Here are some pics from a recent trip to Block Island, RI and Cuttyhunk Island, MA. The weather was not ideal for a most of the trip but I did get in some fishing a couple days. Got a nice largemouth on Block Island as I was exploring the island on a nasty day. I sight fished this green fish with a Category 5 manic minnow on a weighted hook. I caught the stripers from the beach on Cuttyhunk Island, MA. Cuttyhunk is one of my favorite places to visit. It is the southernmost of the Elizabeth Islands and is only accessible by boat. There are limited accommodations and amenities but in the summer months this place is loaded with stripers. The water temps were 58 degrees which is about 4 to 6 degrees cooler than normal for this time of year which means the bait was not around the island like it usually is. The majority of bait the fish were feeding on were small schools of shad that were cruising the shoreline. The sand eels were not in full force like normal. Even so I managed 30 fish in four hours of fishing from the bank on Category 5 soft plastics one day and a handful in an hour of fishing the next day. This is truly incredible fishing these rocky shorelines on light tackle. I didn't get any big fish but I did manage a 32 incher one day. To get the big ones it is best to fish at night.
