May 15, 2008
Seven-year-old Abigail Mottur caught this keeper near the Prudence Island ferry dock on a Storm Shad.
Peter Phipps, one of my editors, was jogging at India Point Park this morning, and he spotted striped bass feeding on menhaden between India Point and Bold Point. A fisherman on shore had caugh some just-legal fish.
The bass bite has been tremendous from Prudence Island to the north, says Sam Toland of Sam's Bait & Tackle.
Fishing a 3-inch jerkbait, 5-year-old Charlie Mottur caught a 24-inch bass and his sister, Abigail, 7, caught a 31-inch keeper on a 4-inch Storm Shad. They were fishing near the Prudence Island ferry dock, Sam said.
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May 14, 2008
Nils Christensen of Ultimate Kayak Fishing stayed at Billy Silvia's Prudence Island home over the weekend, and he sent this report:
We had a great time of fishing, and despite the bad weather Friday and Saturday morning we got into some nice tautog and fluke. Live lining poagies yielded bluefish between Prudence and Patience, and we watched birds working all around the island.
Narragansett Bay is the jewel of Rhode Island waters and a perfect perfect place to kayak fish. We enjoyed the weekend here and will be back kayak fishing around Prudence Island.
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May 13, 2008
The tautog bite is "phenomenal," according Billy Silvia, skipper of the charter boat Can't Imagine. "We took a dozen keepers in 20 minutes this morning," he said today.
Fishing from kayaks, Nils Christensen and some friends caught both blackfish and bluefish around Prudence Island over the weekend, Silvia said.
He's been fishing the wrecks of Mount Hope Bay and off Hog Island Light.
For photos of what he's been catching look here.
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May 12, 2008
Thom Pelletier, skipper of the charter boat ThomCat, reports:
Fluke fishing picked up well as soon as the wind did on Sunday. Most boats were working the areas from west of the center wall to Matunuck. I did see several boats off of Green Hill. Numerous nice size fish including slabs of 4.5 and 6.5 pounds. White and chartreuse ThomCats worked so well I stayed with them all morning. Squid-and-shiner combos were again the "meat" of choice. Also got a huge sea robin that could have swallowed a squirrel.
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"The 2008 fluke opener for the Frances Fleet went very well, " said Frank Blount, skipper of the fleet, yesterday. "We had a quick drift most of the day with a steady pick of both keepers and shorts.The fluke were spread all around the boat with most methods working. but spinners and whole fresh squid produced the best for both size and numbers.
"The pool winner was 6 pounds, and we had several other nice fish in the 4-pound range. The majority of anglers went home with fresh fluke for dinner. Quite a few shorts kept the rods bent throughout the day and quite a few large sea robins kept things interesting. For early to mid- May, the fishing was very good with fluke caught over a very large area and on every single drift.
"Capt. Mike also reported marking a substantial amount of bait which will only bring more fluke to the south shore beaches."
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May 9, 2008
Bill Andreoni and a friend caught 20 stripers in Greenwich Bay last night. One of them was a keeper.
Kenny Ferrara recommended fishing Prudence and Patience Island in today's Fishing Report. Here's a shot of Bill "Eelman" Nolan with one of several bass he caught out there yesterday.
There are more bluefish being caught. See the most recent comments with reports.
If you shoot any fishing photos over the weekend, send them in.
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May 7, 2008
What a day on the Bay
"The Bay was red hot," said Bill "Eelman" Nolan in an email that included photos yesterday. "You can see the lures I was using, One is a Storm Shad and the other a Tripple Ripple grub!"
Ed Hughes said a friend of his caught three bass and a bluefish yesterday in Allen Harbor.
Bluefish on May 6. Imagine that.
On the charter boat, Can't Imagine, Billy Silvia was catching 34- to 36-inch bass this morning, said David Henault of Ocean State Tackle.
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