NO FLUKE

Learn how to fish the Cape Cod Canal

Captain Dave Monti
Posted 9/17/14

Learn how to fish the Cape Cod Canal for striped bass Monday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. at this month's Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association (RISAA) meeting at the West Valley Inn, West Warwick. …

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NO FLUKE

Learn how to fish the Cape Cod Canal

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Learn how to fish the Cape Cod Canal for striped bass Monday, September 29, 7:00 p.m. at this month's Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association (RISAA) meeting at the West Valley Inn, West Warwick. Fishing expert Roy Levya will talk about tips and tactics for striped bass fishing on the canal. In his seminar he will discuss the importance of currents and tides and plans to get discuss tactics, lures and jigging. The RISAA Quarterly Business Meeting will be held after the seminar. Non RISAA members are welcome and requested to make a $10. donation to the RISAA Marine Fisheries College Scholarship Fund. Dinner served by the West Valley Inn from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with the seminar starting at 7:00 p.m. Visit www.risaa.org for information.

Trout Unlimited

meeting Sept. 24

The Narragansett Chapter of Trout Unlimited (#225) will host its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 6:30 PM, at the Coventry / West Greenwich Elks, 42 Nooseneck Hill Road ( Rt. 3 ), West Greenwich, R.I. "A Tale of Two Rivers" author, Ron Lasko, will tell us about his 25 year study of the Cape Cod Sea Run Brook Trout. His book covers the environmental, cultural and human history of these trout and their watersheds. Members and guests are welcomed. For information contact chapter president, Ron Marafioti, at (571) 643-1452.

Awards ceremony

for Pabst Tournament

The Pabst Blue Ribbon Northeast Tourney will hold its fishing tournament awards ceremony this Saturday, September 20, 1:00 p.m. at the Ocean Mist in Matunuck, RI. Prizes include a raffle with two Penn rods as prizes, a year membership to Sea Tow plus some great giveaways. Live music and food starting at 1:00 p.m., fishing tournament award ceremony at 3:30 p.m.

Where's the bite

False albacore and bonito. Ernie Beckwith of Connecticut fly fished for bonito and false albacore Thursday in front of Nappatree Point, Westerly. Ernie said "The fish weren't very finicky Thursday, there were good numbers of them and before you knew it I boated three false albacore and two small bonito." Reports of false albacore have been coming in all along the coastal shore from Westerly, RI to the Sakonnet River in Massachusetts. They are here and what seems to be in larger numbers than recent years (at least more false albacore). Hot spots reported include Point Judith Light, the West Wall at the Harbor of Refuge and the Westerly area. Manny Macedo of Lucky Bait & Tackle said, "We have had a run on Deadly Dicks, Swedish Pimples and other lures used to catch albies. Off Newport seems to be where they are catching them." Steve Jordan of Breachway Bait & Tackle, Charlestown, said, "We have good numbers of false albacore and a few bonito in the Charlestown area."

Striped bass fishing has slowed all over. Manny Macedo of Lucky Bait & Tackle said, "Striped bass fishing is slow. Fish are being caught but not large fish. I understand in the Sergeant Pots tournament recently held by the Aquidneck Island Striper Team fish were weighed in to win the tournament but no big fish were caught. The water is still in the high 60 degree range, but the temperature will drop so we hope for a good fall run." Steve Jordan of Breachway Bait said angler are catching striped bass from the Charlestown Breachway but things have slowed a bit.

Tautog fishing is really starting to pick up with keeper fish in the 16" to 19" range being caught in the Palmer and Warren Rivers. Keeper tautog now being caught under the Mt. Hope Bridged and at Colt State Park said Manny Macedo. Patti Ferrara of Ray's Bait & Tackle Warwick said, "Tautog fishing is good. Customers have been catching fish at Ohio Ledge."

Bluefish schools have been spotted along southern coastal shores in the Westerly and Charlestown area said Steve Jordan of Breachway Bait. Sunday I fished the Prudence Island T Wharf area in Narragansett Bay and multiple schools of large bluefish were surfacing with birds working of the surface and a lot of bait in the water.

Fluke and black sea bass fishing is holding up fairly good. Harry (11) and Jameson (7) Hogan-Shaw of Barrington fished the mid-Bay with me Sunday at the T wharf, Prudence Island and Great Ledge areas with their grandparents Bruce Bowen and Mary Shaw and landed keeper fluke, black sea bass and multiple sea robins and dogfish. "Fluke and sea bass trips continued to do well with anglers catching their sea bass limit and going home with three to four keeper fluke… the larges fluke this week was in the eight pound range." said Roger Simpson of the Francis Fleet party boats.

Off shore. The tuna bite offshore is still very good. Roger Simpson of the Francis Fleet said, "The action continues to be on the chucks and some taken on jigs. The tuna continue to gorge on squid. The trip this Friday saw a nice mess of big yellows (tuna) in the 60 to 90 pound range, a 125 pound big eye tuna, a handful of albacore and some smaller mahi."

Captain Dave Monti has been fishing and shell fishing for over 40 years. He holds a captain's master license and a charter fishing license. Visit Captain Dave's No Fluke website at www.noflukefishing.

com or e-mail him with your fishing news and photos at dmontifish@verizon.net.

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