFishing.net. We are also taking cash donations and having a raffle to raise as much as we can. Check out the awesome tackle that has been donated so far for the raffle! Raffle Donations! If you or your company would like to make a donation please contact us. We would be happy to put your link up here in exchange.
Thank you, BOOG, Mike, & Phool
Current list of donators:
Dave L Big Bass Contest!
Dave L is giving away 4 brand new swimbaits to anglers under 21 y/o who catch and release the biggest bass this year. For details check out his post in the tournaments forum. Click here to read the thread.
Come see Roy at the MSBA Fishing Show at Stonehill College (MSBA)
Roy will be working the Aquaskinz booth as well as doing a seminar on Shark fishing the beach. There will be a few of us attending the seminar and show. Click here to read the thread.
NEF hoodies on sale again for a limited time!
Available colors: Black/White, Grey/Blue and Green/Yellow.
Click here to order yours. The deadline to order is 2/17/2008.
THE FORUM IS BACK UP!
Email us if you are have any issues logging in or need your password reset. If you have recently registered and cannot get on please email us as well.
Grudge Match 2008 - Battle to be #1 in New England
The Grudge Match is full at 32. This will get us down to a 2 man final round. Once I get all the entrance fees I will draw the names and put them in a bracket for the year. This will be video'd and posted on the forum...click for more.
How to double rig 9 sluggos
Article by Buckmanjr
Added on February 2,2008
This article will be available here soon. click here to read the full article with images on the forum.
Wachusett Reservoir
Article by Jason Foster
Added on February 14,2008
No, I am not talking about the ski mountain with the annoying advertising jingle. I am talking about one of the states premier waterbodies, Wachusett Reservoir.
Read more
Public Access - A Quick Article On An Issue That Affects Us All
Article by Matt Grady
Added on February 14,2008
It's happened to most of us. You get down to a launch or fishing spot that you fished in years past and you're greeted by a new gate and a dozen signs like the one pictured above.
Read more
Power-Fishing a Tube - Throwing Big Tubes in SE Mass and Cape Cod Waters
Article by Matt Grady
Added on February 14,2008
Mention tubes and immediately you think of smallmouth, finesse fishing, spinning reels, light lines and 1/8 gitzit-type tubes. In this article I'm going to write about the versatile tube bait and fishing one as a power-presentation instead of a finesse tactic.
Read more
Pbarts89 Scores a monster Largie on a 7" 2X MS Slammer!!!
Swannie proves Tuna are real! 6-16-08
BuckmanJR lands a Slob Largie on a 9" MS Slammer!
Roy L with a nice keeper! Stripers and Blues are back!
Bill Q is back from Lake Baccarac Lodge with an amazing story. He landed over 350 Bass in 4 days including five over 10 pounds all on top water! He had some exceptional company as well. Check it out!
Roy L & Skimo bang out some HUGE Smallies and a couple 7 pound Largies!! Skimos new personal best 7lbs 4oz. Tons of BIG BASS reports the past week including 4 Largemouth over 7 pounds from RI to the Cape and many 4 and 5 pound Smallies!
MattB & Mike get double 6 pounders from the same tree on back-2-back cast! Check out the Lunker Bass thread in the Freshwater section. It's going to be a great big bass year!
Rosepointbass & TimB win the first NEF cartopper of 2008 on a very cold and tough Glen Charlie.
BassinRN Take the win on Wattupa!
RyanB shatters his pb largemouth with a 5lb 3oz largie from a local pond. Click image to see more pics and to read the thread.
Buckmanjr lands his first Salmon ever!! Click on the image to check out the post.
Congrats to Roy Leyva for earning another Massachusetts Angler of the Year! Visit Roy at his website.
The Goat takes the SWBC Derby win with a 7 pounder!
Springfield Sportsmen's Show
Big E Fairgrounds
February 21-24, 2008
Marine USA - Fish Expo
Worcester, MA
March 29-30, 2008