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Island fishing slow, but bass are bigger

7:26 AM Tue, Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink
By Tom Meade

"The past two weeks have been pretty mediocre - actually lousy," writes Chris Willi of Block Island Fish Works. "We hope this is not going to turn out to be another fall like last year.

"We made it out maybe half a dozen times. The few fish caught were bigger - 36 to 44 inches.

"Some guys are heading to Montauk and South County for better action, but it hasn't always been there. The past few days, good reports have come in from Sakonnet, and things seem to be starting for southern Rhode Island.

"A bunch of boats went offshore last weekend and everyone was catching. The Island Lady boated a yellowfin tuna, albacore, and several dorado. The night bite had a few big blue sharks, one mako, and three run-offs [among] about 15 boats at West Atlantis."