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| A holdover comes ashore yesterday. Holdover fishing has been slow. The masses of migrating fish should arrive in a week to ten days. |
This has not been a banner year for holdover stripers here in RI. I have tried many times in the last month, and it has been a fish here and there. My best day was 6 schoolies, but there have been a good number of blanks. Unlike other places (CT for instance), we have a very limited holdover fishery in RI which exists in a number of locations. It is generally inconsistent.
I got out yesterday from shore. I fished about 2 1/2 hours along a shore that had been productive for holdovers in the past. I came away with two fish, 16 and 20 inch schoolies. I got them both on a Zoom fluke on a half ounce jighead, about the best holdover jig you can use.
Everything will change in the next week to ten days when the migrating fish arrive. Last year I landed my first migrating stripers along the oceanfront on April 15. I expect the same timetable this year give or take a few days. It's coming!
