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.
There's consistent action for tautog ranging from 5 to 12 pounds, schoolie stripers are filing out of RI waters, and the ponds are fishing well for 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.
Tautog fishing is excellent with some big scup and sea bass rounding out the catch, meanwhile, stripers chase thinning schools of adult and peanut bunker.