The first confirmed 50 pounder was landed in charlestown rhode island on saturday night.The guy was fishing on the beach with a fresh chunk of herring!! Fish was 50inches and 50pounds !!Rhode island may have got off to a slow start but, They are here now!! Watch hill is loaded with squid and the bass are there bigtime,Two in the forties were also caught.

Im heading there tonight!! cant wait to go !! GET OUT AND FISH !!!!!

Just got back from fishing RI the past 2 nights, fished Napetree Pt.,Watchill, Narraganset and the Narrows river. Also got to hit all the breachways. Worked the area pretty hard, heard about that 50 about 4 days ago. The only place I noticed alot of bait was Charleston, all else was pretty dead. Only managed to pick a few short fish the past few nights on bucktails and plugs, none on eels. Also dropped a bunch... Heard of lot of fish in the ponds and the back of Narraganset/Bay. 1st hour of the outgoing seemed to be the "Window" of opertunity, fish were blowing up everywhere on small bait in the back of Quonnie, and then lights out! The water did not seem to cold at all on the open beach, however could not connect on eels, did a few on plugs. Everyone I bumped into was crying about how the spring is getting off to a slow start. Yoou guys really have some beautiful water up in RI, things should really start to heat up soon...