RI Weakfish

[Hardtail Hunter]

Im new to RI and I would love to catch a weakfish anytips that will give me a shot at catching them?
Locations?
Types of water?
Lures and Flies?

Thanks
J

[merch]

I've never targeted them, but have caught (very few) while fishing for stripers.

I always hear about them in the first part of june around here, typically from the warwick/east greenwhich area.

They feed like bass. Same stuff should work.

[Striperhound]

catching them is hit or miss at best. I used to target them in May and June along the shoreline at Colt State Park and Greenwich bay Goddard park area. Now they are a fish of a thousand casts, few and far between. My best luck was with a 9" chili pepper red rubber worm on a jig head with a sand worm or a 4" blue and silver storm shad. The best fish I took was 12.5 lbs in the outflow of the gut in colt state park from my kayak. Good luck and be patient.

[7milebridge]

I was once told that these were a really awesome fish to catch in newport in the winter time. This was told to me by an old salty who said they can be dumb like a tautog, and are easy to spear. Anyone heard this before?

[BlueFen]

While I have never fished RI, I have scored plenty of weakies in NJ. They will take striper offerings for sure, but you have to fish them very very slowly. Also, think pink; for example a lead head jig with a 5" fin-s or similar soft plastic fished along the bottom with lots of stops & some twitches.

[patfly]

Well I saw a guy catch a 15 lbs squateague in Greenwich bay last week...I think he was using clam belly...after sunset...nice fish!!!!