SWE Fishing Report: 11.9.07

[Pete_G]

It’s getting late:

The fishing has slowed dramatically in the past week or so. Big fish anyways. Schoolies are still on the warpath along most of the coast but bigger fish were rare. While we feel that this is mostly because the fishing has in fact slowed down, it’s important to remember that the numbers of people actually still fishing decreases sharply with the cold air so the reports of fish being caught also go down. Until Thanksgiving or so you never know what you’ll find unless you give it a try. Water temperatures have fallen into the lower 50’s across the region, and the 40’s are close. The end, not counting holdovers and few schools lagging behind, isn’t far away. The big schools of tiny fish are often a curtain call.

If you did find action this past week it was often very intense. All the beaches in Newport at one point or another seemed to have most of Rhode Island’s seagulls hovering excitedly over bunker, both small and adults and also blues and bass. The bass varied in size, but small was definitely the theme overall along most of the coast. A few anglers did successfully snag and live line adult bunker, resulting in some bigger catches.

Similar scenes played out along most of the Rhode Island coast. While bigger fish are scarce here too, at least during the day, the action around the breachways and South County beaches has been very consistent. Most mornings feature schools of fish feeding aggressively somewhere. If you want a tight line once more before the season is over now’s the time

East of Newport though has fallen very quiet, with scattered activity but in many cases none at all. Both nocturnal anglers as well as those working the coastline during the day struggled. It probably isn’t the end as there’s always some stragglers, but you never know. Canal reports have dwindled, and the catches that are being reported are generally schoolies. While there are reports here and there of quality fish in Plymouth Harbor and even further to the North, it seems many fish have taken an offshore course again this year. After passing beyond the Canal they’ve simply never been seen again until they landed in Montauk.

I may post one more fishing report after this, if the fishing continues. But, the boat’s been pulled, the neoprene seat covers are out of the car, and gear that I know I won’t be using anymore is already unfortunately being winterized. The report will likely be even thinner the next time around.

Look for a season re-cap in the coming weeks.

[arden]

spend the gas money, i with my current freedom plan on selling a couple beachmasters and heading to Virginia after the 15 (fishing will likely be great in mtk till seasons end this year

[basswipe]

Schoolie action is still insane as of today.Nuthin large though.

[ron-fish]

Originally Posted by basswipe

Schoolie action is still insane as of today.Nuthin large though.

Still on the south side of High Hill point? Ron

[Fish Tales]

Thanks for the reports Pete. My heart aches for RI surf each time I read one! I'll be spending Thanksgiving weekend in the Oregon Inlet area of Cape H.
First venture out looking for fish since we relocated to SC. I'll keep you all posted.

dp

[Skipnoid]

Hey Arden,

Sounds like a place I'd love to go to! (check your spelling)

[arden]

haha my bad