Capt. Mike reported today was another smashing success. Today was not only the best day so far this season for numbers but also the best for size for the 8am boat. This angler has seen a lot of great days of fluking along southern Rhode Island's coast line however today would rate among the finest if not the THE FINEST I have ever witnessed. It certainly was not a good day to be a big fluke along the beach. The action was hot right out of the box and it stayed that way until the engines started signaling the end of the day. Angler hi lights include the following but are not limited to: Steve from Farmington, CT who had his limit of large fluke including two jumbos to 6lbs. Two regular customers from Mass combined for 10 large fluke to 5lbs including several jumbos while Bob Lazure from Ct put 6 large fluke in his cooler including four jumbos between 4 and 5.8lbs. A fellow from New Jersey whos name I neglected to get put 5 large fluke in his cooler including 3 jumbos between 4.5 and 5.7lbs. Now for the real high liners of the day: Mike and Tony Tilleli teamed up for a total of 17 large fluke, retaining only their limit of course, and in that catch they had a total of 6 jumbo fluke between 4 and just over 6lbs. Mike and Tony combined for 80 fish today!! Talk about staying busy!!! Mike had the pool winning fish today and Mike is one of the best fluke anglers this angler has ever seen. In between netting fish and his other professional duties, Capt. Mike fished for awhile and hung 6 large fluke today, 4 of which were jumbos, and Capt. Mike had the biggest fish of the day with a fine 9lb slab! The hot rig today was a hi lo spro/bait or double spro set up. Any hi lo combination was productive and the rental rods caught some nice fish as well. The tandem bait rig which had been very productive in the past WAS NOT the ticket to large scale success today although it did catch. The fishing the past several days has been on quite a roll here on the beach and we look for it to continue. A few nice sea bass today and even a couple scup. Next 8am boat sails tomorrow morning aboard the Admiral Frances.Capt. Don reported a fantastic half day AM 1/2trip today. There was not a keeper fish under 21 inches today and the anglers aboard caught more than 30 nice fish!! A trio of 6lbrs fought it out for the pool ahead of other 5s. Rental rod bait rig was the way to go today on the half day boat.

Capt. Ray reported a few nice size Stripers in the 20lb range last night and he reported some encouraging signs of fish. Still a few pesky dogfish around but they should be moving out fairly soon. A few good size bluefish mixed in as well. Next Striper trip sails this coming Saturday the 5th of July at 7pm by reservation.

Capt. George reported that fishing for his charter was not as good as on the other boats today. It was a beautiful morning on the water however with fine boating conditions.

Capt. Rich reported a good day of fishing today aboard the 7am boat. Mr. Coo had his limit of nice size fluke and Dan Melino had the biggest fish of the day with a fine 10lb slab. There were a trio of 8lbrs today as well for runner ups. It was a slow steady pick most of the day. A good number of anglers aboard had 3-4 fish apiece to taken home. Some shorts in the mix as well as a half dozen nice size sea bass and a few friendly bluefish. Next 7am boat sails tomorrow morning aboard the Gail Frances.

Capt. Mike reported the PM 1/2 trip to be a bit quieter than the slaughter of earlier today. I suppose the fluke needed a brief respite! Nevertheless anglers did connect with some good fluke with Jana from Narragansett bringing a fine 7lb doormat to the net.

Frances Fleet Fishing
Galilee, Rhode Island
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