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Aug 8, 2008 Bones on Block Island are a welcome sight after a chilly easterly that sent the big bass packing. Don't get me wrong, there are still stripes here but they are a different group of fish that happen to be significantly smaller. The past month and a half has been the best bass fishing I've seen on BI in ten years. The only sour note is all the big stripers I saw being killed purely as ego boosters. The Bonito are racing through the rips and tide lines chewing on squid and sand eels. They are showing very little so you have to put your time in and I'm sure you'll be rewarded. Albies are next and if it is even a fraction of last seasons run it's gonna be screamer!
July 24,2008.The fishing continues to be better than good out here on Block Island . With the Spear fishing state record at 68pds and the rod and reel state record at 75.6pds both being set within a week of each other in our waters so I guess it would be redundant to say that there are some ridiculously large creatures locally right now. My fly fishing clients have boated and released 19 bass over 30 pounds in the last week with one client landing a 26,32, and 39 pound fish on a biblical morning trip. This particular client was the only 60+ foot caster of the bunch which tells you the opportunities we have seen recently. The water temps are about 66 so I expect that our large striped friends are going to be on the move to cooler waters any day now. Acres of voracious blue fish have invaded BI which will keep lines tight for weeks to come. BFT reports are pouring in so I will be out looking hard this weekend so look forward to what I hope is a great fast fish report next week.
July 7, 2008. Game On Kids! Block Island is now seeing some of the best striper fishing it has seen in the past decade. Heavy fog has kept the boat traffic to almost nothing while square miles of sand eels siphon in some absolutely remarkable numbers of striped bass. Lots of legitimate shots of fish tickling 40pds have been a common occurrence on the fly with cookie cutter 20 pound fish being the norm. Hot southerly breezes are pushing in the fog and swell which churns up a sand eel cocktail that bass and surprisingly few bluefish are stuffing there faces on daily. The BFT action is quiet only because the fog and quality bass fishing has left most fisherman staying tight to BI. I can tell you however that with these sand eels getting chewed on every day and night that Charlie is sniffing them out and they are not far from the island. I will be looking for fast fish on Friday with a hardcore client that understands the difficulty in trying to find these fish. I'll give yall a full report of what's happening offshore next week
June 27, 2008. Another stellar report from Block Island with more sand eels than I have seen in quite some time. Quite a few very large bass have been taken at night from the beaches on pencils and black or purple sand eel patterns. With light winds all week It's been a pleasure for fly guys. TEETH! It's unbelievable how many Bluefish are patrolling the waters around BI right now. With many of these bluedogs approaching 16lbs be prepared for explosive strikes, achy forearms and lots of giggling. BFT's are in the area so all the gear is ready to do a little tuna tango...
June 21, 2008. As I prepare to head out to block Island for the remainder of the season, fishing continues to be quite good in Narragansett Bay. A myriad of baits can be found throughout the Bay. Bunker, Spearing, anchovies, silverside and sand eels are choking the shallows. Good size bass up to 40" have been taken on light tackle with early topwater action resulting in some seriously elevated heart rates. Block Island on the other hand has seen some truly epic fishing in the past week. Squid and baby butterfish are getting chewed on in a major way. There have been countless 40 pound bass with lots of 50's and at least one confirmed over 60 this past week. It's great to see such large fish but if you are lucky enough to tangle with one of these beasts please release her. I am constantly reminded of the serious ego problems with so many fisherman over the course of the season. The bottom line is the fish over 25 pounds make for very poor table fair, not to mention that they are all breeding females. It really makes a much better story showing your buddy a picture of a 45 pounder that you know is still swimming out there making little stripers and passing on her big fish genes.
