Date: 6/11/2017
Location: Newport RI- Out Front
Water Temp: 58
Vis: 10-12ft
A small pre-work dive window had presented itself to me on
Sunday and I decided to take it. Despite a decent swell, with a weak breeze
from the west I had high hopes for this dive and expected good visibility.
After a long paddle, I dropped the hook, happy to see my
anchor line well below the surface through clear water. I had underestimated the paddle time, and had
less than 30 minutes of diving before I had to leave my spot, so I hopped in
right away.
The first 10 minutes of my dive were spent searching a
shallow shelf for bass that may have been looking for an easy meal in the fast
moving water, but I found nothing but tautog that seem to know they’re out of
season. Moving off the shelf to where the reef dropped to 30 feet, I quickly
found bass.
A MONSTER, solo bluefish cruised by mid-water column me on
my first deeper dive, but was unfortunately out of range and didn’t stick
around for me to get any closer. The next few dives consisted of big male tog,
jumbo scup, more blues and plenty of bass in the 25-28” range. With only a few minutes left, I decided to
take a bluefish for the grill, and stoned one, only to see stripers swim into
my area after taking the shot. Oh well.
The bass are here, I’m sure there were bigger fish in the
area, and with more time would likely have seen some. It’s also worth
mentioning that sand eels and juvenile bunker have been out in full force the
last few times I’ve been out. The larger bass have showed up a few seconds
later on every drop that I’ve seen scup on.
Dive safe,
Dave
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