Today my son Matt joined my brother Steve and I out in the boat. Our main goal was chasing down albies, and we did that all day long. We found big numbers of them from Galilee all the way to Narragansett. But, seeing 'em is a lot different that catching 'em. At times they were busting in wide areas the size of a football field, but they were super fussy and hard to catch as they were feasting on small bay anchovies. In fact, of the 15 -20 boats we saw trying, we got the only fish that I saw caught today. We landed a total of 9 good sized ones (all went close to the ten pound range). All except one were taken on the float and blue Deceiver fly that has been described many times on this blog. One fell for a float 'n' fluke. I must say that most of those fishermen not catching anything were using the not so Deadly Dicks. Hmm, maybe those guys should start reading this blog!
Albies usually stick around until mid to late October. Maybe there are a couple of good weeks left. Get them while you can because the action is still hot as this Year of the Albies here in RI just continues to produce.
