Now until tomorrow 3 pmStriped bass
The bite peaks at 100. Water is 60°, close to the 62° striped bass like best, and a solunar period lands on the window.
Each float is an hour. The deeper it rides, the better the bite. The strip underneath runs daylight, dusk and dark; the red rule marks the best window. Click any hour to read it.
Right now · best window
Striped bass range 50–72°
From the west
Sunrise 7:10 am
No rain expected
NWS hourly forecast
Measured, last 3 hours
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Each species is scored against its own water-temperature range and tide preference, then wind, weather and warnings. The rules are Rhode Island regulations for these waters.
Right in striped bass's ideal range. Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Striped bass prefers incoming tide. Holds 5–35 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 1 fish at 28" to under 31", open all year. Non-offset circle hooks required when fishing with bait.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Rhode Island
Season here: May–Nov, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. More on striped bass
Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Bluefish prefers incoming tide. Light chop — baitfish active, fish willing to feed. Holds 5–50 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. No minimum size. 5 fish a day from shore or a private boat, 7 on for-hire vessels. Open all year.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Rhode Island
Season here: Jun–Oct, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. More on bluefish
Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Light chop — baitfish active, fish willing to feed. Inside summer flounder's active range. Holds 10–100 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 19" minimum, 6 fish a day, Apr 1–Dec 31. At listed shore sites (Fort Adams, Fort Wetherill, the Harbor of Refuge walls and others) 2 of the fish may be 17".
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Rhode Island
Season here: Jul–Sep, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. Likes an outgoing tide. More on summer flounder
Solunar tables are a popular heuristic. A peer-reviewed test found they don’t predict catch on their own, so here they only nudge the score when the tide or moon already agree. How the score works
We only show reports an agency has published, with their date. Rhode Island DEM has the state’s fishing pages.
Licenses and rules: state fishery agencies · fish-consumption advisories
A storied striped-bass island 12 miles off the Rhode Island coast — the Southwest Ledge and the island's rips and beaches produce trophy stripers and bluefish through the fall run, with summer flounder (fluke) on the surrounding sand. A bucket-list surf and boat fishery reached by ferry from Point Judith.
RI: striped bass 28–31" slot, 1/day (inline circle hooks with bait). A premier fall-run destination.
Public spots within 40 miles, with the same 36 hours of floats.
Yes (anglers age 16 and older). To fish at Block Island you need the appropriate state fishing license. See the agency's current rules: the state agency website
Block Island is listed on this site for 3 commonly-targeted species: Striped Bass, Bluefish, Summer Flounder. Which species is currently in season and which is scoring highest today is shown in the per-species ranking on this page.
It depends more on the species and the day's conditions than on a fixed "best hour." Water temperature, weather, and — at tidal locations — the stage of the tide drive activity most. The per-species ranking on this page scores every target species at Block Island against today's live conditions, so the fish near the top are your best bets right now; check back as conditions change through the day.
Block Island has multiple access types — pier, shoreline, and at least one public boat ramp. RI: striped bass 28–31" slot, 1/day (inline circle hooks with bait). A premier fall-run destination.
state agency regulations apply at Block Island. Size limits, creel limits, and seasonal closures are listed per species on each species page. Always confirm against the agency source linked from each regulation block — emergency closures can take effect mid-season.
Yes. Block Island sits on tidal water with a NOAA tide station nearby. Today's high/low timing is in the tide chart on this page.
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