Snug Harbor Marina

Matt at Snug Harbor Marina said that false albacore and green bonito were caught locally this past week with good numbers of fish reported from areas along the beaches as well as around the north end of Block Island. Fishing for striped bass is producing well locally with the beaches and breachways both holding bait and fish. There were also reports of some nice sized bass caught out at Southwest Ledge and Block Island. Multiple anglers reported catching weakfish this past week along the south shore beaches and up inside of the bay. Tautog reports are improving with more keeper sized fish caught this past week. The best bite is still in relatively shallow water with areas in 20 to 30 feet seeing good action. There were reports of some larger black sea bass showing up on some of the reefs and rock piles and there are still plenty of shorts around. Offshore, a few commercial boats have been catching both commercial and recreational sized tuna on live bait not too far south of Block but there doesn’t really seem to be a concentration of recreational fish around right now.

Matt at Snug Harbor Marina reported that multiple anglers had reported finding good numbers of green bonito around the north rip at Block Island over the weekend. There were also reports of bonito along with false albacore around the windmills south of the island. Fishing for striped bass has been producing well along the south county beaches. The breachways are always a good bet this time of year along with any rocky stretch of shoreline. Tautog anglers seem to be finding a lot of short fish along with a few keepers. It’s still relatively early in the season for tautog and fishing will continue to improve as we get deeper into October. There are good numbers of black sea bass around, but most are short of keeper size. Offshore, a few boats ventured out in search of recreational bluefin tuna with limited success. There are still some fish around, but they don’t seem to be stacked up in anyone area making targeting them tough. There were reports of some mahi still inside of the shipping lanes with yellowfin further out towards the canyons.