June 12, 2008 This second week of June has been explosive like so many before it. I am fortunate enough to spend the bulk of my season on Block Island where I have put in many early morning hours with both clients and fishing friends in the past couple of days. It's been a scouting and feeling out adventure for the most part. . It's on fire right now! Giggling like school girls at the constant triples. Flies are murdered and soft plastics inhaled on a regular basis with cookie cutter 15 pound fish and lots of tweens spoiling there fun more than frequently. Snake flies and light colored flatwings have produced some really serious fish . Fish when you need to and not when you want to, and now is that time.
June 5, 2008. After a very tough couple of weeks it is game on in Narragansett Bay once again. Large suicidal fish have been blasting adult menhaden and any large fly and or plug that comes within striking distance. Clients are getting multiple shots at fish in the high twenties and low thirties. Lot's of unforcasted wind Thursday. Called for 10kts and it was all of double that! Whatever, the fish didn't seem to mind one bit. 12" walking plugs and super sized soft plastics were taking stripes in explosive surface grabs. The next couple of weeks will be a slaughter. I love it!
May 24, 2008. The fishing this week was a bit tough in Narragansett Bay. With last week showing some seriously good fishing, the fly and light tackle guides had to work hard to put fish in the boat this week. Keeper size bass were fewer and a bit picky. The bait slingers fared a little better with plenty of 20-30 pound fish taken. We have a stellar forecast for the next few days and I'm sure things will heat back up. There are still lots of Bunker left even though the Bay Raper pogie boat from ARC bait Co. out of Massachusetts has taken literally tons of Menhaden out of Rhode Island Waters. Do I sound a bit grumpy? I am. I hate that our local waters get hammered by Massachusetts commercial fisherman. I just find that wrong on so many levels Another shiny, happy report next week......
May
6, 2008. The report from
Narragansett Bay is very encouraging. Large numbers of small bass
have set up on the many shallows of of the bay feeding right through the
morning and afternoon. The bass are chewing hard on mostly
small spearing. Yellow and white Ray's flies on 6wt. & 7wt.
outfits make these 20" to 27" fish a real hoot. Ultra
light tackle enthusiasts will enjoy many surface strikes on small
topwater walking plugs. The birds have been making it relatively
easy to locate the hordes of schoolies. There is so much bait in
the bay right now that it is inevitable that something special is going
to happen soon. Large adult Menhaden, small spearing and
squid are quite abundant all over the place. Tight Lines
May 3, 2008. Well the season is officially here with loads of herring and massive schools of adult menhaden shooting up the rivers. Fished the 1st with Pete Alarie and did very well with many schoolie bass. What these fish lacked in size they more than made up for in huge numbers and feistiness. Fresh ocean fish with lots of lice is a great sign. The bass spit up crab larva and small 2"-3" herring. A little picky but plenty of tight lines. Book a trip now cause the Stripers are in the bay!
2007 REPORTS
Sept 10, 2007 The fishing is still very good but nut what it has been the past 3 weeks. September is definitely the month to be on BI. Bluebird skies, warm water and very few tourists.
Aug 19, 2007 I have never seen so many Albies in RI waters! Holy Cow.. We are seeing absurd numbers of tuna all up and down the RI coast. Even Mahi!!! in 20 feet of water off South County beaches. Need I say more?
Aug 12, 2007 Thanks again for being patient my fellow fisherman. I'm so busy with trips that I just have not had the time to post reports. I can tell you this. No news is good news. When you don't hear from me for a few days or maybe longer it means that the fishing is good and right now it is
stellar!
July 31, 2007 There are Bonito everywhere! I love my job. Come on out ya'll.
