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Last year was the first time that I had fished the mouth from a boat and it was fantastic. I only have a 16.5' but it handled it fine. I usually head down to the RI shore around Watch Hill but decided to try more north. We launched out of Hampton Harbor because we were not very familiar with the launches on the River and went and jigged up some mackerel off Sailsbury beach.
an interesting thing to try for the macks...if you can't find the fish try trolling slowly up and down the beach with the 4 or 5 hook mackerel rigs they sell with varying weights. have spinning rods ready cause when you find them you will catch all you need in a few minutes. we kept them alive in our well though the chunks worked just as well.
all we did at the mouth was set our boat so that we would not collide with anchored boats and then just free drifted. we fished there maybe 5 or 6 times last year and not once did we have to look around for fish. maybe we were just lucky!! hooked into a few cows that did a number on our light tackle but landed a lot of fish between 25" and 30". maybe around 30 or more fish a day for two guys. a few times we were stiffed on the macks so we pulled ashore and bought some surf clams or frozen macks. though not quite as good still caught a bunch of fish and had a blast. there are a sh!tload of boats so be ready to hear some screaming and yelling but the numbers of fish far out weighed the slight hassle.
Some tips:
1. make sure you have all the necessay safety equipment on board as the coast gaurd and EPO's love to patrol the area.
2. watch out for the deep sea boats if your boat is small..their wake is nasty
3. the rips can get pretty rough toward the outer edge so be careful
I don't know how the fishing is this year there yet but let us know how you do.
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