Summer striper fishing in RI: Get close to the action casting flies to big fish tom mooney, providence journal Sat, Jun 22, 2024 · 5 min read ...

At Beaver Lake, striped bass must be 20 inches or longer to keep. The daily limit is three. It takes two years for a fingerling to reach 20 inches, Stein said. When they're biting, the party's on.

Big flies, six inches and longer, are the order of the day, too. “We’re trying to mimic that shad pattern, and those fish can get pretty big,” Nicholson said.

Bonefish flies are usually designed to resemble shrimp and assorted other bottom-dwelling crustaceans. In spite of their small size, stripers eat a large amount of shrimp when they are available.

Because it was such a banner day for big fish, Weaver even picked up a fly rod, which is not something he typically does with a client in the boat. Cochrane doesn’t fly fish, but Weaver does, and he ...