The water temperatures have continued to drop considerably in Upper Narragansett Bay and another big push of pogies have made their way in. According to Greg, at The Tackle Box in Warwick, large bluefish have been hot on the tails of these fresh pogies. An abundance of stripers have shown up along with these gator bluefish and small to medium-sized keepers have fallen to upper bay anglers with some consistency this week. The scup fishing continues to be red-hot in the upper bay and surprisingly good numbers of fluke are still hanging around. Anglers reported some steady action of keeper fluke at Rocky Point and inside of East Greenwich Cove over the past few days. At The Saltwater Edge in Middletown offshore reports have become non-existent over the past few days due in large part to the fierce storms that blasted across the northeast. Prior to the storms the offshore bite was fantastic and all indications are that it should pick back up where it left off as the weather settles. Reports of false albacore in the Newport area have started to come in but all the reports have shared one common trend; the pods of albies have been small and spread out. It will likely be another week or so before we see a good push of falsies in the region. Out at Block Island the bonito reports have remained strong and the striped bass fishing is once again red hot. Striped bass fishing has started to greatly improve on the local reefs in the Newport and Jamestown area. The upcoming new moon tides should only amplify this bite and this weekend is shaping up to be a good one. At Quaker Lane Bait and Tackle in North Kingstown, Steve was short on reports due to the unsettled weather over the past few nights, but the reports that he did have were positive. Steve was able to manage some nice keeper-sized stripers from the Jamestown surf over the weekend. A few of his customers who were able to dodge the storms reported similar success across most of Rhode Island’s south shore. Reports were even better from Block Island where a friend of Steve’s spent the end of last week pounding stripers from the surf. In three nights he was able to manage an endless amount of bass, with many of which in the 20-25 pound class. As far as the local bottom fishing; the fluke bite has started to slow down in the area but the scup and blackfish bite has make up for up. Scup fishing has been excellent on nearly all the inshore rock piles while anglers targeting blackfish have found plenty of hungry fish on rock piles in 10-15 feet of water. At Breachway Bait and Tackle in Charlestown, Ron reported that anglers had been scoring quality stripers all week at the mouth of the breachway. Anglers who stuck to the late-night ebbing tides have had the most success. Live eels have been the bait of choice to fool a hungry striper but make sure to pack plenty of extras as large bluefish have invaded the area and can make quick work of a dozen eels. Ron saw many more customers coming through the store this week purchasing blackfish rigs and both blackfish and scup reports have been very good around the mouth of the breachway. Some positive fluke reports came in from the area but most of the big fish this week were taken on the south side of Block Island. Ron also made mention of multiple reports of bonito coming in from the Scarborough Beach area.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 12:42:53 +0000
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