Holdover stripers are active in the rivers and salt ponds, tog season is around the corner, and largemouth and smallmouth bass take jigs along deep shorelines.
Cod fishing is slow off of Block Island, while in freshwater, shore and kayak anglers catch largemouth bass, stocked trout and Sebago salmon in the ponds.
Tautog, cod and sea bass transition to deeper structure, holdover stripers are active in the backwaters, and sweetwater anglers enjoy good fishing for largemouth bass and trout.
Big cod mix in with keeper tautog while sea bass move deep, and striper activity shifts toward holdover areas while freshwater fishermen chase largemouth bass and stocked trout.
Schoolie to over-slot stripers chase schools of peanut bunker, double-digit tautog are caught with regularity and squidding has been great; meanwhile, the DEM's fall trout stocking continues.