Sand eels and bunker dominate the forage base, bottom fishing action is consistent for scup and sea bass, and large stripers and blues crush topwater lures and live bunker.

Black sea bass season starts strong, big bluefish mix in with stripers on bunker schools, and some keeper fluke trickle into local waters.

Forty-pound stripers are being caught out front, the weakfish bite remains strong amid tons of bluefish, and tautog fishing is productive on the tail end of the season.

Good sized bluefish are around in numbers, scup and tautog are biting well on bottom, and night shift surfcasters find over-slot stripers from the rocks.

Striped bass from 30 inches to 30 pounds hit swimming plugs and topwaters in Naragansett Bay, tautog fishing steadily improved, and squidding is hit or miss.

Tautog fishing improves with warmer weather, migratory schoolie stripers are abundant in the surf, and squid are abundant around Newport.

Migratory stripers continue to trickle into Rhode Island waters, tautog fishing has improved with a lot of cod in the mix, and freshwater fish are fired up.

Trout fishing is lights out after the season opener, tautog fishing is improving with mild weather, and the first migratory stripers trickle into R.I. waters.

Freshwater fishing is great, squid are trickling into R.I. waters, and holdover striper activity increased as anglers patiently await migratory bass.

There is reliable fishing for largemouth bass, white perch and holdover stripers, while many anglers prepare for tautog season.