Fluke Fishing on the Gail Frances | Narragansett, RI | At The Rail Ep. 6

Anthony DeiCicchi and Jimmy Fee fish among the turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm aboard the Gail Frances of the Frances Fleet out of Narragansett, Rhode Island. It's mid-August, and the fluke are bulking up on sand eels and squid as they begin to migrate offshore.
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[@hkor21hendrix]

Just found this channel. Content got this NJ guy hyped to try fishing block island this year!

[@RobertSmith-km6gi]

Damn, you guys keep stirring the youthful memories of this 72 year old. We used to drift fish for these inside the breakwater off of what was then Sand Hill Cove beach now Roger Wheeler I believe. 8 to 10 pounders were not uncommon. Getting 2 at once on a spreader rig was thrilling to say the least.

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Great to hear your stories Robert and glad you are enjoying our content. Thank you!

[@HWCism]

Great show, thanks

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Glad you enjoyed it Harry! Thanks for watching.

[@ronaldbrown7924]

Great segment 😊

[@ronresek9342]

I’ve fished the Gail years ago best exsperiance of my life I sure hope I get to do it again b4 I die it is as close to heaven a feller can get

[@LongIslandLethals]

Great breakdown on the reel set ups and braid trade off 👍👍🎣 Great video from start to finish.

[@Cheech23]

Appreciate that LIL!

[@jimd312]

love the series! would love to see them come out closer to the season though but still nice in the doldrums of winter. Keep em comin!

[@Cheech23]

Appreciate you Jim! BOLO for more new episodes the next handful of Tuesdays!

[@eddypetch]

Read many of your fantastic OTW articles Jimmy. I enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing. I regularly read the Francis fishing report. One of these days I'll book a spot.

[@OutsidersOutdoorCo]

Hey Jim its Noah, met you at the Niagara a couple weeks back! You guys killed it out there, beautiful fish, I'll keep these tips in mind next time I go saltwater fishin! Keep up the good work!😎💪🎣

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Thanks Noah! Great meeting you guys out there. Can't wait to get back. Until then, will have to live vicariously through your videos! - Jim

[@karlneumann6833]

These are great 👍

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Thanks Karl!

[@DavidSimmons-yw7ib]

I to fished off the Gail Fraces back in the late 80s !

[@rhodierideshareguygerry6369]

Love fluke fishing, I normally get out about twice a week during this summer And the island is my favorite place to go.

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

I generally fit in a couple of fluke trips in the summer, even though it's the height of the busy season. Our fluke trips begin the second week of May, but that early in the season, it's usually pretty slow as the water is still cold. It doesn't really pick up until the seabass opener in mid-June. Fluke trips run through early September, when they switch over to their fall cod.

[@mickanderson3226]

Beautiful Big Black Sea Bass!! BEST EATING FISH OUT THERE.!

[@dantheoutdoorman9416]

I love this boat for the crew! Those are some great people! I'll go again next year even though I have a boat just for the camaraderie. Last trip we had some almost giant bluefin circling the boat which was cool

[@Cheech23]

Great operation for sure!

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

We had something blasting through the chub macks at one point, either a giant or a thresher. So much life out there.

[@dantheoutdoorman9416]

@@OnTheWaterMedia it was interesting. people thought they were eating the chubs but they were eating the scrap bait from the boat. made me wonder what a chum slick would bring in in that area in august. I just may have to try it.

[@punishthewicked5845]

Try the best capt Frank Blount t/y and crew for the many charters you have taken the sportsmen’s club of LU 3 on safe and sound

[@huyhavoc2319]

Haha I was fishing on the seven Bs this day. We saw u guys leave the inlet. It was an awesome day!

[@Cheech23]

Something to be said for this time of year (early-Mid August)... Mates were saying it's the first flush of bait from the backwaters dumping out into the sound that has the groundfish piled up with the feed bags strapped on. I'm buying that!

[@huyhavoc2319]

@@Cheech23 Yep thats exactly what was happening. The huge push of chub mackerel was a result of it.

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

It was! There was a 10+ taken on the Seven B's that day, right?

[@huyhavoc2319]

@@OnTheWaterMedia Yessir! Chris Mcintee aka SeaMoney fishing was the guy that did it. We're friends with him so it was a great day! A 9lber was also caught that morning as well by my buddy.

[@PhillyGirlFishing]

Go Pros suck sometimes 😩🤣 Congrats on winning the pool Jimmy! I wish I had that luck when I went out with them a week after but definitely one of my favorite party boats in RI.

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Thanks Kristen! That was a fun trip and a great fluke fishery out there. GoPros are so reliable, most of the time, but of course, it's the most important file that gets corrupted!

[@mjlavallee2609]

My favorite fishing fleet. Still trying to catch that monster fluke.

[@paddleandhook]

Great episode, awesome job all around 💪🏻😎👍🏻 It seems like you guys get the best sized sea bass up there, compared to the average ones here in Delaware!

[@Cheech23]

Agree on that bud! We're blessed to have some of the best sea bass fishing. Vineyard sound and buzzards bay can be great with plus sized fish in the spring, then as the water warms into summer you gotta go a little further like where we were here. That said, I hear the winter wreck fishing out of NJ is your ticket to even bigger fish, but as we're currently experiencing; getting out for them with winter weather obstacles can be a challenge. Hoping to see what that's all about in the next few weeks though! Keep in mind the world record was caught to your south in VA so you never really know. Love me some jumbo sea bass. Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed it!

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Thank you! The cool part about the big sea bass is that in New England, they come into shallow enough water that you can catch them on largemouth bass gear. Further south, it seems like you need to hit the deep wrecks to find those jumbo biscuits.

[@paddleandhook]

@@OnTheWaterMedia for sure! Our inshore sea bass would work perfectly as aquarium pets 🤣 but the offshore wrecks and grounds will hold the big mamas.

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

@@paddleandhook haha! we've been trying to get out to those offshore wrecks for the past two weeks to get at those fish, but the weather's been brutal.

[@OuiTees]

Going tomorrow! 😎🤙

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

how'd you do?

[@OuiTees]

Not too bad. With 3 folks in our group we had 8 keepers. We had a blast. Once we got on top of the sea bass, it was non stop fun 😎

[@cherylmarshall840]

You call them fluke in the south we call them flounder

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

The dividing line, as far as I can tell, is Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey. - Jimmy

[@googeelou]

Were you guys anchored up or drifting?

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Drifting

[@NatesLiveTalk]

You gotta drop straight down ....that tossing it out is making you miss hook sets

[@Skolmann]

What were the rod/reel combos used ?

[@OnTheWaterMedia]

Thanks for watching Andrew. We listed all the rod and reel combos in the video description.

[@Cheech23]

Andrew - great feel to those combos. Tsunami Evict spinning reels and maxel hybrid conventional reels matched to Tsunami trophy slow pitch series rods. All around great budget friendly set ups that perform and feel great while doing so!

[@MegaBait1616]

Wind farms hurt the whales in NJ....... We stopped it........be well.

[@johndidonato7471]

There were for F-bombs dropped then fluke LOL

[@georgeniebergall7074]

I am just surprised you don’t believe your face bleed

[@anthonyjerussi6343]

Those turbines are horrible. 5 to power Block Island, how many would it take to power New England. We would have to fill up all our coastal waters. Nothing beats good clean burning fossil fuels!!

[@brianmilliard6998]

WTF, are you fishing or a wanna be sales rep for big business, bro ?

[@miked9112]

If you would use a conventional reel with left hand retrieve you can impart more action on the jig using your dominant arm - I don’t understand why guys fish opposite handed when using a conventional reel?