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| This slot limit keeper was landed tonight on a jointed Bomber. While most of the fish around are schoolies, there are keepers to be had after dark. |
In the last few days, I haven't seen the big blitzes that were so prevalent along the RI oceanfront since September. In fact, I haven't seen anything....no birds, no bait, no fish busting. But, I can tell you the fish are still here in BIG numbers.
It's a subtle game these days. You have to get out and fish, plug a rocky shoreline, cast along the sandy beach and find the fish that are moving along the shoreline. The guys who fish with binoculars are not scoring. The guys who are not casting are thinking it's coming to an end. The guys riding the beach in their 4x4 vehicles are not finding them unless they get out and fish. Truth is there are still a lot of fish around.
In the last two days I found real good numbers of fish in both the daytime and at night. While the majority of the fish are schoolies that seem to be smaller than a few weeks ago, there are still hefty 24 and 25 inch fish in the mix. And, there is that occasional slot limit keeper that seems to come after dark. I got one of those tonight. In the daytime, I continue to catch most of my fish on jigs, either bucktail or Cocahoes on jigheads. After dark, most of my fish are falling for swimmers. I have landed fish on SP Minnows, jointed Red Fins and jointed Bombers.
The fish are still around but you have to put in the time and effort to catch them. It's just not as easy as it was last week as well as earlier in the fall.
