How would you Rate June -so far ?

[piemma]

June has been slow. May was the best May I ever had with a lot of high teen fish and quite a few mid 20s mixed in. June has been slow with a mid to high teen fish every few nights but no consistency to the pattern. SoCo has been very slow for 2 weeks. Despite what you hear from a select few, the surf scene in Narragansett has been essentially dead. My patrner and I have fished all the usual spots for the last 3 weeks just about one tide every night. We have a few decent fish to show for it but have put in, literally, over 100 man-hours of effort.

[jim sylvester]

Originally Posted by piemma

June has been slow. May was the best May I ever had with a lot of high teen fish and quite a few mid 20s mixed in. June has been slow with a mid to high teen fish every few nights but no consistency to the pattern. SoCo has been very slow for 2 weeks. Despite what you hear from a select few, the surf scene in Narragansett has been essentially dead. My patrner and I have fished all the usual spots for the last 3 weeks just about one tide every night. We have a few decent fish to show for it but have put in, literally, over 100 man-hours of effort.

paul
I agree
soco has been tough fishing. May was a good month as far as # and weight. June just slowed right down. Decent fish length wise, no stomachs. speed racers at thier finest.

a lot of hours in as well for a couple of decent fish. LAthough I do like this weeks tides the best for us. hopefully something will turn on

[Nebe]

june has blown for me, but thats because i havnt been out that much... Just too busy with work, kid and rubber..

[The Iceman 6]

June has been respectable for me in CT with one very good boat session in the mix...

Ice

[shadow]

fished a spot in soco last night that should be full of bass right now,fished most of the tide for two fish 12,and 14# the sad part is that was a good night lately,this spot in the past on the new moons has always been hot,hot,hot.Of curse lobster pots right where the fish like to hang does not help any.

[Addicted]

My best june in years. Lots of fish in the 20-26 in. range.
Four keepers for the season.

[Pete_G]

Probably the best June ever for me with a lot of good fish.

But, I paid for it. I didn't take any nights off except one so there were a lot of nearly sleepless nights. Now I'm paying for it with a spectacular sore throat and a beat up body.

Went out last night around PJ and Narry and fished hard with eels from 10 to 1AM and got the skunk. This was after fishing Newport from 5 to 9pm and only producing a couple blues. So much for the "new moon in June"...

edit:

Thought I'd edit this post a bit. If I didn't happen upon a quality school of fish for a week or so in Newport early in the month and then get a tip from Striperhound for the 2nd half, I'd rate June as fairly disappointing.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by piemma

June has been slow. May was the best May I ever had with a lot of high teen fish and quite a few mid 20s mixed in. June has been slow with a mid to high teen fish every few nights but no consistency to the pattern. SoCo has been very slow for 2 weeks. Despite what you hear from a select few, the surf scene in Narragansett has been essentially dead. My patrner and I have fished all the usual spots for the last 3 weeks just about one tide every night. We have a few decent fish to show for it but have put in, literally, over 100 man-hours of effort.

Good to hear its not just me. Early may through about June 6 was one of the best in recent memory. Lots of 17-25# fish and not many smalls.Mostly canal and Gansett.32# was my best so far this year and was caught on memorial day. All surf fishing.Last two/three weeks its like someone flipped the switch to off.Five hours last night in soco for one scuffed eel and partner had a pirahna. The boats on the other hand, are experiencing business as usual.