| Fishing Guide / Author |
Fishing Reports for Local Area - Location |
    
Kevin J Olivieri Sr (Kjosrcoxnet)
New member
Username: Kjosrcoxnet
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2011
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2011 - 5:50 pm: | |
Coming to R.I. The fishing from Shore in Newport,R.I. Was Hot on Aug 6th 2011 Took my friend Yankov, And my grandson,to Newport Navel Base,( Coddington Cove) where we bagged our limits on the Scup, 10 apiece were caught also bagged a nice keeper 20" Tautog, On crabs that my Grandson caught by hand in the rocks, also a Blue fish I threw back, 1 sm 14" fluke, throw back, not bad for a few hours of fishing from shore, On a dead low Tide Incoming, Our baits were Clam Worms and Squid strips and about 10 crabs that we caught, This time of year all south county areas in R.I. are always hot spots, And if You like to Camp while on vacation Try out Burlingame Camp Ground, In south county area. Come and ENJOY, R.I. Their are lots of things to do. |
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 5:28 pm: | |
Subject: Fishing Report, May 7th
Re: Fishing Reports up to and including Wednesday, May 7th.
Brought to you by Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Our 2002' Cast-a-Fly fishing season is well underway, and it started on a good note. Sunday morning's trip was our shakedown cruise with Bill Krueger aboard. If you're an avid reader of local fishing magazines and newspaper articles, you will definitely recognize Bill. Up until two weeks ago, he was getting more publicity than Buddy himself. But what a difference two weeks can make. The boat ran well and it was nice to smell the essence of fuel stabilizer vapors burning off again. New lines, knots, flies and equipment were challenged and there were no problems.
Bill took the skunk off the boat at first light. Fishing some structure off Rumstick Rock, he recorded the first fish of our young season. After several minutes, Bill released a five-pound striper back to the brine. It was a feisty fish for sure with plenty of attitude. Several other fish took Clouser patterns close to Rumstick Point before we moved on. The shallow areas seemed barren of any silversides that usually inhabit the area.
Fishing conditions were perfect today. High tide occurred one hour before sunrise, which meant a dropping tide all morning. One-foot waves were being produced by a Southwest wind of 10 mph. Water temperatures were a constant 52-degrees and the skies were cloudy.
Open water in the upper bay was the ticket to finding fish. That's where all the bait seemed to have gathered. It's no secret that larger bait attracts larger fish and this was the case today. Gulls started to circle, dive, and grab to what seemed like 8 inch silver profiles. Some people were guessed herring, but my thoughts ventured to menhaden because of the size. Later they started flipping through the waves as the wind picked up. It's not easy to identify forage in situation where bass don't ever leave a mess.
Several bass were released in the ten-pound range but most were running around 6 pounds. Large full-bodied white flies worked with sinking lines. Larger fish were located in depths of 20 feet. White Clousers and deceivers closer to the surface worked in conditions when the bass would occasionally push a school of bait to the surface. Spinning gear with weighted white rubber shads also took fish.
Ray Stachelek |
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2001 - 9:22 pm: | |
Subject: P
We hit the towers in Narragansett around 11:00 am yesterday morning. Caught a few rat blues around three pounds a few hundred yards from shore. It was the only place we encountered any surface bait during the whole morning and the only concentration of bluefish we would find.
Sea swells made fishing the South shore difficult again. Water still dirty. What a great day weather wise.
Along Black Point there was a small pod maybe three albies. Wouldn't take the take but it was fun seeing 'em flocking thru the surf like dolfins.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 - 7:24 pm: | |
Subject: Week in Review 10-10
Wow, two straight weekends of gale force winds. How windy was it? ….. It was so windy my boat kept rocking despite the fact it was still on the trailer, and never left the driveway. That’s how fierce it was. With temperature moderating toward the end of this week, fishing should improve again. Seas should clean up and remain free of weeds and debris. There should be three more weeks of the big push migration. Fishing should be decent, that’s if winds haven’t pushed the bait and fish out to sea. There will still be fish around, but more isolated and less predictable to catch. After that is "Hard Core Fishing"
Captain Ray
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2001 - 5:31 pm: | |
Subject: Weekly fishing reports 10-04
A Northeast weather pattern brought with it high winds and plummeting temperatures last weekend. If you were protected by the lee, you may have experienced some great fishing. Those of you, who weren’t, were treated to a rough and wet ride. Surf conditions like last weekend will often trigger a feeding sensation with larger fish. South shore Rhody had plenty of bait in the surf line. Anchovies, peanut bunker, and silversides were getting tossed in the turbulence. Many larger stripers, albies, and bluefish gather to take advantage of the situation. All left with full bellies. Wind direction hammered shores like Newport and Narragansett and left plenty of debris.
