I landed this hefty schoolie today on a bucktail jig. There have been big numbers of small bass in the last few days along the oceanfront. The good times are rolling at the RI oceanfront with the migration is full swing.  This week we've seen tons of small bait mostly bay anchovies that are a half to an inch long.  In places their masses have tu...

I landed this 30 inch striper last night after dark.  I have been getting some decent fish lately at night and all the action has come on the Slug-go.

Chub mackerel have been around in good numbers this week.  I've caught good numbers on a  3-inch NLBN paddle tail. Although we usually see these fish in September the chub mackerel are staging a late season show.  They have been around the oceanfront this week in good numbers. It's the first time I have seen them this year. These are easily reco...

Good size stripers were on the prowl in recent days. The float and fly was the ticket. It's been a wild couple of days for me as I have been chasing down big blitzes of fish.  Both stripers and bonito (yes they are still around!)  are feeding on huge schools of small bay anchovies that are sometimes less than an inch in size. What has been bizar...

The striper fishing has gone from red hot to ice cold in a matter of days. On Friday I hit one of the biggest blitzes of fish that I have seen in years.  At one point a school of fish in front of me was bigger than the size of a football field. It was a wild scene with fish breaking birds diving and bait flying out all over the place.  It was all...

The float and fly was super effective today because the stripers were feeding on small bay anchovies. Today was the best day of fishing for me this year! I hit a massive blitz of stripers that were feeding on small bay anchovies.  This is a slender baitfish that is super hard to imitate but I have a trick up my sleeve for when this happens. Whil...

It was a wild day at the oceanfront as stripers were on                                              big schools of small bay anchovies!

I was out in my kayak today.  It was a banner  outing for stripers on a picture perfect  weather day. I was visiting some of my grandchildren a couple of days back.  They knew my birthday was in a couple of days (today actually).  One of them asked Hey grandpa what are you going to do for your birthday? I replied I think I'll go fishing.  They a...

It was back in the kayak for me today in some protected water. The fish were around in good numbers. Unweighted Fin S fish did the trick!

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...