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jenty,
I spent a couple of hours in the water yesterday and only saw one bass about 25 pounds. There was no bait, no tautog, no scup, just fantastic fish habitat and structure -- minus the fish.
Is it over? The water temperatures are still in the mid-fifty range and there is still a ton of bait, blues and bass in the upper reaches of the bay -- as far back as the Seekonk River.
The first bass to make a run for the border are the males, BM that translates to twinkies, then the big girls pull up the rear. I haven't seen any blueback herring (THE calorically correct meal for any worthwhile striper) or diving birds which normally signals the start of the big fish migration. I would bet that the next two weeks wills produce some nice trophy stripers...if the weather allows us to fish effectively. If the winds start to stay out of the north and west you might consider a trip to Block Island. For now it's the fall MO of, "Find the bait, find the bass."
Mike
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