Projo Fishing: HotBytes

What a strange season this has been. Normally, this is the week when a visitor to the Weekapaug Breachway would see schools of bonito and false albacore in the Breachway, bass and bluefish working schools of bait off the beaches, and clouds of monarch butterflies in migration to Mexico.

Yesterday, videographer Mike Laptew, "The Diving Fisherman," (pictured here) said he saw only one small school of bass swimming in the waters at Weekapaug and a single monarch flying overhead.

At last, tuna fishing is improving in the waters south and east of the Horns, said Al Conti. Trollers have been taking small bluefin, and the Snappa caught a 150-pound fish on chunks this week Another boat caught a 140-pounder Wednesday. Only a few boats have steamed all the way to the canyons, but one boat caught albacore and big-eye tuna at Veach Canyon this week.

 Tags  fishing migrations Rhode Island saltwater

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jim said:

I've noticed that the water temperature never peaked to the usual temp in our area this year and it started going down early. Oh well, we missed the tuna run. Remember the last few years. Huge giants at the Mud Hole....

Link | September 18, 2008 10:20 PM
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