Hi folks,
I am new to this site but not new to fishin'. The first pod of squid just showed up in Newport, RI last week at what we call the causeway. Yes they change colors and spit ink and you will find stripers working them right at the dock. Yes they are decent bait as is live eels but the best way of catching Cow bass in the spring is to weight and liveline live river herring which begin their spawning run in April and it continues until late may or early June. Then in June we switch over to the cinder worm hatches during the moon phases. Rather than troll your set up, try what we call tube and worm. I do not have the time to explain all this to you but I invite you to go to my fishing clubs website and join the free forum SNESA (Southern New England Saltwater anglers). The website address is
www.risaa.org Enjoy the info and the photos. Let me know what ya think and remember old fisherman never die they just smell that way.
Ken Roderick
Something Fishy Taxidermy
Warwick, RI