Snug Harbor Marina

Matt at Snug Harbor Marina reported a good week of fishing for striped bass out around Block Island. There are tons of sand eels around the island, and the bass are feeding heavily on them. The ledge seems to be producing well on the flood tide with mixed results on the ebb but other areas around the island are also fishing well. Fluke fishing has been kind of slow with some decent reports coming from along the south shore beaches. Fluke fishing out around Block has been very slow so at least for now, it seems like you are better off staying close to the beaches. There has been a fleet of boats out boats out squid fishing off of the beaches nearly every night and the bite seems to be holding up pretty well, but it will likely taper off soon. Large schools of mackerel and sand eels are also thick along the beaches right now.

Matt at Snug Harbor Marina reported a great week of squid fishing off the beaches with the best action coming after dark but a few people also picking away at then during the daylight hours. There have been larger fluke up to around 9 pounds caught along the south shore beaches. The fluke bite is just starting to pick up so you still need to work for them but it is nice to see some larger fish being caught locally. There have also been reports of some nice sized fluke caught south of Block Island. Striped bass fishing is also starting to pick up around Block Island, and it has been reported that they are feeding heavily on large schools of sand eels that are all around the island right now. Not a lot of keeper black sea bass around yet but you might find a few keepers while targeting fluke or other species.