Capt. Don reported a very good morning 1/2 AM trip with anglers busy catching fluke throughout. A lot of nice size fish brought to the net today with the largest in the 4lb range with the shorts also providing plenty of action and a few slammer sea bass to over 3lbs to boot.

Capt. Mike reported an outstanding day of fishing well within sight of Rhode Island's south shore beaches. Anglers persevered through some really tough tide and drift conditions through the first part of the morning and then by noon as a light southerly breeze developed the lines straightened right out. The fluke were caught all around the boat and the fish were quite spread out. All terminal tackle was productive and anglers did certainly display a wide array of rigs and techniques to trick the summer flounder today. The hi lo rigs and the tandem bait rig were top producers with big jigging motion needed for the tandem bait rig to be effective. Rental rods also scored well today with one lady scoring 4 keepers to 4lbs. Another angler brought 8 nice keeper fluke to the net out of a total catch of 26 fish, retaining only his limit, and his keepers included fish of 6, 5.5, 4.5 and 4lbs! That same angler also lost two big fluke halfway up!! Many anglers had 3-4 keeper fluke apiece. Fish in the 4 to 6lb range were fairly common today. The pool was taken with a fish just under 7lbs. A few nice size sea bass and a couple scup in the mix as well. Next 8am boat sails tomorrow morning aboard the Admiral Frances.

Capt. Rich reported a good day aboard the 7am fluke boat. Not a grand slam but a pick of nice size fish with a decent haul by days end., especially thanks in part to the last two drifts. Some nice fish brought to the net with the largest just under 8lbs, and a few other nice 5lbrs. Whole squid was far and beyond the best producing method of catching today and accounted for the biggest fish. Fluke belly also produced but it was not a good day for spro. A fair number of anglers had 3 to 6 nice fluke apiece to take home with one sharp fluke angler nabbing his limit. Anglers also had a few jumbo sea bass in the 3lb range. Next 7am trip sails aboard the Gail Frances tomorrow morning.

Capt. Paul reported the Gary Kyc group enjoyed a beautiful day on the water and went home with some nice size fluke to 4lbs plus caught plenty of shorts to keep the rods bent up and down the boat throughout the day..

Capt. Don called into say that the first Whale Watch trip of the year was a success with customers sighting a bunch of Finback Whales. Capt. Don reported that the ocean was just boiling with life, in additon to the whales customers were treated to the sighting of a big Mako shark and Tuna crashing through acres of sandeel with hundreds of gannets and shearwaters working from above.Next Whale Watch trip sails tomorrow at 1pm.

Frances Fleet Fishing
Galilee, Rhode Island
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