Newport area is on fire!!

[zacs]

Originally Posted by Duke41

So you fish that area? Narragansett Bay?

not me, I stick to the wood river.

Like dangles said, with the weather, it is non-issue. i just have a different philosophy about spouting what & where I have been catching.

I think a website like this can still be great talking about tactics, gear, off season fish stories, contests, get togethers, etc...

additionally, I found your comment about "why this site is dying" as a underhanded insult to the site and it's frequent participants, which got me a little riled up...

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

let me get this straight,Newport is on fire,block is on fire,fish still up on the cape,and nh,there fish from moriches to amost the rockaways,but beach fishing sucks what gives?

[Gobi]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

let me get this straight,Newport is on fire,block is on fire,fish still up on the cape,and nh,there fish from moriches to amost the rockaways,but beach fishing sucks what gives?

Pretty much sums it up. Have travelled N and S of me today and squat. Really sucks from shore, but maybe it's just me
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[flyvice11787]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

let me get this straight,Newport is on fire,block is on fire,fish still up on the cape,and nh,there fish from moriches to amost the rockaways,but beach fishing sucks what gives?

Everything is staying off the beach for the most part . Although some were close enough to reach this morning on a beach west of Montauk .
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[goosefish]

Went freediving this morning around the mouth of Narragansett Bay. Saw a lot of big blackfish, more than a few inside of 20 feet. Saw a big pile of schoolie bass with a few small keepers in the mix. I also saw my biggest bass of the season, a true cow, swimming solo over a rock ledge. Pretty awesome.

[bart]

Anyone fishing the area tonight deserved a good fish. CRANKIN' out of the SW.

[bassballer]

Originally Posted by bart

Anyone fishing the area tonight deserved a good fish. CRANKIN' out of the SW.

You got that right
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[goosefish]

Blew up fast yesterday. One minute it was blowing 5 kts the next minute it was puffing up to 30 kts.

[Sea Flat]

My .02, in no way was Duke41's post specific enough to be considered a spot burn. It was a vague general area that I think some people on here would appreciate just as a starting point or reference as to where they may find fish the next time they go out.

[hq2]

I think the overall question of spot burning needs to be addressed. It
might help if the moderators (you guys reading this?) would post some kind of general guidelines for posting reports. I think in general it would work if we could separate spots into "public" and "private".
Certain areas are very well known, and it isn't really news if people say there are fish there; it's public information, usually on the fishing reports anyway. My list would include, from north to south:

Merrimack River Mouth
Southern End of Plum Island
Boston Harbor, including Deer Island Rip and Faun Bar
North and South Rivers
Duxbury
The Canal
Westport
Mouth of Naragansett Bay

Before everyone instantly says "that includes just about everything!" I would like to point out that each of those areas is actually quite large, and specific site info (like, where in Duxbury Bay?) would not be posted, just general locations.

On the private side are large numbers of great locations, rocks, rips, wrecks, etc. which are not well known and which would clearly be compromised if discussed publicly. I personally have a couple of spots no way I'm posting about, and I don't want anyone else posting about them either. Does this make any sense to people?