July 23, 2007 I was supposed to have a morning and a sunset trip for today but Mother Nature said, "Relax Greg. Take a day off why don't ya." We all know that she is the boss and with 25kts out of the NE, well enough said Mom. This is my first reschedule of the season so far so I guess I'm pretty lucky to have sailed so many days to this point. Before this blow the fishing has been outstanding with not many fish over the 20 pound mark but a zillion 25 to 35 inch fish that are more than willing to inhale flies and small plugs. There are Bonito around but scarce. Mahi are very close to the Island right now with some catches as close as 5 miles. It looks like the breeze will lay down tomorrow and go back south which should make the fishing as good as it was before the NE wind. Tight Lines
July 13, 2007 WOW! I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted a report. If you are looking for a weekly BI report, then go to www.reel-time.com I do the BI report for them on a weekly basis. I have been insanely busy with charters and I hope yall forgive me for my lack of attention to the site. The fishing has been superb for the last month with only two trips with less than ten fish. The Blufin bite is the big news right now. The Block is seeing some BFT action but the cape is on fire. Big animals between 50 and 100 pounds will test the stoutest of fly and spin gear. These fish are crushing plugs but are real fussy when it comes to eating flies. Check out the pics. Still lots of bass and blues to be had all over the island. I have a few dates open this next week so give me a call and lets get you out on the water.
June 9,2007 I hooked up with an old friend, Chris Bennen early this morning for another round in the fog. The entire west side of the island was loaded with rolling fish. The bass were not in tight groups but if you got your fly within a couple of feet of a swirl then a tight line would soon follow. Sand eels, sand eels, sand eels! Oh ya, the fish were chewing on sand eels. Chris landed a nice fish at 35"(check out the pic).
June 8, 2007 Headed out to BI for the weekend at around 7:00pm. Pea soup fog so I had to put my wife on the ferry. Like most people, the fog really freaks her out. I slowly made my way to Sandy Point & the north rip. Thank god it was mill pond flat. As I arrived at the north rip I was immediately greeted by rolling stripers as far as I could see. Of course that was only 150 feet but these fish were big! 15 to 20 pound fish were slurping sand eels and my olive popping fly. I only fished for an hour but landed 10 fish between 32 and 39 inches. The fog along with the setting sun made for a very dark ride back to New Harbor but it was well worth it,
June 7, 2007 Got up at 2:45am to be on the water at 4:00am. Eric & Chris had no problem with the early start and immediately got into fish. Chris landed a nice 32" bass and Eric wrestled a 10 pound blue to the boat. There was very little traffic which always makes for a better experience.
Heading out to Block Island this afternoon with my wife to attend the wedding of Capt. Chris Willi and his wife to be Jessica of Block Island Fishworks . I plan to get plenty of fishing in so expect a full report and some great pics on Tuesday when we get back. Have a great weekend.
June 5, 2007 Got bunker? The upper bay certainly does! So what happens when big adult Menhaden station up in the bay for weeks? Cow stripers & monster bluefish will track them down and gorge. It can be tough for us fly and light tackle guys because the bait slingers are all over the bay right now. They are not afraid to push you right out of a sweet spot. If you put your time in with huge soft plastics and LARGE plugs I guarantee you a tight line with one of these big girls.
June 2, 2007 Got Jim Moore from upstate New York out this morning. Jim has been fly fishing trout for years but got a little salty today. Mt. Hope Bay has good numbers of fish right now with sunrise surface activity pretty consistent. It was quickly spoiled by the Saturday run and gun squadron of center consoles and even large sportfishers playing my favorite game( Who can scare the hell out these fish first). Jim did manage to get a few fish to the boat before we had to move on to less crowded waters.
May 31, 2007 Maybe a dozen fish this morning. A cold front moved through last night and a chilly northerly blew all day. Not the worst day I've had but certainly not great.
May 30, 2007 This morning I took out Ken, Eric & Jamie from the Mills Tavern In Providence. These chaps love to fish but have never caught striped bass. Lets say that these guys are now spoiled! The crystal minnow and walking plugs were drawing violent strikes which led to screaming drags. Lots of double hook ups and bent rods produced triple grins all morning long. A memorable trip indeed.
