Captrlbagwell

[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']River Rebel Report 05/17/08 05/18/08[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']The rains for Saturday the rip was re-scheduled so Joe and I decided we would spend the day collecting bait for the upcoming charter trips and try to get the bait pen full of poggies. The heavy rains and north winds made for a slow start. We started in the area that has been very productive all week for both large striped bass up to 30lbs and poggies but on Friday the blues moved in and it showed, As the large schools of bait now seemed to be broken up and scattered and on the move. After some running we ended up in the basin and found the bait so thick the depth sounded was showing 19ft when we knew we were 40 ft of water. As we snagged poggies one other local charter boats made several drifts in the channel but we never seen anything come over the side while we were there. We did hear later that a couple of bass in the 20s were taken. We ended up with 48 live poggies for the pen and a 5 gallon bucket full for the freezer. The report over the radio and cell phones on the most part was that what had been a great week of bass fishing now seemed to slow up. The water temperature had dropped some and the tides are running higher with the moon.[/font]
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Sundays schedule trip only had one passenger and the boat left at 0500. Capt Joe took the boat over to the area that had been productive all week and within minutes the live poggie was running for his life. Al missed the hook set and Joe hand over the second rod that he just put in the water and this time the hook was set. Al had been on the Rebel for about a half hour and already landed his first 18lb bass. Joe now having high expectations took the boat back around to start a second drift and the bite was over. There were a couple of other local charter captains on the same drift that reported to Joe that the bite was early and short. They searched several different areas before they called it a day but the angler went home happy. Even though the day wasn’t what was expected we believe that if you’re going to report the good days you need to report the days that weren’t that good. Fishing will pick up after this next front comes through. We still have some openings on our spilt shared charters call 401-253-9639.[/font]

Albatross

Thanks for the report Capt. Good to know that there is a lot of bait in the Bay. They sure dont seem to be down this way in Apponaug yet but last year it took them a little time before they took up residence in the cove. Its good to hear that they are around and in good #'s though...

Also, its crazy how many Blues are around already. The water is not that warm either. The other day in Buzzard's Bay there were multiple schools of Blues in the afternoon. Some big one's too....From what I have seen in Narragansett Bay, Buzz Bay, and Vineyard Sound there seems to be a ton of Bass around too which is great!
I think we are going to be in for a great season

Anyone fished the Block yet??

Captrlbagwell

Most of the guys in the bay don't move to the Block until father's day and I haven't heard of any reports from the guys from Point Jude. We have several tournaments coming up so i am sure next week some guys will venture out to tha area.

GP-TJ

I was out yesterday and found pogy pretty easily, large schools. Had two livelined pogies attacked on 2 separate occasions by Bass but no hook up. My friend is just starting fishing and he had both. Also one chopped by a blue. Got one schoolie with an umbrella rig.

Lots of bait in the bay now. I don't have any stripers to show for it though.

GP