Local Waters

← Around Carlisle

Salt Fish should be around

Beavertail

Jamestown, RI · about 8 hours from Carlisle (typical, off-peak)

The Jamestown point Saltwater Edge still sends people to besides Brenton.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Striped bass Striped bass
  • Bluefish Bluefish
  • False albacore False albacore
Season
Harvest is year-round on paper (28" to under 31", one fish). Schoolies are the usual fly fish here in season. Confirm current DMF rules. Official rule
License
Rhode Island recreational saltwater registry
Park
RI DEM Beavertail State Park lot at the south end of Conanicut Island. State park. Named public rocks.
Walk in
Short walk from the public lot.
Wading
Confirm flow before you step in.
Usual window
Confirm the current rule for this week.
Saturday conditions

W 17 mph.

Sky
☀️ 88° fair
Sun and moon
Rise 6:00 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:37
Wind at dawn
W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 17 mph
  • 10am: W 17 mph
  • 2pm: W 17 mph
  • dusk: W 17 mph
A setup that belongs here
9-wt, Clouser and crab.
Notes
Named state park. Confirm RI DEM.

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

The Saltwater Edge

561 Thames St, Newport, RI 02840
Call — salt shop hours

Rhode Island striper and inshore fly. The Newport desk.

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

The Saltwater Edge — book a day

Newport, RI · shore / boat · Half or full day

Good for: First RI striper from public shore

Shop desk for Narragansett Bay and the south shore.

If this isn’t the day