Bluefishing in upper Narragansett Bay took it on the chin too. Calmer winds the week has restored the bluefish bite. Some fish have moved off and the numbers continue to dwindle each day. Still, it’s good fall fishing. Noise may be a factor putting them down. Many of the schools have become educated after being chased for the last month and a half.
This weekend should have some of the best fall run of fish if the weather co-operates. There should be plenty of red-hot action both on the surface and below.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 16, 2001 - 10:22 am: | |
Subject: Rhode Island weekly Reports 8/16
Re: Fishing Reports up to and including Wednesday, August 15, 2001.
By Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
It’s nice to be back on the water again, after waiting three weeks for repairs.
Bluefishing is the rage right now. Doesn’t make a difference where you go? Blues continue to dominate the food supply, making it difficult to catch any other species. It’s unbelievable! It will only get better and bigger as the season progresses into the fall. The bay is loaded with small bunker filtering the waters for nutrients. When conditions are right with bait and tide, the scenes of these blitzes are quite spectacular. The nice thing about these situations is you can sleep late. Time wise is unimportant.
Weather has been night and day, but the fishing has been predictable under any conditions. Tuesday’s trip will Bill Krueger started out under windy and rainy conditions, but that didn’t put a halt on fishing. Many of our drifts were extremely fast. Surface action was very finicky. Bill using his prowess with a fly rod and sink line was able to mend and dead drift fish to five pounds. The phrase, “Nothing but net” was not thrown around loosely. By day’s end there was nothing left of the mesh, a visual of just how sharp their teeth are. The laughs were well worth it. Fishing between Hope Island and the southern tip of Prudence was our location.
Wednesday’s trip with Tony Penny had bright sky's and light northerly west winds, quite a contrast from the day before. Half Way Rock produce a 10 pound blue in 20 feet of water with several cutoffs during morning hours. Touring south toward Beavertail Point produced the mother lode. Huge schools of blues, much larger than the bay, taxed our equipment. The blitzes lasted several hours with no other boats to pressure them. We paid the price though with lost flies and shock tippets. Watching Tony cast with either hand was a treat. Didn’t know he had two right arms? Blues ranged from five to ten pounds. These fish were not shy by boat traffic. McDonald’s dumpsters had to be empty today. Never seen so many terns, shears, and seagulls on the water in RI.
If you fish this weekend your trips should produce more of the same results. Fishing can’t be any easier regardless of the skill level. Any technique will work, just be comparable to the food source as far as size. My best advise…. Take a child fishing. The experience will be unforgettable for them.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2001 - 1:01 am: | |
Subject: Week in Review 7/04
Weekly reports submitted by Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Wind conditions and algae blooms continue to plague fisherman and bathers alike in upper Narragansett Bay. Runoff from rain, discharge, and daytime heat has created higher levels of nitrogen in the water level. Perhaps with the nighttime temperatures near the mid 50's the last few days, this might aid in killing many of the blooms. The strong winds should help break em up also. Water tends to be clearer south of Prudence Island.
Fishing remains slow during the daylight hours. Striped bass remain in seclusion near reefs, deeper structure, and channels. Most are isolating themselves into smaller pods searching for crabs, small lobsters, and other bottom dwellers. A mixture of stripers and bluefish were holding in 40 feet of water at Half Way Rock and the Sandy Point drop-off. They are stacked up like cordwood during day light hours. Try getting them to hit though is another story. Working these areas near sunset or tide changes might be productive as fish move off their haunts to search the shallows at darkness.
The "Lady Crab Hatch has continued this week. Watch in areas south of Prudence Island to the bay bridges. Nutrients in the water could help prolong this natural cycle. You have to look close to find them. They are only 3/16 in size and very transparent. High winds tend to put them down. Once schoolies get regulated to this experience, watch out. Surface action and sight fishing can be unbelievable.
