squeteague......

[Pete_G]

All my catches in Narragansett Bay have been incidental over the years.

One at Gaspee Point from shore, one at Colt State Park from shore, one from Greene Island from shore, and two by boat near Prudence Island. All while fishing for blues or stripers.

Heard wild stories of a weakfish blitz somewhere in South County a few years back in the fall.

There are those who target them (B. Moeller as Clammer mentioned) and they do catch at least a few every year. Certain areas are known producers.

[piemma]

In regard to the commercial value:
It was in the Fall of 1989 and Larry Tremblay and I were fishing the Block. We went to dinner at Govenor something hotel and were sitting at the bar. Met a commercial dragger captain and got to talking about Bass, Bluefish and he brought up Squets. He said his nets were full of them the last few days about 12 miles SE of the Block. He was getting $4 a pound! He wasn't dragging speciafically for them but it was a by-catch on which he was making a ton of money.