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| Jigs continue to be the hot ticket to catching fall schoolies. This one was fished off the float. |
The wind, the snow, the cold, and the big surf of the last couple of days have all departed. In past years, a big storm like this would have moved all the fish out and we would have to wait days, maybe a week, for the fishing to improve. Not this year. Yesterday I saw masses of birds on bait, stripers breaking out far and fish whirling at my feet. The glut of fish just just seems to continue regardless of the weather.
I started out the day with low expectations, but I came away in awe of the numbers of fish I saw and caught. I fished three different locations before and after dark along the oceanfront. Every spot I fished was loaded. I landed big numbers of schoolies, many of them on the small side. But, I did manage to snare one small slot limit keeper after dark. I also had a few hickory shad in the mix. All the fish I caught were on jigs.
We just finished one of the best Octobers I have ever seen along the oceanfront in RI. I'm guessing November (at least the first half of the month) will be equally as good.
