Latest Ocean State Fishing Reports
07/17/10
We got 7 keeper fluke, one keeper sea bass, and two bluefish on Saturday morning from 6am-noon, along with many short fluke and smaller sea bass. We were a mile or so off the beaches south of Pt. Judith in about 50-60 ft. of water. Using squid strips and mummies on hi-low fluke rigs (ThomCat rigs). Nothing over 22" for the fluke, most right at keeper size. One interesting thing: one of the bluefish I caught puked up two whole squid, one of which landed on the deck of the boat. I put the whole squid on my fluke rig and caught two keeper fluke on it right away. We were thinking the "fresh" squid really does make a difference.
07/23/10
Went out this morning with Captain Chris from www.adventurecharters.org and killed the bass and bluefish off of Block Island (north end). There were six of us on the boat and we all must have caught around 8 nice bass apiece and as many bluefish. Biggest bass was 34 lbs. and and we had many over 20 lbs. Bluefish were big too, one ran around 16 lbs. Caught them all jigging. Very well run operation with good prices. Thanks again Captain. My arm is still sore from reeling in all the fish!!
07/23/10
Well it was my first time fluking today for this year and it felt great. I was lucky enough to jump on board with fellow RISAA member Paul K. and we hit the fluke very good. Only spent about 5 hours and I got my limit of keepers and about 5 throw backs. The keepers ranged from 20 to 26" and nice fat fish. We were using fluke belly stips and mummies or squid strips and mummies. Most of my fish came on my new chartreuse bucktails with glow-beads. We fished the end of the outgoing and the incoming tides on the west side of Jamestown south of the bridge. Looks also had good luck with a red-head jig with glow squid on it. Tight Lines all Armand
07/24/10
We caught 4 bull mahi today east of the lower butterfish hole all on pots. We were after tuna, but didn't see or hook any. 3 of the 4 fish were caught on Ballyhoo w/ Islanders and 1 was caught on a squid bar. Water temp was in the 77-78 deg all over.
07/09/10
The "Letter of Marque" had a good day yesterday, south of the Block. Six bluefin hit, four were actually taken aboard. We kept a 60 pounder (first photo) and tagged the three remaining fish that were landed - for the Large Pelagic Research Lab's "Tag a Tiny" Program. The 60 ponder was landed by Matt Laffey. Pictured is Chad Forsaith (left) and Matt. The second shot is of the tagging of one of the smaller bluefin. Third shot is of the bragging flags coming back into Wickford Cove. Missed one fish that most likely exceeded 200 pounds. Was taken on lighter tackle, Seragossa reel with braided line. Unfortunately the fight didn't last long. Crew: Chuck Forsaith, Chad Forsaith, Dave Warburton, Matt Laffey....
07/10/10
Headed to Block Island with my "little" brother who was visiting from NJ. We fished from about 7am to 9am and had 14 bass and one bluefish. The bass were all 18-22lb, 32-37 inch average Block Island bass caught on eels. I think the combination of the fog and nice swell kept these fish in a little tighter to shore a little later in the day and the approaching low pressure really had the fish turned on. We were casting eels inside the first contour line off Great Point on the South Side of the island. The bite was constant. If I didn't need to keep the bow pointed into the swell and be at the helm, we would have had multiple doubles. The two times Joel and I each soaked an eel they were both picked up immediately. Curt Caserta Promises Kept II North Kingstown
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