RI Beaches today - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

jkjnp · 11-11-2009, 08:12 PM

Did anyone get out?
Birds and thousands and thousands of small bass on every beach from Point Judith to Charlestown. I think the biggest fish I got was 18" (yep inches). Most were in the 12-15" range. Still fun to have fish blitzing at your feet.

Clammer · 11-11-2009, 08:51 PM

thanks ;

I,ll be there tomorow for the 2nd shift / oooooops I gotta check on a DEM meeting time

ivanputski · 11-11-2009, 09:15 PM

what was the bait?

RI Plugger · 11-11-2009, 10:18 PM

I tell my wife, honey it's over, I put all my fishing stuff away.

Not.... I have to work Thursday, but Friday morning it's go time.

Islander77 · 11-11-2009, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ivanputski

what was the bait?

Peanuts I believe I been seeing along beach... hhhhmmmmm

ilovetwofish · 11-12-2009, 06:38 AM

Thousands of bass ha? I was out on charlestown beach from 6:30 am till 10:30 am,then went to east beach then westerly from watch hill to the boardwalk,I caught 4 little rats.I didn't see thousands of bass being caught I talked to a few guys they said the same thing I did every once in awhile a school of small bass coming in close enough to hook 1 then back out.I'M ALWAYS EARLY OR LATE

Oh tons of ganets diving though.

jkjnp · 11-12-2009, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ilovetwofish

Thousands of bass ha? I was out on charlestown beach from 6:30 am till 10:30 am,then went to east beach then westerly from watch hill to the boardwalk,I caught 4 little rats.I didn't see thousands of bass being caught I talked to a few guys they said the same thing I did every once in awhile a school of small bass coming in close enough to hook 1 then back out.I'M ALWAYS EARLY OR LATE

Oh tons of ganets diving though.

If you were on Charlestown in the morning you MUST have seen all of the birds off the beach. There were thousands of bass out there! I mean they covered the entire length of the beach (I fished there from 7-8:30 and didn't catch anything either). Sure it was frustrating, but you had to wait it out man. Low tide was at like 9:30am so you fished the bottom 1/4 of the tide. I went and got some food a waited until 11:30 when they started to move up. from 12:00-1:30pm I had a fish every other cast and they were swimming around my feet. This wasn't on Chalestown beach...a little more towards point judith, but I'd be willing to bet they were there too. I also caught 3 large hickory shad, a fish I had never caught before. Good to see so many healthy young bass.

RIJIMMY · 11-12-2009, 08:34 AM

I havent done dink-fest in a while, maybe I'll take a ride with the kiddies this weekend and show them what a striper master Dad is. Its usually entertaining to watch guys wade in the surf in jeans and sneakers.

slow eddie · 11-12-2009, 08:48 AM

if your thinking of fishing dinks, do use all a favor and leave your treble hooks home. single hooks, crushed barbs. tyvm.
saw 3 dead dinks tue. on the beach. we can't have this.
all the fish are very healthy. color and pot bellies.

jkjnp · 11-12-2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by slow eddie

if your thinking of fishing dinks, do use all a favor and leave your treble hooks home. single hooks, crushed barbs. tyvm.
saw 3 dead dinks tue. on the beach. we can't have this.
all the fish are very healthy. color and pot bellies.

Good point. You need small stuff. Best lure for me was 1oz crippled herring. Single barbless hook.

WoodyCT · 11-12-2009, 10:18 AM

If you must fish dinks, please do so responsibly. They are the future of the species.

Single barbless hooks, short fights, no sand beachings or rock bouncing, no 10 minute photo ops, and no spinning flights through the air back into the water will give your dink a good chance to come back to RI next spring.

RIROCKHOUND · 11-12-2009, 10:25 AM

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will give your dink a good chance to come back to RI next spring.

It's November.
all the dinks are driving the beach with CT plates

vanstaal · 11-12-2009, 10:35 AM

it's amazing how much effort is put into catching dinks the chance of them surviving after they are caught is very low

reefman · 11-12-2009, 04:18 PM

I fished Charlestown beach yesterday from 1-4 pm and would guess I caught 40 bass give or take. I don't think I took one over 16" but still fun. Most of this took place without a single bird in the sky, so if you head to SOCO don't let the birds fool you those little guys are there. Single hooks and crushed barbs will get you back in the water faster and make it easier on the fish.

ivanputski · 11-12-2009, 05:23 PM

If theres no chance at all of a keeper, I mean ZERO chance, and I know all im gonna get is micro bass, I stop after a few... definitely not doing a 10" bass any favors by dragging i out of the ocean... just MY approach...