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Old 08-30-2002, 10:51 PM   #1
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Watch Hill

Thinking about hitting Watch Hill (lighthouse and or Naptree point) tomorrow night and I have never fished this area before. Does anyone know if it is better to hit this area on the incoming or outgoing tide. High tide in Watch Hill tomorrow night is 3:26 pm with sun set at 7:22 and low tide around 9:20. Any info any one can give me on how to fish this area would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and I hope everyone has a productive holiday weakend. I'll be sure to post my results.

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Old 09-03-2002, 03:25 PM   #2
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Watch Hill report 8/31

I had to wait for my brother to get out of work on Saturday afternoon and then we drove to the Weekapaug bait shop to pick up some eels. By the time we got out to the lighthouse it was 8:00. There was only one hour until dead low tide. We didn't do that well at the lighthouse. We left at 9:00 and went to the Charlestown Breechway. There were only two others out at the end. The weed was really bad. I lost two blue fish before finally calling it a night at around 11:00 as the tide was turning.

We would have done better at the lighthouse if we could have got out there an hour or two earlier. But we got there too late. Those rocks are extremely tretorous. I need to get some corkers before I venture out there again. It is really dangerous out there. I really prefer the cape with the sandy beaches. Too bad it is so far away.
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Old 09-03-2002, 03:36 PM   #3
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Jim - welcome to S-B...

Yep, Korkers are a must there and about half of the good places down there (ok 3/4s)... Watch Hill seems to me to be best from half up to half down on the tide, giving plenty of water and less hangups. I don't get to fish it but about a half dozen times a year but that's when I'm there.

On the other hand, when the fish are in, tide won't matter as much....

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Old 09-03-2002, 03:57 PM   #4
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Ohhhhhhhh........ Napatree.

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Old 09-03-2002, 05:00 PM   #5
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I'm with John on Watch Hill - it' s a high tide spot.
It is also not good after protracted periods of east - but where is?

Fish WH top of tide, find a beach or two for mid-tide, then move to one of the breachways for the last two hours of the outgoing.

Rinse and repeat for the fall run and you will do well.
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