The states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island have been busy for the past couple of weeks stocking ponds with trout for fall fishing. Stocking locations in Massachusetts are updated daily, visit “Trout stocking report” at Mass.gov for an interactive map.
Click any point on the map for more information and do not forget your fishing license, which you can buy online at MassFishHunt. In Rhode Island the Department of Environmental Management conducted fall trout stocking, in advance of the Columbus Day holiday weekend in selected areas. Visit www.
dem.ri.gov/fishing , or call 401-789-0281 or 401-539-0019 for additional information.
Cape Cod Canal striper fishing still hot “We continue to have great top water action with a lot of bait still in the water with a great striped bass bite from slot sized-fish 28 inches,” said Connor Swartz of Red Top Sporting Goods, Buzzard’s Bay. Bait is still holding in the Canal. A healthy 39-inch bass exploded on Slap Shot Scottie Ewells’ green left hook, just one of many nice fish caught on the surface.
Multi-colored lures did the trick at various levels of the water column. “Bruno DeSouza caught five bass, including a 33-inch fighter with an Al Gags wacky mack soft plastic paddle tail jig on the west ebb tide,” said East End Eddie Doherty, expert Canal angler and author. “Six-year-old Sage Nicholson had her wacky mack FishLab working as she reeled in 39- and 34-inch linesiders from a rising east tide.
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