![]() And don’t neglect the old school Gibbs Needlefish, it doesn’t get a lot of press but it slays fish in calm surf and shallow water. You’ll need to tailor your choice based on the conditions, but having both ‘red eye’ and ‘yellow eye’ version of the large and medium size Super Strike Needles will help you deal with varied surf conditions and matching the silhouette if you find finicky fish. There have been good numbers of 15- to 30-pound fish being taken from the nighttime surf and needlefish have been the leader for most guys not fishing an inlet or breachway. When the wind howls and the surf builds, tie on a bucktail to stay in the fish.įor the night crews, not much has changed, it’s a search and rescue mission until you find fish and then it’s a game of staying on them. In 2021, we all assume it must be the Big Doc when we talk about walking the dog and that 47-pounder was taken on the 7-inch Lil’ Doc, but every walker has been crushing lately from the Jumpin’ Minnowand High Pitch Walk, to both sizes of the Yo-Zuri Top Knock to the Shimano SplashWalk, spooks are getting it done at an eye-popping rate. It’s no secret how effective and popular spook-style lures have become and, lately, anything with that walk-the-dog action is leading the pack. All styles of topwater plugs are taking fish- Gibbs Pencil Poppers, Super Strike Poppers and Tsunami Talk’n Poppers too. We’ve heard of all sizes of fish being taken from schoolies and slots all the way up to a 47-pounder taken from the rocks in the advent of the storm. Speaking of daylight, there has been a rapid improvement in daytime fishing for stripers over the last 10 days or so with regular blitzes erupting throughout local waters, with the breachways and adjacent beaches seeing the most reliable action. But there are ways to increase your odds in the wake of a high-magnitude storm, concentrate on places that will concentrate fish the tips of large obstacles of land, the mouths of inlets and bays-or you can use daylight to your advantage and find bait and bass with your eyeballs and fish that area when darkness falls. But what’s more troubling if you’re a hardcore striper guy that’s been on a pile of fish, is that your fish are going to be gone and you’re going to have to find a new pile to work on. It needs to be said that the nor’easter that just blew through is going to have an effect for starters the water temps dipped two degrees in some places, overnight. But the night crew surf guys are doing very well from Newport to Narragansett to Napatree with great reports of fish that are mostly slot-size and above. ![]() ![]() Surfcasters seem to be leading the way again-no one seems to be boat fishing after dark. Closer to the shop we’re seeing a broad mix of sizes and good numbers throughout Rhode Island. The pipeline is still loaded with stripers, reports have been coming in from as far north as southern Maine of sizeable schools of stripers from 20 inches to 20 pounds, come a little further south to Plum Island and there are 30-pounders in the mix, by the time you get to Plymouth Rock, 40-pounders are in play. In our last forecast I said that the October full moon period might mark the end of the most reliable striper fishing for 2021, but new information has come to light and now I think the coming new moon has the potential to be one of the best for the entire season. Striped Bass (Open all year, 1 fish between 28 and 35 inches per angler, per day) These 15-day cycles are a manageable chunk of time that I feel we can offer enough insights to help you find the fish you’re looking for. My own observations over 20-plus years fishing for striped bass from the surf, tell me that there is no denying the fact that these periods of stronger currents are usually the times when bodies of fish make a move, into or out of a bay, from one region to another or even just a few miles down the beach. For nighttime fishing the moon phases dictate how dark the night will be if there is no cloud cover. The moons drive the tide timings and the strength of the current, they also drive the measurable height of the tide. The moons have great influence on the ocean and the fish. I look at each period as 15 days which is, roughly, half of a month-it’s the seven days before, the day of the new or full moon and the seven days following. Before we begin I want to offer some insights regarding how and why I break the season down into these moon periods.
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