Fishermen have the edge on this Father’s Day weekend, since instead of just a card, anglers can take dear old dad fishing!

Calling around the shops this week the one constant, no matter where you fish, has been the porgies.

The Canal bite lit up this week with the new moon bringing anglers hoping for their first cow of the season.

With fallback river herring drawing in hungry stripers towards the mouth of rivers and the appearance of pogies, the theme for this week could be, “no mackerel, no problem”!

As we move away from the new moon, the tidal currents should lessen, helping the fluke bite and sea bass bite.

Slowly but surely more striped bass and fluke are filling in across Rhode Island and eastern CT; while in western CT both species are going strong.

Slowly but surely more striped bass and fluke are filling in across Rhode Island and eastern CT; while in western CT both species are going strong.

Panfish anglers seeking bluegills and crappies have been having plenty of luck.

Area trout streams could use a little rain but outside of that fishing is excellent with variety and consistency keeping PA anglers happy.

There’s lots of fish to choose from, but like last week, the surest bet is the black sea bass.