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Best score today · 8 AM · Little tunny
- Now
- 666 AM EDT
- Best window
- 7-10 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing2.5 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Saturday, Oct 3 · 6 PM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 1.4 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
94Wind: 8 kt SWPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
93Water temp: 66°F, primeLight: DuskSolunar: Near a majorSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Striped bass is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with RIDEM before you keep a fish.
Source: RIDEM · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 4 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- Not here
- This week
Spot profile
Black Point
- Depth
- 7-35 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Point · Outer · ExposedPoint · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonStriped bass
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Black Point
Black Point is a cape in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Depth in the nearest water is 7-35 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads point, outer water and exposed.
Waterlands scores 10 species here; the best right now are striped bass, little tunny and scup. It is peak season now for striped bass, little tunny, scup and bluefish, and shoulder season for tautog and summer flounder. Striped bass peak from May through June and from September through October. Little tunny peak from September through October. Scup peak from June through September.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- Little tunny
- Little tunny travel fast in schools that pin bait against inlets, points, jetties and tide rips, usually within a few miles of shore and often in less than 60 feet. Stay off the school's path, wait for it to surface within range, and cast small metal or epoxy jigs with a fast retrieve. When fish stay down, troll small feathers along bait edges and color changes to find them.
- Scup
- Scup school over hard and mixed bottom, rock piles, mussel beds, piers and jetties, usually in 10 to 60 feet of water. Fish a high-low rig with small hooks and squid or clam strips on the bottom, and chum with clam to hold a school under the boat. If nothing bites within 15 minutes, move to the next piece of structure.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- River Ledge72
Bay · 3.2 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 72
- Atlantic cod 64
- Black sea bass 64
9 kt NNEL 11:10 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:27 PM · 2.9 ft
- Old Antgonio71
Bar · 3.4 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 71
- Bluefish 64
- Atlantic cod 63
9 kt NNEL 11:15 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:35 PM · 3.1 ft
- Point Judith Harbor of Refuge67
Bay · 3.0 mi
Top: ScupPeak season- Scup 67
- Striped bass 61
- Bluefish 60
9 kt NNEL 11:17 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:33 PM · 3.0 ft
- Cormorant Point66
Cape · 3.4 mi
Top: Little tunnyPeak season- Little tunny 66
- Striped bass 66
- Scup 63
9 kt NNEL 11:15 AM · 0.7 ftH 5:35 PM · 3.1 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with RIDEM before you keep a fish.