Published on May 28, 2014
In the beginning of the spring striped bass migration into Narragansett Bay the large keeper stripers (over 28" in length) seem to head for the most inner reaches of the Seekonk River all the way up to Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
In the beginning of the spring striped bass migration into Narragansett Bay the large keeper stripers (over 28" in length) seem to head for the most inner reaches of the Seekonk River all the way up to Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Even though the school of pogies (forage fish) is in the main shipping channel of the Providence River, the big boys opt to pass right by and high-tail for the upper reaches of the river where there seems to be very little bait to feed on. Go figure!
If this year is anything like years past as the season progresses and the river waters warm beyond the stripers comfort zone, the bass will leave the river system and settle in the deep, cool waters of the Providence shipping channel for the month of June.
This is when the Providence river action really picks up and you can grab a few bass while snagging pogies at the main school. From the shipping channel many of them leave the Bay in the hotter months of July and August.
The "keepers" prefer the cooler ocean waters in the summer months feeding along the R.I and Massachusetts shore line at night and heading to the deeper waters during the day.
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