May 28, 2007 Memorial day is not usually a day that you will find me on the water. There tends to be a lot of knuckleheads out there. The forecast was a little grim however; and I knew thats all it would take to keep the masses off the water. The forecast was wrong! Imagine that. No T-storms or wind but lots of cloud cover and mountains of bait all over the bay. I took my wife Heather out for her first trip of the year. Of course I cut her a break on the rates. Anyway, we hammered the bass with about 6 blues mixed in. They were eating silversides and our flies & topwater plugs. You could have thrown anything at those fish and they would have slurped it right up. Defiantly her best bass day yet with lots of keeper sized fish and I don't know how many schoolies. We will remember this day on the Narr. Bay.
May 25, 2007 It felt like an August morning instead of May at 4:30am. Oddly warm for this time of year. We saw no life for the first 2 hrs except for all the adult menhaden that have been all over the bay for weeks, We did manage to hook up about 6 fish over in Greenwich Bay. Again, it was hot and still. The last hour was very good however. We found a pod of fining fish off Prudence. Some fish were pushing 30lbs. They were pretty picky but got them to crush a jumbo walking plug. It was a great way to end it. Ron also got a nice 30" fish on a squid fly right on the surface(check out the pic)
May 24, 2007 Fished Michael Wilmerding from Firefly Outfitters up in Boston. We met at 5am which gave us the last few hours of the dropping tide. It was gorgeous! I knew that it was probably to nice. A very light southerly, bluebird sky and quite warm. Great for us humans but not really striper weather. We did have a pretty good outing though. About a dozen and a half fish, mostly on the fly with the average fish being about 23". It's funny how we want good weather to fish but with
no wind the tide moves much slower making the fishing slower. Out again tomorrow and I am expecting it to be even hotter and stiller therefore I don't expect great things(But you never know)
May 20,2007 Some fish around today but nothing like yesterday. A good early morning bite but way to many boats with clueless anglers. This coming week looks great as far as weather and fishing so give me a call and lets get you hooked up.
May 19, 2007 Got Pat and his wife out this morning and experienced the best fishing of the season so far. Countless fish from 10:30 to 2:30 with half the fish being over 28". Barb landed the big fish of the day at 34" and we left acres of rolling bass. A tan and red 8" flatwing was the fly of the day. Pat and Barb had a blast. I hope to see them again out on BI this summer.
May 18, 2007. I was supposed to get Pat and Barb Callan out this morning but it was blowing a gale. No fly fishing today.
May 17, 2007. Fished a second day with Bob and his two uncles. Left a bit later (8am) to catch the entire ebbing tide. It was the right move. The wind was very light and we had good cloud cover all morning. Fished in 20 to 30 feet of water with 6 inch Storm jigs and did very well with a nice striper blitz and a triple hook-up to finish the trip. I really enjoyed fishing the Bobs and Mike and I'm looking forward to getting them out on the water again soon. Check out the picture of the triple bass.
May 16, 2007. Took Bob Sandfort out with his two uncles Mike (79 yrs) and Bob(73 yrs). The just don't make em like Mike and Bob anymore. These old timers were a pleasure to have on the boat. Good fisherman with plenty of patience and most importantly a great sense of humor. A bit windy but caught a few keepers and plenty of schoolie bass in the upper bay and plugs and soft plastics.
May 13, 2007. My first trip this morning with Bob Greenburg and his sister Sue. Left out of Dutch Harbor, Jamestown and boy was it cold! North wind at 15 to 20 and in the mid 40's. Caught a few fish in Greenwich Bay but pretty slow overall. We need those warm southerly to kick up again.
May 8, 2007. Lots of small stripers off the west wall in PJ. First and second beach in Newport have been getting alot of the same fish. The fish are great fun on ultra light spin outfits and 5 and 6 weight fly rods.
April 27 2007. Did a week of fishing with friend and fellow charter Capt. Chris Bell at his place in Englewood, Fl. He has a 19' skiff down there all set up to fish the gulf. We wanted to hit some tarpon but the water was a little cool at 71 degrees. I got some info from a local fly guy and friend that the reefs off Englewood and Venice were stacked with bait. Let me tell you, it was a BLOODBATH!! There were acres of thredfin herring And we hammerd King macks, Spanish macks, Amberjack, Cudas, and big Albies. All fish on the fly and light spin. A super trip!
