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The short answer is the week either side of the new moon in October….but it depends.
It depends on the type fishing you are most likely to do, boat or shore, night or day. It depends on whether or not we get strong line storms or tropical storms; it depends on whether or not we get a southwesterly flow, or a frigid northwest.
For striped bass fishing, the new moon in October is considered prime for night fishing be it from boat or shore. Night fishing holds up at least until Halloween, but usually longer. Night fishing on Block Island goes well into November.
If it does not happen around the new moon, the best week will, almost definitely, occur sometime during October.
Some great day fishing can be had along the beaches at first light during November. In November, the 4-Wheel crowd will drive the beaches, in search of the blitzes that can occur at anytime. The fish tend to be smallish – but not always.
Last year, due to an exceptionally mild fall, there was striper fishing during the day at the breachways and along the Narragansett during December – a very rare occurrence, but not without precedence.
Most fisherman quit fishing before the fish leave. There are a small handful of anglers who (believe it or not) do well in the salt ponds during December evenings. I’m from RI and I usually quit the Monday after Thanksgiving – I usually hear about someone getting them after I quit and I invariably kick my own a… for quitting early. This is a picture of a blitz at Charlestown a couple of years ago for which no anglers were present. I had a camera only. Check out those birds!
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