WWFG Fishing Reports

UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AGAIN KEPT MANY FISHERMEN TIED UP THIS PAST WEEK.WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEW MOON, STRONG TIDES PREVAILED AND MADE FOR GREAT FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO VENTURED OUT. MANY ANGLERS HAVE WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE OPENING OF BLACKFISH SEASON. ON WEDNESDAY, COMMERCIAL ANGLERS WERE OUT IN FORCE.ON OPENING DAY PAUL DUBOIS AND B.J. SILVA LIMITED OUT WITH PAUL TAKING HOME A NINE POUND â€œWHITE CHINâ€ FOR DINNER. FOR SHORE ANGLERS, SCHOOL BASS ARE SLAMMMING, STORM SHAD, SLUGOES AND POPPERS FROM FT ADAMS SHORE TO GRAVEâ€™S POINT ON THE OCEAN DRIVE. WITH THE STRONG GUSTING NORTH WIND, THOSE WISE SHORE ANGLERS WHO FISHED THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE ISLAND HAD A FINE TIME THE ENTIRE WEEK..WITH THE NORTH WIND AT THEIR BACKS, THE SHORE ANGLERS COULD GREATLY ADD TO THEIR CASTING DISTANCE, THESE HARDY SOULS LANDED MANY SCHOOL BASS AND AN OCCASIONAL LEDGEMONSTER AS BASS â€œBLITZâ€™Sâ€ CONTINUE. SAM TOLAND OF SAMâ€™S BAIT AND TACKLE REPORTED A 26 POUNDER TAKEN AND MANY BASS IN THE HIGH TEENS AS WELL.SAM, A FINE GENTLEMAN AND EXPERIENCED ANGLER HIMSELF,IS ALWAYS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF LOCAL FISHING NEWS.HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE HIS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WITH WHOMOVER DROPS IN.
WE HAVE A LONG STANDING RITUAL OF GOING OUT ON OPENING DAY OF THE BLACKFISH SEASON. DESPITE THE OVERCAST SKY AND COLD NORTHEAST WIND WE HEADED OUT IN SEARCH OF THE ELUSIVE â€œWHITE CHINâ€(MALE BLACKFISH OVER 5 LBS). SETTING OUT WITH MATES, STEVE STANDISH AND ARRON LLOYD AT FIRST LIGHT, WE HEADED TO SOME BLACKFISH HAUNTS. WHALE ROCK AND THE FOUNTAIN DID NOT PAN OUT.TRYING THE HUMPS AT SEAL LEDGE PROVED FRUITLESS. EVENTUALLY WE DROPPED AN ANCHOR AT BEAVERTAIL POINT ON THE SOUTH JAMESTOWN SHORE. AS SOON AS HIS CRAB BAIT HIT THE BOTTOM, ARRON HAD A FISH ON. MOMENTS LATERS, STEVE HOOKED INTO A WHITE CHIN. WITH HIS LIGHT GRAPHITE ROD BENT OVER THE GUNWHALE INTO THE WATER, STEVE STRUGGLED TO GET THE FISH OFF THE BOTTOM. BIG BLACKFISH ALWAYS DIVE TO THE SAFTY OF A DEEP WHOLE OR CREVASSE. AFTER 10 MINUTES, STEVEâ€™S EFFORTS WERE REWARDED WITH A WHITE-CHINNED BLACKFISH THAT TIPPED THE SCALE AT 9.5 LBS. TWO HOURS LATER, THE LADS LIMITED OUT SO WE HEADED IN WITH COLD FEET AND NUMB FINGERS. TO THE CREWSâ€™ DELIGHT, COCONUT-PANKO FRIED BLACKFISH WAS SERVED FOR LUNCH.
TRICIA BAILEY OF NEWPORT WANTED TO GIVE HER HUSBAND A UNIQUE GIFT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY AND DECIDED ON A FISHING TRIP.ON SATURDAY, SHE HAD ASSEMBLED HER CREW, HUSBAND, P.J., HIS BROTHER, DAVID WHO FLEW IN FROM FLORIDA FOR THE OCCASION, CHARLIE PATRISSI, AND KEN AND KEITH RONCHIE.SATURDAY AT 8:30, WE HEADED OUT INTO A COLD NORTHERLY WIND OF 18 KTS. TRYING A FEW DRIFTS NEAR CASTLE HILL PRODUCD SEVERAL HOOKUPS RIGHT OFF. P.J. BATTLED A LEDGEMONSTER FOR OVER 10 MINUTES ONLY TO HAVE THE BEAST SLIP AWAY AS MATE FRED LOHRUM REACHED FOR THE LEADER.THE RONCHIE BOYS THEN EACH LANDED FISH UP TO 11 POUNDS. THE BITE DROPPED OFF SO WE HEADED TO BEAVERTAIL FOR THE BLACK FISHING. THE STIFF BREEZE PRVENTED OUR ANCHOR FROM HOLDING FOR VERY LONG. SOON, WE GAVE UP AND BACK WE WENT IN SEARCH OF THE â€œBLITZâ€. AS SOON AS BRENTON POINT CAME INTO VIEW. HUNDREDS OF GULLS COULD BE SEEN HOVERING OVER VORACIOUSLY FEEDING BASS AND BLUE. ON HIS FIRST CAST, P.J. HAD A BASS ON OUR LIGHT TACKLE GEAR AND SOON AFTER THE OTHER ROD WAS DOUBLED OVER AS TRICIA BATTLED A LEDGEMONSTER. TAKING TURNS ON THE RODS, THIS CREW PRODUCED 4 BASS AND 8 LEDGEMONSTERS IN ABOUT TWO HOURS. SOON AFTER, WE HEADED FOR OUR DOCK AT CASTLE HILL...A HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY IT WAS FOR P.J. AS THE PARTY MOVED DOWNTOWN.. ALL THE BEST AND TIGHT LINES. CAPT. TIM. SEE WORLDWIDEFISHING GUIDE.COM 401-848-5554