July 28,2006. Now that the weather has improved I was able to get Drew Hewbeck and his friend Adam out early this morning. Drew and Adam are both avid fly guys and I was very hopeful on our prospects this morning. We started at the North Rip at 4:30am with not even a sniff on their flies or my go-to hookless teaser plug. We then worked the boulderfields on the south side and again nothing. It seemed that the fish had not moved back in after the still air and heat that had enveloped BI for 4 days finally moved out. I was blunt with the boys telling the that the bass and blues were a bust. I mentioned that there might be some small blufin off a few miles and it might be worth a look. They both loved the possibility of hooking one of those magnificent fish. The wind picked up 15 to 20 and it was a pretty sloppy ride out. We saw nothing on the surface until a couple of Whales started working the clouds of krill on the surface. I decided that there was enough life in the area to probe around with 7" slug-os. First cast WHACK!!!! Drew had a nice fish that burned 250 yards of 30pd braid off in about 30 seconds. 20 minutes later I tailed a 34pd blufin. (Picture is soon to come) We set up for our next drift. We dropped the slug-os down and THUD!!! We had our second fish on. It was Adam's turn. His fish was a little bigger. Around 40pds. I leadered the fish and it broke off but a leader is a catch. He was disappointed that he was not able to get a picture but they both had an awesome time. This is a great example of being prepared for whatever mother nature throws your way.
July 26, 2006. HOt! I'm from South Carolina were it gets really hot but we have had a few days of 90 degrees+ which could rival those SC dog days of summer. This is almost unheard of on BI. No wind and ultra high temps means slow fishing. The water has not moved in a few days so I've rescheduled my trips to wait for the water to start moving.
July 22, 2006. I took Gary Smith from Fairfield, Ct out this afternoon. We headed strait for the Southwest Ledge, being a sunny afternoon trip I figured the bass were deep. They were! Gary landed 12 fish with two of them going over 20pds. We were probing the deep boulder fields with Storm jigs and Slug-os. We worked it hard but managed to do quite well while the wire liners trolled circles around us with no luck.
July 19, 2006. Fished Ray and Scott from New Jersey this morning. Neither have ever fished! Not normally the cliental I take out but they didn't want to troll or bait fish(can you blame them) so I agreed and we went to the south side were the swell was 5 to7 and the big girls were stationed up in about 25 feet of water. Dropped a couple of 6" slug-os down and immediately picked up two twenty pound fish. Not bad for your first fish EVER. The swell was making my Jersey boys a little green faced so we came in a little early. They were content however, landing 6 fish between 20 and 30 pounds on 40 size reels and 3/4 oz. rods.
July 16, 2006. Wow! I have to start by apologizing for not putting up a report for the last 9 days. I have been crazy busy! The fishing is still very good with the sunset boat trips producing the best. I was out with Capt. Pete Farrel east of the Block on the 15th and stumbled upon a huge school of bluefin sipping krill of all things. So what do you throw at juvy blufin sipping krill? We threw every fly you could imagine at these fish to no avail. But there was one thing that they would smash thrown with a spin rod. We ended up hooking 4 and landed 1. There have been lots of bluefish around and have been great targets for the fly guys. The bass fishing is still very good during low light conditions but as soon as the sun breaks through they head for cooler water. Some nice fish are being caught sight fishing from the swimming beaches and and Andy's Way. Small Skok flounder flies are working well.
July 7,2006. Took my friends Pete and Ron out to look for Bluefin today, and we found them! They were extremely hard to see. Even with a light wind they were like bonefish on a cloudy day. These fish are not actively feeding so all you can see is some slightly nervous water. Pete dropped a fish and I landed a 50pd fish. It was awesome!!!!(check out the picture)
July 6, 2006. It finally laid down this afternoon and Phil and Mike got to fish the North Rip and both landed there first Striped bass. They were ecstatic. Phil also landed a bruiser of a bluefish.
