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Today's outing from shore
produced this lone schoolie. |
I got down today to fish from shore. I slugged it out all afternoon into the night in a number of locations and landed one lone schoolie at dark. There was practically no one fishing and for good reason. Shore fishing has been poor. Yet, if you ride around and scan the ocean's surface way out with binoculars you can find birds diving here and there and an occasional fish breaking way out. I have spotted fish way out on just about every outing, including today. Everything....birds, bait, stripers and blues are way out and not close to shore.
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Fishing from the boat this weekend was fantastic.
Bait, birds and stripers all seem to be all hanging
way out and well out of range of surfcasters. |
We went out in the boat this weekend and had a banner day. I have friends who have been fishing in boats, and they all report good and consistent success along the oceanfront from Narragansett to Charlestown. However, I also know a lot of fishermen who have been fishing from shore and they all report fair to poor fishing. They all complain that there is little bait near shore and very few blues and stripers except for occasional schoolies.
I think we need some stormy weather to get things moving. The beautiful, tranquil weather has been going on for a month now. In the past storms like northeasters and tropical storms have moved a lot of fish and lit up fishing after they have passed.
