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Barrington's big fish shrink

Kenny Landry found bass between 30 and 40 pounds off Barrington Saturday.

Anglers who fished those waters yesterday discovered that the fish had shrunk.

Landry found the bass by trolling a tube-and-worm rig Saturday, says his father, Kenny Ferrara of Ray's Bait & Tackle. Once he located the fish, Landry used both live menhaden and fresh chunks to catch them. The bass weighed between 30 and 40 pounds.

There were still bass near Rumstick Rock yesterday, says Ferrara. "After the morning rain, they shrank," he says. "They were only 20 to 30 pounds."

Only.

Later, schools of bluefish moved in and wrecked the bass bite.

Ferrara predicts that the fish will start moving toward Homestead on Prudence Island this week, and then they will head farther south as the water warms. "We've got three more weeks of good fishing in the Bay," he says.

Fluke were biting near Shepley's Dock in Warwick this weekend, and scup were taking bait near Hope Island, Ferrara says.

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