July 5, 2006. It just blew to hard to get out yesterday and today. All of 20kts....
July
3, 2006. Went early this morning with Arron and his brother
Greg. We left the dock at 3am. It's a good thing we did
because there were bass blasting sand eels all down the west side of the
island from about 4:00 to 6:30. The bass were hitting slug-o's,
sand eel patterns, crystal minnows, jumping minnows and pretty much
whatever else we threw at them.
July 2, 2006. Blew like a bastard today. I had to reschedule my trip with Arron Browne.
July 1, 2006. Saw more Bluefin this morning with Capt. Chris Bell from Adventure Charters in point Judith. They were not concentrated enough to chase so we ended up at the ledge and caught many big bass on light tackle. A couple of fish went over 20 pds. He had a blast.
June 30, 2006. It was a nice evening so I took a good friend
out to the North Rip and there were fish everywhere! These fish
were chasing baby scup of all things. These fish were small for BI
standards 25" to 30" but we murdered them with crease flies
and poppers on our 8 weight rods.
June 28, 2006. Took out Steven Werre from NJ. It was blowing 15 to 20kts. but he is a pretty salty guy so we headed out to the ledge to try to jjig up some bass with 5inch slug-o's. There were 4 to 6 foot seas and it was tough to stay tight to your jig but we managed to pick up about 15 bass from 30" to 40". A wet but very productive trip.
June 24, 2006. Had to reschedule Kevin Brown due to 6 inches!!! of rain. I'll be off island for 2 days helping my wife move out here. I'll be on the water again on the 28th
June 23, 2006. WOW, There are big bass everywhere! As usual for the last week of June the fishing is world class. Caught lot's of fish on the south side with 5 fish going over 40" We were using slugos in the bolder fields. There are also Bluefin 30-50pds around. So if your dream is to tangle with New England's premier gamefish on Fly or Light Tackle then now is the time to book a trip on Block Island.
June 20, 2006. I took out Gavin, Greg and Paul from the Outdoor Life Network this morning. We met at 5am. Paul, (who guides out of CT) drove up the night before and took a short nap in his truck before I stirred him at 4:30. It's nice to see someone as NUTS about fishing as I am. That's pretty much what it takes to be a guide. I was a little worried as we left the dock. There was not a cloud in the sky, not a stitch of wind and most importantly no moving water! Of course I had my slowest day on the Bay EVER!!! Two small bluefish and a fluke. Not the day you want to have when the CEO of OLN is scouting for a guide to feature on some upcoming fishing shows. Although I was embarrassed and really pissed off at mother nature, they were all very cool guys. They also fish all the time so they know that's fishing...... I'm on the ferry tonight with the Sea Craft so all my trips from this point on will be out of the Block Island Boat Basin. I can't wait! The fishing on BI is the best in southern New England..
June 17, 2006. I took Dr. Broward and his wife out this morning. They wanted to fish Block Island so as I did a few days ago, I splashed the boat in Point Judith. It was blowing 10-15 so it was a little tough going but the fish loved it. The Doc's wife, Madison caught a 35" and a 39" fish. She was screaming! I love seeing clients get that excited. My job rules!
