Salt Water
Rhode Island and surrounding coastal Massachusetts and Connecticut have an abundance of absolutely great water for shallow-water fly angling for Striped Bass, Bluefish and Weakfish. Also False Albacore, Ocean Bonito, and Schoolie Blue Fin Tuna ply our near shore waters. Some of my favorites areas...
- Narragansett Bay-the bars at Conimicut Light, Gaspee Point, Calf Pasture Point, Rose Island, Dyer Island, Barrington Beach, Common Fence Point, Castle Hill ledges, Wickford & East Greenwich Harbors, Hope Island, Providence River system, Green Island, Green River, Nag Pond, Colt State Park, Newport's reef system, and Prudence Island
- Sakonnet River-and the reefs at Sakonnet Point extending north to Mt. Hope Bay and the Kickimuit River
- Little Narragansett Bay-Pawcatuck River, Sandy Point to the Napatree boulder fields, Stonington Harbor & surrounding coves and cuts, and the "The Kitchen"
- East & West branches of Westport River
- Rhode Island's Salt Ponds-WORM SPAWN Pt. Judith Pond, Quonochontaug, and Ninigret. These ponds have great flats areas that Stripers will move onto in low light conditions. Ninigret Pond offers the closest thing you will experience to dry fly fishing for Stripers. The annual Cinder Worm spawn brings aquatic worms to the surface for their mating ritual, and the Bass are all over them (and so are we) with 7-10 weight flyrods and a variety of worm patterns that I tie.
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Our Waters
Capt. Jim Barr
Newport, RI
401.465.8751
JamesBarrRI@gmail.com
