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Party boat anglers score

"There has been just a staggering amount of bait on the beach including squid, spearing and sand eels," reports Frank Blount, skipper of the Frances Fleet.

"As the water continues to warm, look for the fluke to become more aggressive. Small bucktails fished above the sinker or hi-lo were tough to beat this week for keepers while those working tandem bait rigs also fared quite well. More standard rigs have also started to see some better results.

"So far, it has been all fluke except for an occasional small bluefish or sea bass.

"Squid fishing was excellent this week as well with lots of quality squid to 17 inches! Squid fishing will continue by reservation Thursday through Sunday nights at 7 p.m. as long as the fishing continues to hold up.

"Local charter boats have been crushing the striped bass which have invaded local waterways. Fish up to 50 pounds with numerous 40s were taken this past week."

The fleet's skippers rate cod fishing as OK. Anglers on cod boats are also taking large sea bass.

Posted by Tom Meade  at 2:27 PM | Permalink

Alert: Thieves strike anglers

Thieves are targenting anglers' cars and trucks. Mike DiChristofaro writes:

I went fishing Saturday at Tucker Pond with some friends. Both my truck and my friend's trucks were broken into while we were fishing. They smashed the windows and stole ipods, tools, etc. The South Kingston police showed up and informed us they just came from Worden's Pond where two more cars were broken into. While they were taking our reports they got a call about three more cars of people fishing in Narragansett which were also broken into.

Posted by Tom Meade  at 2:14 PM | Permalink