June 13, 2006. Larry Smith returned this spring and wanted to fish Block Island this morning. I don't move out to BI until the 20th of this month but I will throw the Sea Craft on the trailer and splash it in Point Judith. The weather was looking a little rough, west at 15 -20kts. I told him that we would launch the boat in Point Judith at 4am and go from there. It turned out to be the right decision. There was barley a puff of wind and we made a B-line for the Block. There were fish all over the west side of the island. Larry landed about 30 fish. 3 of which went over 35". They were crushing 6" storm jigs in pearl as well as Yellow bombers and walking plugs. Larry will be out again in mid July for the possibility of a blufin on light tackle
June 9, 2006. Fished with Jerry Flecher from Denver, CO this morning. Jerry was a good caster and I thank God for that because it was pretty slow this morning. It was a beautyful bluebird sky and no wind. Not the best weather for striper fishing unless you are sight fishing the flats. Jerry did manage to catch 8 stripers with a couple of 30" fish. Overall a great day considering the less than stellar conditions. Let this be a reminder for any fly rodder that on slow days a 70 to 90 foot cast will cover the water necessary to pick off a couple fish. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.......
June 4, 2006. Scott Allison from Portsmith had his brother -in-law Bobby up from Long Island and I wanted to catch the same tide we had on the previous day so we left the dock at 11am. Although the fishing was not even close to what we had on Sat. they managed to catch plenty of bass between 22"-30" and a couple of big bluefish. Bobby even managed to catch 2 very nice fluke. On the way back to the dock I saw a group of birds sitting on the water so we checked them out and wow! A pod of fish were rolling on the surface and I quickly handed Bobby and Scott a couple of rods and said "Cast, quickly, Now!!" They both hooked up immediately and 2 very nice fish were landed and released. Bobby's fish went 40" . Talk about the proverbial cherry on top of an already good trip. (Check out Bobby's big bass in my pictures)
June 3, 2006. Fished with Peter Alarie in Greenwich Bay in the late morning and experienced the best fishing I have personally witnessed in Narragansett Bay. We had ACRES of fish exploding all over the place. Thousands of bass had corralled parking lot sized schools of bait to the surface and were just gorging themselves. Most fish were caught on gurglers and surface flies. ( Check out Pete's 34" bass in my pictures). An EPIC day on the water by anyone's standards.
June 2, 2006. I took out Allen Justin from Hog Island to fish Newport. The morning started slow but when the tide started moving more he caught lots of bass off Brenton Reef. He was a happy client.
May 30, 2006. Fished the North rip on Block Island this morning to do some scouting before I move out there for the summer on the 17th of June. Had great topwater action and a couple of nice fish on the fly rod. Capt. Chris Bell and I caught 10 fish with 8 being over legal size.
May 25, 2006.One of my best clients from Boston came down to fish the upper bay early this morning. Kevin Dennis brought his friend Mike down with him and experienced the best weather we have seen this spring. There was no wind and it was beautiful! Just the warm summerlike sun on our faces would have been enough but the fishing happened to be stellar as well. We spent the first hour looking for activity around the northern end of Prudence Island and Greenwich Bay with little success. The tide started moving and things really lit up. The whole eastern side of Warwick Point was loaded with schoolie stripers and Kevin and Mike had a blast. There was nothing large caught but these guys caught many fish on there fly rods. Between the weather, fishing and great clients it was a guides dream day on the water.
May 23, 2006. The striper fishing in the upper bay is outstanding right now. I was scouting for a trip that I have Thursday and I hope the fishing is half as good as it was today. There were 70 to 80 fish caught. Most fish were between 18 and 25 inches with about 10 fish going over 28 inches. Most fish were caught on the surface with small flies. The larger fish were taken with large squid flies with fast sinking lines stripped very, very slow. We fished the rising tide just after sunrise. Now is the time to book a trip.
May 11, 2006. There are fish all over the upper the bay right now! Lots of keeper size fish around Warwick Light and the east shores of Prudence Island. These fish are not really picky. Small flies on the surface are being crushed. Small plugs in yellow and olive are taking good numbers of bass.
May 7, 2006. Fished with Peter Alarie and Kenny
Abrams today. It was a blowing early and laid down around 11:00 am.
Caught fish all day around Popasquash Point and the structure on the
north side of Mt. Hope Bay. We had a great time . Kenny brought 80
pounds of tackle. It was pretty funny.