Small bluefish have been hitting swimmers and weighted rubber lures at Fox Island, URI docks and the mouth of Wickford Harbor. Boaters have the advantage.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 11:58 pm: | |
Subject: Weekly Fish Reports - June 20th
Re: Fishing Reports up to and including Wednesday, June 20, 2001.
By Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Saturday's fog and bay activities produced a dismal day for recreational
fisherman. In the upper bay, the brown algae continued with the rise in
water temperature and rain runoff. Bass fishing has been superb at dusk
and into the night with action curtailing by early morning. The Rumstick
Point and Bristol shoreline to the Colt Park boat ramp have been
consistant. Silverside and sand eel's have been gathering off of Bristol
Town Beach at night.
The fog continued to hover over most of the coastal ocean waters. The
bass bite off Benton's Reef benefited from an extenuated day of
camouflaged conditions. Troller's jigging chutes and dragging frames
with sassy shads/tubes were busy. Swimming plugs and surface ones
produced for caster's along the reef and inner shores of Newport's rocky
shore.
Mid-bay islands to upper bay locations were busy with boat traffic from
sailing regattas, Quonset Air Show, and day-trippers. Sunday's fishing
was a wash with all the pouring rains and thunders.
As of Monday, the blue and bass bites have steadily improved. Action
along the southern shore of Prudence Island Monday evening produced a
score of bass to 10 pound along with some bluefish mixed in. Action
continued steadily for several hours. With the new moon this week, fish
have been aggressively feeding toward evenings. The stronger tide pull
has positioned slugs of bass to take up residence near structure that
produces small rip lines. Effective lures have been swimming plugs and
flies that contain blue in them.
Casting and working your lures effectively while others are hooked up
will increase your catch ratio. Drifting through structure or anchoring
in rip lines is the mode of choice.
Christo Mihalos, an eighth grade student from East Providence had the
time of his life this week. Took five bass to 10 lbs with his school
fishing club advisor, Mr John Gendron. He was the lucky winner of a free
trip give away from a fishing seminar that was held this winter. Over 200
middle school and high school students attended the event. Christo, with
a wide grin said,"I'm hooked for life now." I dreamed about this trip for
so long. Didn't think we could be so luck.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2001 - 11:11 am: | |
Subject: Weekly Fishing Reports 6/13
Fly skipper, Capt. Ray Stachelek of Cast Fly Reports, “ Heat and humidity has caused a shifting of gears this week in the upper bay.” Bass fishing has slowly progressed into a summer mode. There has been a prolific bloom of brown algae this week covering most of the surface water. Suspended flotsam everywhere. The storm this week has left many estuaries stained with tannin acid. The marine life in most of the tidal places will now move off into the bay along its shore.
Tube and worm troller's are finding a few stripers off Barrington beach toward Rumstick Rock. The action has been spaced out though. Bluefish were pushing up bait in Seminary cove off of Warwick neck. Casting smaller swimming lures toward the shoreline at the mouth of the Warren River will produce fish in the four to six pound range. Dark black and purple Clourser and flat wings have produced for fly rodders. Best times have been at dusk and into the first few hours of the night. A mix of silversides and sand eels has been hugging the shore there. Ohio Ledge will produce an occasion tautog using green crabs.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2001 - 3:53 pm: | |
Subject: June 10 Narragansett Bay, RI
The weatherman kept our clients off the water this weekend. Saturday was a washout, but Sunday was a great day to take a busman's holiday. Sunday produce an equal array of both bass and blues. Small harbor size blues continue to push suspended schools of smaller silversides in the area from Pine Tree Point to Hope Island. Working your lure in the subsurface depth with produce countless strikes. Both trolling and casting methods are both effective, but drifting is my way of choice. Larger size bluefish were schooled along the outer shore of Sandy Point south to Projac Point.
This weeks prolong westerly breezes will push most of the bait toward the Eastern Shore of the state. Places like Providence Point on Prudence Island and Poppasquash Point will produce bass as the wind and currents merge. Baits of choice remain silversides, but don't rule out morsels like crabs, shrimp, and worms flies if you're a fly fisherman.
Post moon low tides this weekend coincides with sunrises. Most estuaries will be void of water. Fishing over structure, or along deeper channels of flats may produce results during the morning. Night fishing should be "primo" with the outgoing tide being stronger all night during this moon phase.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 12, 2001 - 12:30 pm: | |
Subject: Winter Fishing Project
Re: Preparing for the upcoming fishing season
A week by week winter planner of events and activities to make sure your ready when the gun sounds.
By Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
What a great time to prepare for the 2001 New England fishing season. During the next few months, there will be numerous boat shows throughout our area. This will give many of us a chance to get off that sofa and get some much-needed exercise. There are more beneficial aspects then health though that can be gained by going to a show.
New boats! Yes, it’s nice to be able to afford a new rig. But for many of us, gathering information and seeing new ideas is more of a reality. Every year, hundreds of dealers and equipment representatives show off all their new stuff. If you’re like me, there is always something you need or can use to improve your rig. How about changing that old Loran “C” into a new state of the art G.P.S. unit? Prices couldn’t be better than a boat show bargain. Think about that boat positioning accuracy you will gain if you up-grade now.
What about depth/fish finders recorders? Improvements are constantly being made in this field, especially for small boat owners. Need communications? Sometimes a cell phone just won’t hack it out there. A VHF radio will monitor the fishing conditions and conversations of fisherman a heck of a lot better.
Don’t forget those big items too? Now is the time to re-power for the upcoming season. Great prices can be had at the boat shows. There are still some new 2000 models left over at dealers too. They can schedule a time for replacement during this slow period of winter, so your ready to hit the water comes spring. Don’t forget about your trailer?
Next week: Fishing Shows
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2000 - 5:03 pm: | |
Subject: Weekly Fishing Reports
By Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
The early fall fishing remains excellent. Bluefish continue to dominate the fishing scene in upper Narragansett Bay. Best fall bluefishing in years. Fish are being cooperative for both shore and boat anglers. Most of the action continues to be on the surface. 10 – 12 pound blues have been shaken popper plugs like they were tarpon, sometimes tail dancing four to five times a run. These fish have been great fighters too, with plenty of strength and endurance. Schools of these marauders have been feasting on plenty of peanut bunker. They leave the place full of carnage, with most of the bait dying from stress.
Barrington Beach and Sabin’s Point in Riverside have been the best areas for shore bound fishers. Most of the strikes have occurred with white popping plugs in the early evenings. Although Sabins Point continues to be the choice of cut bait fisherman.
Boat anglers have had the best of both worlds. Some of the early morning action has been on the West Side of the bay toward the old Rocky Point Park. As the day heat up from the sun, the fish move more toward the channel. On colder morning, action is delayed an hour or so. In the afternoon, boaters have worked the outside edges of schools, while shore anglers have had the inside.
Best bites:
Boat – Anywhere north of the mid-bay islands to the Providence River.
Shore – Barrington Beach/Nayatt Point shoreline, Sabin’s Point, mouth of Bullocks Cove, and Colt Park as a last resort.
|
Cast a Fly Charters
Unregistered guest
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, September 14, 2000 - 8:07 pm: | |
Subject: Weekly Fishing Reports
Re: Fishing Reports up to and including Thursday, September 14, 2000.
By Cast a Fly Charters, Capt. Ray Stachelek
Location: Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island
Most of the fishing locations are going to start their transition periods shortly.
To a pragmatist, the cooler nights will lower water temperatures. Approaching storms will cloud waters with debris, often making it difficult to get our offerings down. And certain wind directions will dissipate baitfish schools.
To the optimist, cooler waters will force the game fish to change their eating habits and move into new areas. Storms will cause elevated seas and disorient baitfish. Larger fish might move closer to shore. And optimist will never worry about wind direction. He will always find a place that is suitable.
Along this same transitional reasoning, fall fish reporting can also be classified in this same manner. Most of us fish just weekends now. People are back to work Monday through Friday. Current information might not be based on what happened during the week, but what happened on weekends? A lot can change in those five days, especially during the migration. But that's half the joy of fishing this time of year. Catching unbelievable numbers and finding those blitz situations. Nature makes it easier though. But you have to see the signs.
Bluefish have been plentiful between Lavin's Marina and Conimicut Point. The action has been like clockwork, favoring late afternoons. The bite in upper Narragansett Bay is still good. It's just a question of being in the right place, when they surface. Ground fish, such a scup and sea bass are still cooperating in the more popular locations. Striped Bass are few and far between. The lower water temperatures might improve that fishery if the bluefish thin out.
|
|
