Well the bass are back on Block Island... from everyone I talked to I caught one of the very first bass from shore this year! It was a blast, and I virtually had the whole island to myself. Did lots of scouting at lowtide, fished lots of places that would normaly hold bass when the season heats up, and most importantly, caught something....

here we are going for a spin:D

And heres the bass I caught.. weighing in at 15 lbs and 35 inches long... I caught it on a black needlefish right at sunset... just around high tide on the bar at southwest point..

I cant wait to go back:happy:

What year LC is that? Is that a fj62? I have a '90 and I fish BI too.

I couldn't tell ya- its my friend who lives out there.. I do know that it isn't fuel injected and it doesn't have locking hubs:hihi:
I drive a 96 tacoma

Thanks for the great pic Eben,you must have had great weather!

If you haven't already, read Surfcaster's Quest by Roy Rowan ,before you go back again. You will feel like you never left :)

Nice fish bro!!:cheers: :cheers:

:btu: :drool: :humpty: :soon: :smokin:

Fantastic Man! Awesome pic, looks like you had some great weather. Did you stop and get the weapons of bass destruction?

WBD? Yes! I was short on cash so I caould only get 2... a black one and a yellow belly/lime top...

Attaboy, Eben - way to go -

Hey, that spot looks familiar.....

Nice going Eben!

See, thats why I don't like to fish Block Island.. All they catch is

FISH HEADS!!!! Just joking,

Eben... check ya PM.s and get back to me when ya get a chance...

Nice fish Eben, I never seem to have luck on needle fish plugs, I guess I just don't know what the hell I'm doing. Nice Fish!!!

Yeah...I was wrong... :hs: ...I did not think you'd do very well.
Turns out that a guy named "Eben" is a pretty good fisherman...
Whoda thunk it?
Did that island mystique wash over you? Those Block Island stripers are the picture of health - great coloration, no sores, no tail rot.

Joe im not the best fisherman around, but I do listen:D Thanks for the tips you gave me and after following some advice from you, DZ, and Tom Maguire I had a pretty solid gameplan in efffect when I got there.. I saw some seagulls slurping down black eels at blackrock that were about 6 inches long that afternoon so I thought what looks like a 6 inch balck eel??? A 6 inch black needlefish:D: And your right.. that fish was fat and beautiful.. Normally I would have let it go but our friends out there love striper and I felt I had to give them something for letting us stay there:D:

That place is pure magic :smokin: