Capt.Castafly

In the late 70's we were catching gator bluefish in the 23 lbs. range off Block Island regularly. I haven't seen a bluefish that size in nearly 50 years. The biggest today, maybe be 15-17 lbs. and that's huge by todays standards. Yes! I'm skeptical about the bluefish plus all those large bass caught at the same time, even without live bait, what are the odds?

Any pictures to share?

The fish blog was created as a common communal gathering place to share and report weekly fishing activity. Having this information in one thread benefits those who greatly use this RI forum and ply our local waters. The premise is to gather all weekly reports into one common portal, thus making it easy to access, view and add your own fish reports and comments. This is the sixth year for this unique approach. Post your success or skunks, either way, black or white, zero to hero, let us all share this information. Fresh, factual information is one of the best sources of Intel we have at our disposal to predict what may happen tomorrow. Should be a good week fishing. This is the 1st full week of the Autumn Season which started on Saturday, September 23rd. Last week I noted a twelve degree drop in water temperature in a one week period from 73 degrees to 62 degrees. Sunrises is close to 6:30am. The good action should continue were action left off last week. If your chas'in hardtails, there is a mix, one day albies show, the next maybe bonito in numbers. Very few bass or blues around the Harbor of Refuge. In all cases anchovies are being regurgitated when returning them to the brine.

Lucked out again, second banner day in a row. Must have boated close to 25 bonito of all different sizes, 4 albies, 4 bluefish, 6 chub mackerel, 4 sea bass, 1 sea robin.

Busted wide open today (Wednesday, Sept. 20)!

Sliding fish up above the black slime line, especially at low tide, and bouncing them a couple of times during the release, is not my cup of tea.

I serious doubt there are any deep caves under the rocks since the rocks are pretty solid. I do believe there are lips in places that you could be trapped. I think what might happen is the back flow from waves could trap you, much like the back flow created by a running fresh water river over dam. I've been out there in a boat hundreds of times at low tide, close to shore looking and watching water flow, I see no evidence.

Caught this little guy, banded rudderfish yesterday.

Struck out again on albies, not one sighting.

Four boats were out today of friends and me, covered some large areas looking for footballs. One went as far as Quonnie, One off Newport, Jamestown. One off the walls all the way to the Coast Guard House. Just a few sighted from a distant, not caught.

That's a worthy catch that doesn't happen often, chicken mahi. congrats!

The fish blog was created as a common communal gathering place to share and report weekly fishing activity. Having this information in one thread benefits those who greatly use this RI forum and ply our local waters. The premise is to gather all weekly reports into one common portal, thus making it easy to access, view and add your own fish reports and comments. This is the sixth year for this unique approach. Post your success or skunks, either way, black or white, zero to hero, let us all share this information. Fresh, factual information is one of the best sources of Intel we have at our disposal to predict what may happen tomorrow. Much better higher tides at sun rise this week should produce better morning fishing. It's a busy week for me, be out 4 out of the 5 weekdays looking for footballs. The beginning of the week looks good for wind and waves maybe dodge some raindrops.

No footballs today, none were ever near the boat. West Wall may have seen a dozen caught during sunrise. They were running close to the wall, nothing in the open ocean. Results, 1 striped bass, 3 seabass, 3 sea robins.

Out tomorrow morning looking for hardtails, keeping my fingers crossed they show in good numbers.

Unbelievable ....... Launched at Galilee on Labor Day, got there 45 minutes before sunrise, only two trailer parking spots left. Most of the spots were taken by the giant tuna fleet floating ten miles east of Pt. Jude Light. Trailed out a little after 11:am, there had to be fifty trailers parked on the Escape Road all the way up the hill. Hate to tie up at the ramp and park the trailer there, would take 20 minutes to walk back to the ramp. I bet there was some angry guys waiting to launch on this perfect day of boating. We boated 5 stripers all under slot, three seabass and one of them was huge in five hours of fishing. We found dense bait off the West Wall / Fish Traps, no where else, nothing pushing them. The reefs at Newport had a 100 boats, nothing happening.