Tony Battalino and friends Chuck and Willy from central CT
with a nice days catch of summer flounder and black sea bass taken aboard the Gail Frances party boat.
Free fresh and saltwater fly-tying
workshops
The Rhode
Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is hosting a series of free
fly-tying workshops for novice and experienced fly-tiers this month.
Instruction on both fresh- and
saltwater fly tying will be included, and all equipment and materials will be
provided. Participants are welcome to bring their own materials, if they
prefer. Children aged 10 and older are invited to participate.
Remaining
sessions will be held 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 15 and 22 at
Langworthy Public Library, 24 Spring Street, Hopkinton; Wednesday, August 17 and 24, North Smithfield
Public Library, 20 Main Street, Saltersville; and Tuesday, August 16, 23, 30 at
the Riverside Sportsman’s Association, One Sportsman Drive, East Providence.
Space is limited and registration
is required. To register, contact Scott Travers at Scott.travers@dem.ri.gov .
Dolphin show offshore
Richard Pastore fished offshore this weekend and ran into a spectacular
school of dolphin. Dick said, “I see a lot of
dolphins but we ran into a school the size of a football field south of the Dump
(about 50 miles south of Block Island). They ranged in size from babies to 600
pounds. They ran with the boat for 20
minutes putting on an aerial show better than something at Sea World, including
synchronized three members proposing within five feet of the boat. Another 500
pound jumped thee feet out of the water, five feet from the boat parallel to
our direction. This was an unbelievable performance.”
Where’s the bite
Black sea bass and summer flounder (fluke) fishing is holding up
along the southern coastal shore. Mike
Cardinal of Cardinal Bait & Tackle, Westerly said, “You have to pick through
a lot of shorts to get some keepers but fluke fishing is holding up and good at
Fishers Island and along Misquamicut Beach.” Ken Ferrara of Ray’s Bait &
Tackle, Warwick said, “The fluke bite is south of the Jamestown and Newport
Bridges. The warm water has driven most
fish south to the lower Bay off Jamestown and Newport.” “Customers have reported a good fluke bite in
the Sakonnet area and off of Newport with a very hot bite off Block Island. The current out there is something else. I sold 18, 20 and 24 once sinkers to fishermen
who planned to use them in the quick current out at Block Island.”, said Manny
Macedo of Lucky Bait & Tackle, Warren.
John Littlefield of Archie’s Bait & Tackle,
Riverside said, “Some
black sea bass are being cauth at Colt State Park, Bristol and south, however,
they very rarely come father north toward Providence.”
“Striped bass fishing is holding up at night off Block Island with
customers finding success with eels.”, said Mike Cardinal of Cardinal Bait
& Tackle. Christian Silvia of Watch
Hill Outfitters, Westerly said, “Customers are killing the bass at Block Island
trolling parachute jigs or tube & worm and eels are working well too. The bite is good in the day as well as at night.
However, the beaches are very slow, no large bass being taken from the shore
along the coast, however, some good sized school bass are being caught.” John Littlefield of Archie’s Bait &
Tackle said, “One of my customers caught a 24 pound bass from shore at the Mt. Hope
Bridge this week. He was using clam
tongue and was fishing early in the evening before it got dark. And, we have
very small school striped bass in the mid and upper Bay that are 8, 10 and 12
inches long. We do have a ton of pogies
(Atlantic menhaden) in the River all the way up to downtown Pawtucket. So we
are ready when the weather cools and the bass start to move because we have the
bait.” Manny Macedo of Lucky Bait & Tackle said, “Customers fishing from
shore at Water Street, Warren from docks and near the Mt. Hope Bridge are
starting to catch keeper bass again. One
customer cleaned his fish here and it was just 28 ½ inches. He was using clam bellies and was fishing
during the day. He also caught two at
25” and one larger fish that got away.”
“Scup are huge along the costal shore. They really came on strong last week. Some of the largest scup we have ever seen,
said Mike Cardinal of Cardinal Bait & Tackle. “We have a good Tommy Cod and
scup bite at the Wharf Tavern, the Barrington Bridge near the old police
station and Colt State Park.” said John Littlefield of Archie’s Bait &
Tackle.
“Large bluefish are in the East Passage from Conimicut and East
Providence all the way down to Half-way Rock (south of Prudence Island). I would fish for them at Barrington Beach and
Bear Point, Prudence Island.” said Ken Ferrara of Ray’s Bait & Tackle. “The
bluefish have been very big, in the ten to fifteen pound range along the coast
and off the beaches.” said Christian Silvia of Watch Hill Outfitters.
“Customers are catching large bluefish in the ten pound range on second beach,
Middletown. We also have a large number of skipjack bluefish chasing bait in
covers and bays. We have sold a ton of skipjack rigs as they are everywhere. The kids have a blast catching them.”, said
John Littlefield of Archie’s Bait & Tackle.
Offshore. The bluefin bite
continues to be red hot. “Customers have
caught bluefin tuna in site of the Montague Light. So they are close.” said Christian Silvia of
Watch Hill Outfitters. Angler Chase
Reilly of Narragansett caught a 57” bluefin tuna Thursday fishing on this
grandfather Bill Catauro’s boat the Joka.
Capt. B.J. Silvia, who fished on Capt. Eric Thomas’s boat Saturday, said “We
caught a 60” wahoo just south of the Dump on an X-Rap lure.” “Guys are killing
the tuna. I had to order more chum and
Ballyhoo as guys are doing well and buying bait for tuna more so than ever
before.” said Macedo of Lucky Bait.
Offshore fishing expert Dick Pastore fished the northwest corner of the
Dump for tuna last Friday with little success.
Dick said, “We then picked up and ran down to the top of shipping lanes into 75 degree
water at about 10:30 a.m. There was nothing to see when we arrived so I turned
and ran back north. Half way between the lanes and the dump there were some
high flyers. Some contained nothing however we got on one which probably had 50
mahi that I could see. Initially we used a small green deadly dick which the
mahi frenzied to attack. When they got tired of that, we used chunks of squid
on circle hooks, free spooled into the school. We boated about 15 fish the
majority of which were 33-36”.
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