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Schoolies at Matunuck today

Schoolies were taking small jigs with soft-plastic tails at Matunuck Beach behind the Ocean Mist today at around 2 p.m. The fish were very close to shore. The tide was out.

Greg Rego weighed an 8-pound largemouth at Ocean State Tackle yesterday. He said he caught the fish on a shiner at Tucker Pond in South Kingstown.

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It was a busy weekend, despite the weather

Bill Nolan caught keeper-size bass in the Bay yesterday. He said the eastern side had lots of stripers like the one pictured. It took a soft-plastic lure, Bill said.

Inshore codfishing remains strong, according to the skippers of the Frances Fleet. Their report:

"Saturday's local cod trip found some very good fishing for the modest turnout of anglers who braved the weather. The bite in the morning was excellent with fish all around the boat. Jigs and teasers were out-producing bait while the bite was on, but bait was also effective. One angler had jigged up four good fish in the first 10 minutes! He then had a nice double header right after. Capt. Mike came down and jigged up six nice fish in short order shortly thereafter. By late morning the bite slowed up, but it was already a good day. Everyone left with a nice bunch of cod in the 5- to 10-pound range with the largest around 12 pounds. One 8-pound tatoug and one big pout otherwise it was exclusively codfish.

"Saturday night, we made our first squid trip of the season but were plagued by dirty water and too much east wind which had the squid hard down on the bottom and tough to catch. To be sure, most anglers did get at least a few but the action was not up to par. Mixed sizes on the squid but more were in the large and jumbo category."

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