Just thought you'd like a recent report for the area most people will be fishing this coming weekend. This is from a club member (CT/RI Saltwater Flyfishers)dated 9/29:
"Hi All,
(Disclaimer: Due to the winds all fish mentioned were caught on spinning gear)
Left Noank Shipyard on a friends boat at 6:30 AM wind was only blowing 10-15. We headed to Napatree and Watch Hill to tuck inside. We hit Napatree Pt. and my friend hooked up with an albie on his first cast. For the next 3 hours we chased albies with everyone catching at least 3 each. As the tide started to go out we found stripers, blues and albies back at Napatree Pt. By 11:00 the three of us had a slam.
We decided to turn the corner to Watch Hill and we saw hundreds of birds and tailing stripers with blues and albies mixed in
pushing the bait up to the rocks. It was an absolutely amazing site seeing some big stripers tailing and just killing the bait. We caught about 20 stripers each with a mix of blues and an occasional albie.
On the way home we realized how bad the weather was and to top it off we lost our starboard engine. Limped home getting
soaked with three smiles that will not be wiped off our faces for a few days."
Let's hope its not too snotty for Rhodyfest! And and tight lines everyone...
Carmelo
"Hi All,
(Disclaimer: Due to the winds all fish mentioned were caught on spinning gear)
Left Noank Shipyard on a friends boat at 6:30 AM wind was only blowing 10-15. We headed to Napatree and Watch Hill to tuck inside. We hit Napatree Pt. and my friend hooked up with an albie on his first cast. For the next 3 hours we chased albies with everyone catching at least 3 each. As the tide started to go out we found stripers, blues and albies back at Napatree Pt. By 11:00 the three of us had a slam.
We decided to turn the corner to Watch Hill and we saw hundreds of birds and tailing stripers with blues and albies mixed in
pushing the bait up to the rocks. It was an absolutely amazing site seeing some big stripers tailing and just killing the bait. We caught about 20 stripers each with a mix of blues and an occasional albie.
On the way home we realized how bad the weather was and to top it off we lost our starboard engine. Limped home getting
soaked with three smiles that will not be wiped off our faces for a few days."
Let's hope its not too snotty for Rhodyfest! And and tight lines everyone...
Carmelo