The Saltwater Edge

Over at The Saltwater Edge they have been hearing reports of very good fishing for tautog around the islands and the mouth of the bay. Many boats reported limiting out on nice sized tautog and having so keeper black sea bass as a welcome addition to the catch. Fishing for striped bass remains very good around Newport. The bass have been feeding on smaller bait and there is often a surface feed going on somewhere around the island. Topwater plugs have been effective especially early in the morning and late in the afternoon. There are still a few green bonito around, but they are starting to thin out. Some anglers have been out looking for squid but the fall bite doesn’t seem to have started up just yet.

Over at The Saltwater Edge they continue to hear reports of solid fishing for striped bass around the islands and off of the south county beaches. Schoolies and fish up to 20 pounds, have been pushing bait in close to the beaches during the day making for good surfcasting and boat fishing opportunities. At night, the numbers of fish have been fewer but the changes for catching a large fish go up. Tautog fishing is already very good and should continue to improve as we get deeper into the month of October. There are still some nice sized fish in shallow water making them accessible from shore. Black sea bass are still around and being caught mixed in with tautog or by anglers targeting them drifting over deeper pieces of structure. There are still some false albacore and green bonito around but they are becoming tougher to target.