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Hot times at Block Island before the surge

2:26 PM Sun, Aug 23, 2009 | Permalink
By Tom Meade

"We has some of the best light tackle fishing of the summer this morning at Black Rock," Chris Willi said yesterday.

The owner of Block Island Fishworks continued: "Big swell and BIG fish, and the only other two boats were good friends. We had the whole south side - amazing morning! David and Duncan Fox landed several fish over 40 inches using nothing more than a 6-inch plastic in rainbow.

"The south side seemed to slow a bit the past couple weeks and was heavily fished. We managed to find some smaller pockets to work away from the crowd and had lots of success. Sinking line in deeper water was the way to go for this week. Sand eel flies were all that was used.

"Bonito were finally caught in the New Harbor Channel. Those willing to camp out for the day were able to get into a good blitz - patience pays off.

"The bluefin tuna are reported to be close as well. We ventured between the Fairway Buoy and Acid Barge and had one small one and lots of life: whales, porpoise, and birds. Had a few big marks on the finder as well."

Clarification: If you read the Fishing Report online this week, you know about the 50-pound bluefin that Paul Hooper caught on a fly rod. It also appeared in today's paper in the Outdoor Notes column.

Somewhere between my desk and the newspaper, another zero was added to the fish, and it became a 500-pounder.