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Block Island Sound, RI
Sound in Washington County, Rhode Island. The open coastal waters and rips off Block Island, twelve miles south of the Rhode Island mainland, sitting on the migratory highway for striped bass, bluefish, and pelagics. The island's famous rips and Southwest Ledge produce trophy striped bass on the spring and fall migrations, summer fluke and black sea bass over structure, and a sight-cast false albacore and bonito run from mid-August through October. Open ocean conditions make this a boat and charter fishery. Water temperature uses a coastal baseline; nearest tide reference is Narragansett Pier.
Overall bite score
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Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for tidal water. No black box: every reading names its source.
What swims here
7 tracked species in Block Island Sound, with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Boat and charter access from Old Harbor and New Harbor on Block Island and from Point Judith/Galilee on the mainland (Block Island Ferry). Open-water fishery, no shore-launch ramp on the rips. Free RI Recreational Saltwater Fishing License registration required. Nearest tide reference is NOAA Narragansett Pier station 8454658.
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