It took a week, but the water along the 'Gansett shoreline has finally cleared of sand and calmed down. And, the fishing for stripers and blues has perked up.
I was driving down along Ocean Drive yesterday and a glance to the ocean revealed a huge school of blues working close to shore near the Coast Guard House Restaurant. I immediately stopped and began fishing for them. In a short period of time, my son, Ben, and I landed about 12 blues from this school on poppers. Earlier in the morning, Ben was into a mix of blues, stripers and false albacore just to the south of this location. All day long yesterday small schools of fish were popping up here and there wherever the rain bait would come ashore. Although it was usually a quick hit and run, there was plenty of time to pick up a fish or two every time they showed.
After dark, the sharpies have been banging a keeper bass here and there along with some big bluefish along the 'Gansett shoreline. The hot plugs after dark have been swimmers (either plastic or wooden Danny-type) as well as skinny plastic (Hogys or Slug-gos).
Things are definitely moving into a fall pattern.
