Started at Charlestown Beach just east of breachway. Just like Friday there were
fish boiling in the wash everywhere. However, this time they were a lot smaller
(18 inches was a big one!) and much more finicky. Only got a few on 4 inch blueback
Bombers and tiny white poppers. They wouldn't touch flies for some reason.
The fish moved out quickly to the end of the breachway at sunup (slightly bigger
ones available there), stayed for about a half hour, and then moved west to
the ORV-accessible part of East Beach where people were catching them sporadically
at best. That action died about half an hour later.
Still plenty of bait around, including hickory shad and a few blueback herring.
The small bass hit East Beach (by Fresh Pond Rocks) again at sunset, again finicky,
and mostly out of reach.
Haven't seen a keeper during the day for about 7-10 days now, and last blue I saw
was on 11-6. If you can stand the cold, nighttime is probably the best way to
go for keepers now.
For the first time this fall, I saw gannets diving way out off the SW coast of
RI.
Warmup predicted for mid-next-week, hopefully coinciding with southerly winds.
That should perk things up.
-bd