Rhode Island Fishing Reports

Warm Up To Cold-Water Panfish

Most veteran freshwater anglers are aware that panfish can be caught on a year-round basis. The less experienced, however, often seem surprised to learn that sunfish, perch and crappies will bite even in the coldest months.

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WESTERN SOUND FISHING REPORT: FEB. 2017

The winter has not been too bad yet; Cod Fishing has been pretty good out in Montauk, Shinnecock, Captree, Freeport and Brooklyn for the boats that can get out. Down in New Jersey and further South, Black Fish are still in season and some real big double digits are being caught.Feb 10th, 2017

RI Fishing Report: 8/28/2015

15-Pound, 11-Ounce Slabzilla Landed off Block By Veteran Flukeman, Pat Muli QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Newport Harbor is loaded with … Aug 28th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/21/2015

Watch Hill Outfitters said the big news locally has been some greatly improved action with green bonito out front, anywhere from Watch Hill eastward to Point Judith and beyond—enough shots of fish popping up often enough to make a day of it as this goes to press.Aug 21st, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/14/2015

Watch Hill Outfitters said there was some activity on a mix of school bass and bluefish in the 8- to 12-pound range in various spots along the line, notably Sugar Reef, Quonny, and Weekapaug in no particular order.Aug 14th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 8/7/2015

Watch Hill Outfitters said the tube-and-worming along the south side of Block was fruitful on Wednesday, surrendering blues into the low teens and bass to 44 inches. Scuppiong’s been good to lights-out on the humps, bumps, and hard spots from Naps and Watch Hill Light up the line eastward to Weekapaug and Quonnie.Aug 7th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 7/31/2015

Tog Opens 8/1; B.I. Bass Explodes off SW Corner “…There are not enough adjectives in the English language to properly … Jul 31st, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 7/24/2015

Mystery Meat Trolling Good In Shipping Lanes “I got him right in the lip—you know, the corner of its mouth….” … Jul 24th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 7/17/2015

It has been a craptacular week in the ole weather department—yet again. You can hang current highlights from all corners of the rod-and-reel fishery on any one or five of the almost infinite number of variables affecting fishing success. Like our psychotic new weather patterns, or the multifaceted, longer-frequency turmoil we call “climate change.” Jul 17th, 2015

RI Fishing Report: 7/10/2015

One of the things I have always loved about the Ocean State’s fishing community is how tightly it is bound together by forces of habit, tradition, and camaraderie—to say nothing of the “small world” phenomenon, the impossibility of crossing more than two degrees of separation between any two RI fishermen. Jul 10th, 2015

Weekly RI Fishing Report: 7/3/2015

Like it or not, it’s the Fourth of July weekend, and the traffic as this goes to press is nothing short of staggering, whether you’re traveling by land or by sea. If you’re going to log some time off land this weekend, realize that you may have a struggle to find some of the jumbo stripers that have begun to fill in on the usual high spots and hard pieces off the SW Corner at the Island.Jul 3rd, 2015