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Shearer lands 62.5-pound bass

A 30-pound-plus bass this morning aboard Can't Imagine

Mark Shearer caught a 62.5-pound striped bass this morning at Block Island. He weighed the fish at Snug Harbor Marina. Watch HotBytes for more details as soon as we get them.

After this morning's trip on the Bay, Billy Silvia, skipper of Can't Imagine, sent the picture above and he wrote: "We did really well. This is Mr. Dave McGover Sr. with a nice 30-pound-plus striper. On the day we got 20 bass and some real nice quality fish."

Posted by Tom Meade  at 5:53 PM | Permalink

A good time for stripers and trout

Ron Mouchon of Breachway Bait & Tackle caught bass up to 30 pounds on live bait along the eastern side of Block Island this morning morning. Nearby, Fred Bowman, skipper of the charter boat Bottom Line, caught a 55-pounder on an eel today.

On the Bay, Billy Silvia, skipper of the charter boat Can't Imagine, took a 39-pound bass and a 20-pounder near the Newport Bridge this morning, according to David Henault of Ocean State Tackle.

When Everett Thornton and Ed Lombardo got to the Wood River last evening, there were no aquatic insects visible, so they tied on ant and wasp imitations and picked up some trout; the wasp fly was especially productive, said Lombardo. Later on some #18 Blue-Winged Olives and Sulfurs appeared. It wasn’t until dark that they saw fish rising to Hexagenia limbata spinners, but a thunder storm rolled in and they had to call it quits. “We need some really hot weather to get the Hex going,” Ed says. Generally, the Hex hatch peaks around Independence Day.

There's more in the Fishing Report.

Posted by Tom Meade  at 10:22 AM | Permalink