Expanded Tournament: Now fish an expanded fishing area in the Block Island Inshore
Fishing Tournament Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27.
Donation: Members
of the RI Party & Charter Boat Association with food and cash raised at
their annual dinner that they donated to the Johnney Cake Center for Hope,
Peace Dale.
Tournament now includes ocean
beaches
“We are thrilled that the Block Island Inshore Fishing
Tournament keeps growing,” said Capt. Chris Willi, Tournament Director and
owner of Block Island Fish Works, a bait & tackle shop and charter fishing
business located on Block Island, Rhode Island.
“We now are fishing for nine species with an expanded fishing area that
includes areas south of the Newport and Jamestown Bridges including the Rhode
Island ocean beaches to about fifteen miles south of Block Island itself.”
The tournament will start at 5:30 a.m., Saturday, July
26 and end Sunday, July 27, 12 noon.
There will be an ‘After Party’ at Capt. Nick’s Rock & Roll Bar,
Block Island on Sunday, July 27 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a brief
Tournament awards ceremony.
“This is a length only Tournament. Participants download GotOne, the Tournament
app, on their smartphone. To make a
Tournament entry they take a photo of their catch up against the Tournament
supplied ruler and send the entry into the Tournament electronically. This
makes it unnecessary to attend the awards ceremony to pick up prizes,” said
Capt. Willi.
Species now include bonito, false albacore, bluefin tuna,
yellowfin tuna and mahi in addition to fluke, black sea bass, bluefish and
striped bass.
Tournament entry fees are $150 per boat for up to six
anglers and $35/shore angler. Capt.
Willi said, “Thanks to the Block Island Wind Farm and Ørsted as well as tackle
shop co-sponsors, we are able to donate 100% of
Tournament entry fees to the Block Island Fire Department and Rescue.”
Tournament highlights include:
cash cards/swag/and sponsor prizes totally $10,000; boat, shore, youth, team and photo divisions;
take a photo with the Block Island Wind
Farm shown and you can enter three photo categories each with $200 prize… most
scenic, best fish photo and best team photo;
pick up participant bags at one of seven locations including Block
Island Fish Works, Block Island; Lucky Bait & Tackle, Warren; Ocean State Tackle, Providence; The Tackle
Box, Warwick; Quaker Lane Bait & Tackle, North Kingstown; Snug Harbor
Marina, South Kingstown; and Watch Hill
Outfitters, Westerly.
Register at BI Inshore Tourney | bi-fishworks (sandypointco.com); contact Block Island Fish Works at bifishworks@gmail.com or 401.742.3992.
Where’s the bite?
Striped bass. Angler Fred DeFinis of Middletown,
said, “I fished in the East Passage last week for three days and landed
a fair number of fish. By far, the most common size is 28-29 inches which are
probably of the 2018 year class, the last good spawning year.” Expert fly
angler and instructor Ed Lombardo, said, “I got one fish Thursday on an
incoming tide near Middle Bridge on the
Narrow River.” “Some nice stripers,
especially during the rainy nights have been caught. Bass fishing has been
consistent along the beaches and in the breachways. The rain seemed to slow
down the worm hatch a bit,” said Declan O’Donnell of Breachway Bait &
Tackle, Charlestown. Angler Gil Bell fishing
the surf in South County, said, “Caught a fact, sea lice free 30” striped bass
which I released.”
Tautog. “Tautog should continue to move closer to shore as
the water warms up. Offshore water temperatures have just reached 50 degrees,
while the pond temperatures hit the mid-60s this week. As a reminder female
tautog can be full of eggs this time of year and is good sport to release them
and keep the males,” said Declan O’Donnell of Breachway Bait & Tackle. Capt. Mike O’Grady of Fishing Machine
Charters, said, “Tautog fishing is good.
We are catching full boat limits with a bunch for shorts and a good squid
bite too.” Angler John Migliori said, “Caught a 7.64 tautog from shore on Aquidneck
Island this week using green crabls,”
Squid and summer flounder. The squid fishing has been very good with anglers hooking up at night. And, the fluke are right behind them. Angler Matthew Haczynski reported Sunday finding squid and fluke off Block Island, “We managed to boat three keepers between all the shorts in 75’-100’. A few fish were tossing squid on the way up. A good sign of better things to come.”
Giant bluefin tuna bite is already on.
Offshore fishing angler Richard Pastore said, “Last Thursday a 600 pound
giant was caught on a Ballyhoo rig between Cuttyhunk and Block Island.”
Freshwater. For complete regulations, a list of trout
stocked ponds, and a copy of the RI
Freshwater Fishing Regulations and Guide visit Fish &
Wildlife | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and in
Massachusetts visit Freshwater Fishing | Mass.gov.
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