Block Island again 9-10-11

[bassarama]

At 5 am my wife and I were passing thru the West wall just outside of Point Judith RI. The water was as calm as I've seen so the 18 mile cruise to the SW ledge of Block Island felt like a boat ride on the local lake. Once there and after checking a few favorite spots, I marked fish just before the awesome sunrise:



After a few pics of the sunrise, one eel was sent out on a mission: to find strippers like this:

Mission accomplished:



The first hour after sun up produced several big bass tipping 40 bls, kept four;

Just before filetting:



We also kept a hand full of seabass and one nice 12 inch scup.



Another great day on the outdoors fishing with one of my genuine friends, my dear wife.

[Hedge]

Looks like a perfect day on the water

[Shawsee]

And that's exactly why I love the Block! Great job. I am surprised that you didn't catch any trigger fish when you were out there. We caught some real fat huge trigger fish the last time out. My buddy said they looked like scup on steroids.

[RWilson2526]

Now that looks like a productive fishing trip right there.....Nothing beats a sunrise on the water.

[bassarama]

Thanks all

Shawsee, I'm also hooked on fishing Block Island RI, as you know the SW Ledge is quite a run out there, approx. 18 miles one way, well worth the 20 to 25 gallons of gas burned playing all day. I might go broke with all this fishing but from now on I'll be going there everytime the weather allows me to.
No Trigger fish for us, on the other hand we must have caught and released well over 50 seabass that were just shy of being keepers.

Can't wait to go back!

[Shawsee]

Originally Posted by bassarama

Thanks all

Shawsee, I'm also hooked on fishing Block Island RI, as you know the SW Ledge is quite a run out there, approx. 18 miles one way, well worth the 20 to 25 gallons of gas burned playing all day. I might go broke with all this fishing but from now on I'll be going there everytime the weather allows me to.
No Trigger fish for us, on the other hand we must have caught and released well over 50 seabass that were just shy of being keepers.

Can't wait to go back!

My boat uses just about the same amount as yours does. I have an 83 Johnson 175 that still runs great but also likes the fuel. The most fuel I have used venturing out there and back to Point Judith was 35 gallons but that was also an all day event from 4 am till 5 pm. I love to troll with the 9.9 Evinrude which uses minimal fuel but I still end up using 20/25 gallons along with the 175 which isn't bad considering. Do you hit the "Black Rock" point off of the Southwest Corner? If not make sure you try it and drift a couple of eels off of the boulder field below. You should be in about 25/30 feet of water and check your depthfinder/sonar for structure below. Great fishing off of that point. I am with you on, "I can't wait to go back!"

[Blue_Runner]

I would trade that gas bill for those fish any day of the week. Two of the best tasting bass in the ocean. Congratulations.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Very nice mess of eats!!!

[bradford]

Great report and pics.