HL Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 New to RI after 20 yrs fly fishing the Cape Cod estuaries and outer beaches. Plan to wade Quonnie from the boat ramp going north. I see that there is shallow water paralleling the channel. I hate soft bottoms. Question: Is the bottom firm enough to wade to the "T" at the end of the channel - and - do I have to keep shifting my feet so they don't sink. I'm real bad remembering to do that :-)). Regards and thanks. PM me if you prefer. Herb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockedDrag Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 3 mins ago, HL said: New to RI after 20 yrs fly fishing the Cape Cod estuaries and outer beaches. Plan to wade Quonnie from the boat ramp going north. I see that there is shallow water paralleling the channel. I hate soft bottoms. Question: Is the bottom firm enough to wade to the "T" at the end of the channel - and - do I have to keep shifting my feet so they don't sink. I'm real bad remembering to do that :-)). Regards and thanks. PM me if you prefer. Herb It’s been a long time I been there but I remember it being pretty solid to wade. Best to go at dead low tide and scout it out to find out any possible danger zones though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Castafly Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Yes, it's a very firm hard packed sandy bottom. It's safe, very gradual depth change, most flats type fishing, nothing to worry about. Best times near low tide, two hours before and after, only because your fly can reach the channel and deeper water. The further you go out from the new boat ramp the better. Try to got out there at the last navigation buoy. There's always tiny baitfish in the skinny waters along the banks. Quonnie, Zobi1 and teddispahgetti 3 Nothing flies by me without a hook! If my fly is down, That's a good thing. Public Access.....It's a shore thing. My daily requirement of "Vitamin Sea". Capt. Ray Stachelek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trwhite Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Yes you can wade right from the boat launch beach and fish the channel in a few different spots. The current is very strong so probably yes you need to keep moving your feet. Best way to fish quonny pond is with a kayak, you can move around to different wadeable spots or hide your yak and go fish the RIMS side without having to drive down the sand trail teddispahgetti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Thank you LockedDrag Thank you Capt. Thank you trwhite. "RIMS" ??? Herb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trwhite Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, HL said: Thank you LockedDrag Thank you Capt. Thank you trwhite. "RIMS" ??? Herb "Rhode Island Mobile Sportsmen (i think?)." They have a campsite at the end of the breachway on the side that is only accessible by sand trail. * Edited March 15, 2021 by TimS Please don't recommend folks break the law - thanks :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quonnie Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Herb the sand is firm you can wade probably 3-400 yards along the channel the side on the hard side has filled in quite a bit so you can really reac the other side of the channel even with a fly rod the stonewall on the soft side is gone though Capt.Castafly and teddispahgetti 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugeDinghy Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 you all talk too much SouthCoastSurfFishermen, ne_dan, semperfish88 and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbart Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Great advice. Suggesting guys drive on illegally on a public forum... that won’t lead to anything bad. Unbelievable Edited March 16, 2021 by rbart SouthCoastSurfFishermen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikez2 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 I am surprised the spot burn police haven't gotten all over this. As a possibly interesting side note, sometime in the early 1970s when I was little I watched my old man wade out there with a bamboo freshwater fly rod and catch a few schoolies. At the time, salt water fly fishing was no where near as common as it is today. I remember overhearing some tourists remarking on the flyrod saying "I didn't know there were trout in there". semperfish88 and SouthCoastSurfFishermen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL Posted March 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 I don't think it's spot burning to ask if bottom is hard or soft. I didn't ask if there are fish there Herb Zobi1, teddispahgetti, riggler and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trwhite Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 2 hours ago, rbart said: Great advice. Suggesting guys drive illegally on a public forum... that won’t lead to anything bad. Unbelievable Honestly didn’t know that it was illegal. Can you point me to where it says that? Because the CRMC affidavit says you can drive down the quonochontaug sand trail between certain dates as long as you don’t go on either side of the trail or on to the beach. I haven’t done it in a few years so I might be out of date. Either way I doubt bringing a kayak from the public lot across the channel is illegal. Lxpaul6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikez2 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 59 mins ago, HL said: I don't think it's spot burning to ask if bottom is hard or soft. I didn't ask if there are fish there Herb It's no skin off my back. I don't fish there. I'm just surprised nobody got upset by detailed directions for a spot that can fit only a small number of guys and has limited parking. I've seen the spot burn police get up in arms over mention of beaches that are miles long with multiple parking lots. Edit to add; anyway, everybody knows they are no fish there. Or anywhere in RI. Edited March 15, 2021 by mikez2 SouthCoastSurfFishermen, Quonnie, semperfish88 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt.Castafly Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, trwhite said: Honestly didn’t know that it was illegal. Can you point me to where it says that? Because the CRMC affidavit says you can drive down the quonochontaug sand trail between certain dates as long as you don’t go on either side of the trail or on to the beach. I haven’t done it in a few years so I might be out of date. Either way I doubt bringing a kayak from the public lot across the channel is illegal. I had a friend who passed away was a RIM's member. He once told me that being a RIM's member gave them the permission and the right of way to cross over Weekapaug Yacht Club land, other wise they had no access to get to their property. No other people had that permission. Edited March 16, 2021 by Capt.Castafly teddispahgetti 1 Nothing flies by me without a hook! If my fly is down, That's a good thing. Public Access.....It's a shore thing. My daily requirement of "Vitamin Sea". Capt. Ray Stachelek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trwhite Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 8 hours ago, Capt.Castafly said: I had a friend who passed away was a RIM's member. He once told me that being a RIM's member gave them the permission and the right of way to cross over Weekapaug Yacht Club land, other wise they had no access to get to their property. No other people had that permission. It’s strange because the weekapaug private security guards will only give you a hard time about the date, which they will lie about if the weekapaug folks decide to extend their summer a little bit, though there is a laminated sign with the regulations right behind where they stand. I wonder who they take orders from. Either way it’s not easily clear who can go down there and I suppose that makes it easy for people to make up their own rules. I avoid the whole place or just use a kayak because the turf war in the whole Quonny area is just not worth it. Lame but it is what it is. teddispahgetti and SouthCoastSurfFishermen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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