Roger reported a surprisingly good morning half day of fishing. Stronger than forecast wind and tide going together made for very rapid drifting along the south shore of Rhode Island however the fluke were chasing down the baits with vigor. Rental Rod set ups and whole squid were the most productive and a good number of the half day anglers aboard went home with at least dinner. Leonard from lower Westchester County NY had the two biggest fluke of the day with fish of 4.5 and 3.75 lbs respectively. A picture of Leonard with the two nice fluke will be posted above today’s report courtesy of Roger. A healthy handful of good size sea bass to over 3lbs and plenty of short fluke, short sea bass, and sea robins kept anglers busy at the rail. There is no 4pm half day this afternoon due to the weather.
Half Days are on as planned for Friday July 26th with the first set to sail on the Lady Frances at 8am and the second at 4pm aboard the Admiral Frances.
There will be no Night Striper trip due to the weather tonight. Tomorrow Night’s weather looks better and there is plenty of room so if interested please give the office a call to book a spot or book on line.
Capt. Rich reported quality and not quantity today on the full day boat but most of the anglers aboard left with enough fillets for at least a few good meals. Blake from Oxford CT had the two big slabs today with a brace of fluke that went 10 lbs and 7 lbs. Blake’s secret you ask? Blake used a rental rod with just squid strip/spearing combo to fool these big summer flounders, and he was also hi hook on the fluke with six fine keepers. There were a number of other jumbo fluke taken today( almost 25 percent of the keepers were over 4lbs!) as well as big black sea bass up to 4lbs. Other catches of several fluke apiece were noted. One scup and a couple of blue fish to top off the fluke and sea bass catches today. Tomorrow Capt. Rich will be set to sail at 7am on the Gail Frances. Capt. Tackle does not have any rain gear in stock so make sure to bring your own tomorrow as the weatherman is forecasting a chance of showers, at least in the morning.
