Super Strike Bullet Heavy Stubby Needlefish- 2 1/2 oz.  In the last two days my son Jon and I have landed good numbers of decent fish.  These have been mostly slots with even some over slots. We've been catching them on a Super Strike Bullet Heavy Stubby Needlefish.  It has been the only plug in our bags that will punch out a long distance in thes...

The Yo-Zuri Hydro Pencil has been a hot producer in the last two evenings. In the beginning of the week jigs ruled the places I was fishing. Big bucktail jigs small bucks off a float and NLBN paddle tails all were red hot. But that place where jigs ruled suddenly went dry for me so I moved to a new location. I found fish and lots of them in my n...

The float and jig has been my best lure to use  this week. It has hooked big numbers of stripers from slots to over slots. The bait has arrived the stripers are on their tails and the surf is up! What could be better? Add to that some rough white water surf and you have the recipe for outstanding fishing. This has been a banner week for me with...

Striper fishing lit up yesterday. Lots of bait has moved in and stripers of all sizes are on them.  Fall fishing has really taken a turn for the better.  Yesterday I found big schools of bait along the oceanfront moving about a quarter of a mile off shore.  A fall run was underway as big flocks of birds were diving and fish were breaking for bait....

Here's one taken from the kayak last evening. There has been a big uptick in activity the last few days.  Fishing is improving.  Just maybe a fall run is underway.  We'll see if it continues. Here's what's been happening in the last few days: *Out in the kayak in the Bay I've landed 16 fish a combination of stripers and blues.  I saw a lot of bait...

I'm back in the kayak and it was a great move. Found the bait and found the fish. Landed good numbers of stripers and blues.

There are some bonito around but it is a hit or miss deal.  I landed this one yesterday from shore.  I'm being generous when I say the shore fishing here in RI is mediocre.  Compared to other years at this time it is way off. In the last three days/evenings of fishing for me I've landed a grand total of three schoolies and one small bonito.  The...

It was one lone striper last evening along with a bluefish.  Fishing has improved slightly though it is still way off for this time of year. The poor shore striper fishing from the summer continues but there has been a slight improvement in the last couple of days.  I'm beginning to see some small schools of bait along the oceanfront something I...

Labor Day weekend is here and there are sure to be a lot of fishermen out and about along the oceanfront. If you are fishing from shore the outlook is poor.  From a boat you have a much better chance at finding something although that action is also slow. We are coming off the worst year of striper fishing in the summer from shore in DECADES here...

Small bonito were harassing small bait  yesterday. They have been popping up here and there along the oceanfront where bait shows up. Yesterday for the first time I saw lots of bait.  From my vantage point I could see multiple schools of bait way out being harassed by birds from the top and predators from below.  It was small bait which I suspec...

I found good numbers of stripers yesterday evening in some white water. This one was taken on a large bucktail jig with a pink jig strip added.  I feel like the fishing is perking up slightly. I've been seeing some micro bait here and there especially in the backwaters in the last week.  I even found some fish breaking a couple of nights back.  Ye...

Hurricane waves are pounding the coastline right now making for impossible fishing in many of the east and south facing shorelines.  I went down yesterday and found massive waves just running right over the east and center walls at the Harbor of Refuge.  The water was also all roiled with sand and weed making for impossible and dangerous conditio...

The bucktail jig fished off a float was the hot lure yesterday.  The best pattern for me all summer was to hit the shore in rough and stormy conditions.  Those days would produce some resident fish. Yesterday was no different except for one exception. I found good numbers of fish for the first time this summer. It was really rough yesterday due...

It was the surprise of the evening. I landed this monster blue while casting for stripers. It was a loner the only fish of the evening. It fell for a bucktail jig with a pink jig strip.

The fish is in one hand and the white Slug-go is in the other. Slug-gos were my best lures on this day.  I changed tactics this week as I headed north to come cooler water in the hopes of finding more fish.  I did find some in cloudy and drizzly conditions.  I knew from past years that those stormy days tend to perk up the fishing in the dead of s...

The NLBN 5 inch paddle tail has been a good lure for me this week and has  caught most of my fish. This slot fish was landed in some very rough churned  up water. There was an uptick in the fishing this week.  While the numbers of stripers is still dreadfully down for shore fishermen in RI I was able to come up with at least some fish on every o...

I landed this 20 lb. carp this morning. The carp  fishing has been as hot as the weather in the  last few days.  Well the weather is certainly hot.  Wish I could say the same for the striper fishing. However I do know a fish that just loves this hot weather and is hitting well right now.  Carp have always been my ace in the hole that can bend a ro...

I fished the last couple of evenings along the oceanfront in some great water.  Last evening the waves were rolling in with white water as far as I could see at times. The water was clean the wind was manageable and there was lots of current and surge.  It was ideal conditions in the spot I was fishing. If this were any other year (in recent memo...

Big bucktail jigs with a Fat Cow jig strip have been good in the last couple of evenings. July has started off better than June with an uptick in the surf fishing for me along the oceanfront.  There has been rough water due to all these fronts and I think that has caused resident fish to become a bit more active.  I'm still seeing no bait from s...

Many people will be on vacation in the next week and many will want to fish for stripers. If you are planning to fish from shore the outlook is fair to poor.  From a boat you have a better shot at catching but even that is way off compared to other years. Traditionally June has been a good month of shore fishing for stripers here in RI.  In the p...