No Fluke: Steve Brustein of West Warwick with a 26”
fluke he caught Sunday coming out of the deep water trench at Austin Hollow,
Jamestown.
How to catch larger fluke
Anglers are catching a lot of
summer flounder (fluke) but the fish are undersized. In Rhode Island the
minimum size is 19”, six fish/person/day, and in Massachusetts the minimum size
is 17”, five fish/person/day.
Mike
Cardinal of Misquamicut Bait & Tackle said, “Fluke fishing along the
southern coastal shore is tough, anglers are catching plenty of small fish but
not a lot of keepers. It’s about 30
shorts to one keeper.” Michael Callahan
of Red Top Sporting Goods, Buzzards Bay said, “Fluke fishing has been difficult
in Buzzards Bay but things are improving a bit for anglers with larger fish.”
Most all of the large fluke we have
caught on my charter boat have been on edges or in deeper water this time of
year. Summer flounder look into the
current to ambush bait fish, and the larger ones like to use edges for
cover. What I mean by edges is bottom
structure such as reefs, channel edges, flat areas at the foot of jetties, open
sandy spaces between bottom structure, the edges of underwater valleys,
etc.
Another important factor is water
movement. When water is warm in August
fish often can be found in deeper water and/or water that is moving and tossing
around bait such as bridge abutments, jetty and channel edges, etc.
I also like to use a large bait to
catch larger fluke and often tip my squid rig with squid, silversides or
spearing and often add a piece of fluke belly.
I do not catch as many fish with this rig but the fish we do catch are
larger.
Search
‘larger fluke’ when you visit my blog at www.noflukefishing.blogspot.com
for tips from the experts on how to catch larger fluke.
Favorite Places to catch fluke
• Channel
breaks in and around Warwick Neck light
• Channel
breaks and edges around the Jamestown and Newport bridges
• Drop
off areas on the North West corner of Dutch Island
• Underwater
valley off the southeast side of Dutch Island
• Areas
off URI’s Bay Campus
• Austin’s
Hollow (an underwater valley) off the west side of Jamestown
• Beavertail
in deep water off the west side
• Southern
Rhode Island coastal beaches… Watch Hill, Charlestown, in front of the five
cottages, etc.
• The
center wall of the Harbor of Refuge
• Newport
at any number of deep water brakes off Seal Ledge and Brenton Reef, often 80’
of water
• At
the mouth of Hull and Mackerel Coves off Jamestown at the drop-offs
• Off
Block Island… the North Rip, Cow Cove on the north end, along the State beach
on the east side, the south side of the Island in and around the wind farm
area, the East Grounds, three miles off Block Island
Jude Monti takes Tournament youth division
Jude Monti,
age 12 of Warwick, took the Youth Division of the first annual ‘Fishing for
Fibromyalgia Striped Bass Tournament’ with a 14.5 pound striped bass. Mike Mcgee took first place in the kayak
division.
Organizer
Richard Geldard said, “The Tournament (which was held July 20) was sponsored by
Snug Harbor Marina, On The Water
Magazine and Massachusetts General Hospital. “
Jenn Monti, Jude Monti’s mother said, “My husband (Jimmy) signed Jude up
at the last minute when they were buying bait that Friday. He was so
excited to win. There is nothing he would rather win a trophy for!” Richard Geldard said, “We had 24 entries, a
good start for a tournament we plan to hold annually.”
Where’s the bite?
Summer flounder (fluke) fishing
remained mixed this week with some large fish being taken but anglers had to
work for them. Capt. Frank Blount of the
Frances Fleet said, “The fluke
fishing has really been a toss of the coin, good fishing one drift and then
nothing on the next. The beginning of the week saw the best action with fluke
to 10 pounds.” On Sunday Steve Brustein
of West Warwick caught a 26” fluke on the north end of Austin Hollow, Jamestown
coming out of the 70 foot trench in 38 feet of water. Tom Giddings of the
Tackle Box, Warwick said, “We had a 25” fish caught off Prudence Island last
weekend.” Mike Cardinal of Misquamicut
Bait & Tackle said, “Fluke fishing along the southern coastal shores is
tough, anglers are catching plenty of small fish but not a lot of keepers. It’s about 30 shorts to one keeper.”
Striped bass fishing has been mixed. Many
reports of school bass in lower Narragansett Bay area with keepers mixed
in. “We weighed in a 25 and a 28 pound
striped bass this weekend caught in the Gould Island to Prudence Island area.”
said John Littlefield of Archie’s Bait & Tackle, Riverside. Tom Giddings of the Tackle Box, Warwick,
said, “This weekend we had customers travel to Block Island and caught no bass,
yet when they returned to Narragansett Bay they hooked up with school bass (some
keepers mixed in) at the Jamestown Bridge.
Fishing at Block Island has been good.
Mike Cardinal of Misquamicut Bait & Tackle said, “They are hooking
up with many large fish, almost too many in my book. Fishing from shore,
particularly at the breachways has been good.
A lot of school bass with keepers mixed in.” Neil Hayes of Quaker Lane Bait & Tackle
said, “Striped bass fishing at Block Island is very good. Anglers continue to catch fish at night and
during the day with eels and on the troll as well. Shore anglers are catching keeper striped
bass too with Brenton Reef yielding fish but nothing like Block Island.”
Black sea bass and scup. “Scup
fishing is good. Customers are catching
15” fish in the Bay and the black sea bass bite has been good. Very large sea bass off Pt. Judith Light.”
said Tom Giddings of the Tackle Box.
John Littlefield said, “We have had a lot of scup caught at Sabin Point
and Colt State Park with balck sea bass being caught at Colt State Park. For some reason the black sea bass do not
travel to the upper Providence River areas.”
“Freshwater fishing customers are crushing it.” said Tom Giddings of
the Tackle Box. “The largemouth bass
bite has been very good. Anglers are
finding success with top water lures early morning and at dusk, and are fishing
a bit deeper during the day when water is warm.” said Giddings. Neil Hayes of Quaker Lane said, “The small
and largemouth bass bite has been very good.
Indian Lake (South Kingstown) is yielding fish for customers.” John
Littlefield said, “We weighted in a 5.5 pound largemouth last week.”
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