Monday, November 18, 2024

Dreadfully Poor for this Time of Year

 The fishing along the RI oceanfront continues to be poor. Those abundant schoolies along with the bait we had earlier in the month have moved on. Now, it's a matter of waiting to see if another bunch of fish moves through.

Yesterday was the first time in a long, long time that I got totally skunked.  Not a fish, not a hit and saw nothing! I fished and looked all over the place.  I hit several spots along the south shore. Saw no birds and no one fishing.  In past years I could walk those beaches and throw a bucktail jig and jig up something along the bottom even though nothing would show. Not this year.  Later I fished the Gansett area after dark.  It was a big zero there also.  Along the way I met a few disgusted fishermen who reported seeing and catching nothing.

Today my son Ben went down to hit south shore areas.  He fished into darkness and landed one small schoolie. He also saw nothing else.

It's November 18th today.  The fishing should be humming along the RI oceanfront. It's not.