Travis Barao with a black sea bass
he caught off Newport Saturday.
Mike Warner was
a guest of Bob Murray on his boat Skip
Jack and they had a very successful fluke trip to Block Island where Warner
caught fluke to 8.1 pounds.
Wounded vets go fishing
What if you lost your leg? Or an
arm? How active would you be? You might say you would be a bit timid about
pushing yourself and participating in outdoor activities.
The Providence and Boston Veterans Administration
is helping wounded veterans and veterans with disabilities learn how far they
can go enjoying outdoor activities.
Outdoor activities they might think they can no longer do like kayaking,
flying kites or fishing… yes fishing.
Last month the Rhode Island Party
& Charter Boat Association (RIPCBA) members donated their time and fuel to
take 50 veterans, many of them with disabilities, family members, friends and
care givers out on twelve RIPCBA charter fishing vessels.
Rick Bellavance, president of the
RIPCBA said, “This is the second year we’ve taken wounded veterans fishing and
we had a great time. It was good to
introduce or reintroduce these vets to fishing, as it is something dear to me
and the other captains and their mates.”
Capt. Bellavance said, “We fished
for a half day and caught striped bass, bluefish, scup, black sea bass and
fluke. It was a great day for fishing.”
DEM monitoring fish kill
Scientists from the Department of Environmental
Management (DEM) are monitoring a large fish kill of adult menhaden in the Seekonk
and Providence Rivers. Based on field observations and water quality
measurements, the ongoing incident is being caused by low oxygen levels in the
bottom waters.
Menhaden are often pinned in by predators like
bluefish that attack them when they attempt to move out of these poor water
quality areas, forcing them to remain in these low-oxygen areas.
Reports early last week indicate that dead menhaden
are being found along the East Providence shore in the Providence River. This
suggests that the low-oxygen water has extended further south and is affecting
the lower Providence River this week. A survey of the upper third of
Narragansett Bay by Brown University and the University of Rhode Island will be
conducted this week. Scientists will have a better picture of the extent of the
hypoxia when that data is available.
Trout
Unlimited Narragansett meeting
The Narragansett Chapter of Trout
Unlimited (TU225) will host its regular monthly membership meeting on
Wednesday, August 26, 2015, starting at 5:00 PM. This meeting will be the last of the
streamside meetings for 2015, and will be held at the RIDEM Deer Check Station
in the Arcadia Management Area in Exeter, RI.
At the August meeting TU 225
members and guests will share fishing stories. A fly fishing rod and a variety
of related items will be available for bidding.
Fish before and/or after the meeting, but please be considerate of the
fish as they endure low flows and high water temperatures. Contact chapter president, Ron Marafioti, at
(401) 463-6162 for information.
Where’s the bite
Striped bass fishing remains very strong at Block Island. Phil Matteson of Breachway Bait & Tackle,
Charlestown said, “Things are still lit up at the Island and expect it will be
that way for the next couple of weeks.
Guys are using eels, trolling tube and worm, jigging, everything seems
to be working.” John Littlefield of
Archie’s Bait & Tackle, Riverside said, “We are weighing in fish in the 25
to 30 pound range from Block Island as a matter of course, however the bass
bite in the Bay and rivers has softened.”
The bass bite off coastal shores has been good. Phil Matteson of Breachway said, “Anglers are
catching fish from the Charlestown Breachway and beaches. They are using eels and plugs and landing
fish in the 25 pound range.” Ken Ferrara of Ray’s Bait & tackle Warwick
said, “Brenton Reef off Newport is producing bass for anglers using eels and
there have been a few fish caught around Gould Island.”
Bluefish bite is strong in the Narragansett Bay and along coastal
shores. “The entire East Passage of the Bay seems to have lite up with
bluefish. Many of them are large in the
3 to 8 pound range. They are at
Barrington Beach to Halfway Rock and you can’t help catching them. Anglers are trolling tube and worm as well as
using lures of all types. Some were
using soft plastics but they were getting chewed up pretty quick because there
were so many hits and switched to Broken Back Rebels, even Kastmaster which
were landing smaller bluefish on the cast.”
John Littlefield of Archie’s Bait said “Big blues are being caught from
the shore at Sabin Point, Barrington Beach and Nayatt Point.” Phil Matteson of Breachway Bait said blue
fishing is excellent from the shore and from the Breachway and snapper blues
have arrived in Ninigret Pond.
“Summer flounder (fluke) fishing off the coastal shore in 40 to 60
feet of water has been hit or miss.” said Phil Matteson of Breachway Bait. Block Island has been hot for fluke fishing.
Diane Valerien of the Seven B’s and
the Jeannie B said, “Capt. Russ Ben
of the Jeanie B fished at Block
Island this week for fluke with great success landing fluke 8 to 10 pounds with
angler Chris Pomeroy of Woodbury, CT landing a 9.25 pound fluke. I landed a 9.5
pound fluke and a 4.8 pound black sea bass on the Seven B’s… what a week of fishing.
Yippee!” Angler Mike Warner said he was a guest of Bob Murray who
captained his vessel Skip Jack on a
very successful BI fluke trip last week.
Mike said, “We fished south of BI. Drifted east to west from 8:00 a.m. until the
afternoon. Nine keepers on first drift including an 8.1 and 6 pound fish.” Angler Eddy Cogean of Johnson weighed
in a 30”, 12 pound fluke this Sunday caught in the Jamestown Bridge area.” said
Ken Landry of Ray’s Bait & Tackle on Sunday.” Capt. Frank Blount of the Frances Fleet
reported, “Many regular customers commented that last week was the
best fluke fishing they had ever experienced! Some customers limited out in one
drift.”
The scup bite is very strong. Anglers are landing them at Sabin
Point, the Barrington Bridge, and Colt State Park. “ said John Littlefield of
Archie’s Bait & Tackle, Riverside.
“Anglers are landing scup from shore on the Breachway in Charlestown and
they are all nice keepers. Ken Ferrara of
Ray’s Bait said, “Anglers are catching scup all over the Bay”
Black sea bass are being caught by anglers when fluke fishing. Gil and Travis Barao and their friend Dan had
no trouble catching their limit of one black sea bass each off Newport Saturday
when fluke fishing. The one fish limit at 14” has been in place since July 2,
however the limit increases to seven fish/person/day on September 1st.
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