I just happened down to the Pt. Judith jetty, and the place looks line a bait aquarium! Every conceivable kind of baitfish is in there in quantities I have never seen before. Large schools of pogies, some up to 8", herring and silversides, as well as lots of snapper blues. There is lots of bait schools on the surface with something bigger than snapper blues chasing them up. It is heartening to see this much bait all together.
No idea what fishing is like out there today, though.