Projo Fishing: HotBytes

Striper fishing has been relatively slow on the reefs off South Couny and eastern Long Island Sound, said Ron Mouchon of Breachway Bait & Tackle, but there were indications this morning that the bite is picking up again.

Two weeks ago, Mouchon said, it was easy to catch a limit of 30-pound fish in about an hour. Now the bass are smaller, but Oscar and Henry Ernst, visiting from Europe, each managed to take a good-size bass this week.

The first cobia of the season was taken in the waters off Narragansett today, and Steve Travisono, skipper of the charter boat Sea Dog, had a good day of fluke fishing. He caught a lot of fishing including seven keepers east of Point Judith.
The largest fish weighed 7.5 pounds, he said.

Eleven-tear-old angler Peter Durkin caught a 7-foot-long blue marlin at Tuna Ridge this week, according to Al Conti of Snug Harbor Marina.

There's more news about Narragansett Bay and freshwater fishing in the Fishing Report.

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