July 27, 2016 Block Island Spearfishing Report - Ricardo Cruelles

Date: 7/27/2016
Location: Block Island, RI
Report Contributor: Ricardo Cruelles

Well, at last, the Island is finally firing on all cylinders! With water temps getting close to 70 degrees, inshore the summer fishery is now in full swing. The drifts inshore are very productive, multiple specie catches are very possible, and making for excellent target practice with schools of scup, blue fish, fluke and plenty of bass up to 35lbs.

The offshore grounds are very lively as well, with plenty of sea bass of considerable size and striped bass in big schools. Visibility is spotty but good enough for us New England divers. Water offshore is a very comfortable 64 degrees at 50ft, water higher in the water column.

If you can get on a boat and get out there, I would recommend the middle of the week, if you can swing it, as the weekend boat traffic in the fishing grounds is heavy. If boat is not an option but you still want to get into the Island action, there are plenty of possibilities for some excellent shore or kayak dives, just beware of tide times and wind/swell conditions.

Happy Hunting folks!
Ricardo Cruelles

7-23-2016 Narragansett Bay Report - Ricardo Cruelles

Date: 7-23-2016 
Location: Narragansett Bay
Report Contributor: Ricardo Cruelles


Well… If you like diving in chocolate milk, we have your ticket! We set out to find a couple of bass on Saturday in the bay, since the wind report out front did not look so appealing. We tried a few of the “old faithful” spots, the viz somewhere around 2ft and with the incoming tide it made the dives very challenging. The spots were loaded with big scup, which were rather hard to get a good shot on in the murky water, we did manage a few nice ones for dinner. I did see about a half a dozen bass to about 28”, nothing really big enough to shoot. Also many good size blackfish came by to check us out and laugh at us, since they are still closed for another week.

After a few hours and a few spots we decided that diving for a few clams would be more productive, we made a spot for about 30 minutes and got our limit of quahogs.

I would recommend trying some inshore spots outside of the bay to try to chase down some better viz as long as the wind stays down.

Good luck and good fishing!
Ricardo Cruelles