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September 3, 2007

Perseverence pays off

Nick Chagnon reports on Saturday's fishing:

"Fishing on the Patty-J was decent today. The fish were not widespread nor very numerous. However, they had some good size. We caught about 10 bass and 20 blues. The biggest striper was about 40 pounds with another about 35.

"The bluefish seem to be getting bigger everyday. This makes for a great fight but a somewhat oily fillet.

"The bass fishing has been somewhat challenging lately with the fish only biting in isolated spots on certain tides but it seems there are enough fish to make some pretty good trips most days. Basically, it seems those with patience and perseverance are being rewarded eventually with some large bass, but there hasn't been a red hot bite lately."

Mike McGaw reports from the Sakonnet:

"The striper action is picking up again out front. Fished the drop edges of Schuyler's Ledge at the end of the Sakonnet and took several large blues before a 43-inch striper came to the tube and worm. Water temp was 69 degrees, tide incoming."


Posted by Tom Meade  at 11:43 AM | Permalink

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My friend and I went out again last night 9/4 after work. Originally, I was going to head for Pine Hill Cove, but as we left Warwick Cove the wind was blowing steady out of the South and the waves ranged between 2-3 feet. I decided to head to the Northeast side of Prudence to get some protection from the wind and waves. Once we rounded Providence Point we began to search for the schools erupting on the surface. At first I was a little concerned because we didn't see any activity other than a few birds flying close to the water. As we continued to scan the water, we headed toward Bristol. Halfway between Providence Point and Bristol, my buddy Dan spotted a school beginning to form near the shore just South of Colt State Park. Once we got to the school we pretty much never left. Similar to my previous posting, our intentions were to use light tackle. However, once we both hooked into our first fish, we realized the light tackle wasn't going to work tonight. The fish were taking all the line. We could never get them to the boat. When it seemed we were getting the best of them, they would get a huge spurt of energy and take all the line we had just reeled in. Fortunately, we also brought with us more appropriate tackle. So we retired the light tackle and brought out the big guns! Although, even with the saltwater tackle, the fish still gave us a run for our money. These bluefish were big and thick! It was tough trying to get our hands around them to take the hooks out. As someone else had mentioned a few days ago, these fish were definitely "Big Headed, Block Island Blues." Most ranged between 24-32 inces and weighed between 9-11 pounds. In the end, we caught over 15 fish and lost 4 plugs. What a night!

Posted by: Phil Vecchio on September 5, 2007 9:30 AM



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