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Fun Facts: the name Tautog is often mis-spelled  as Totaug, Tataug, or even Totog.  Originally an Indian name.  We fish for these. Also called Blackfish (not Black fish).

Squeteague is also an Indian name for weakfish (salt water trout).

Beavertail is the name given to the southernmost part of Jamestown.  We sometimes fish there.

Whale Rock got its name because it looked like a whale's back.  We sometimes fish here.

A party boat can take more than 6 passengers.

Bluefish

Rhode Island is often misspelled  as road or rohode.

Adventure Rhode Island Fishing Charters - Light Tackle Boat

Enjoy light tackle charter fishing for Stripers, Flounder, or Totaug with father and son Earl and Chris Bell sailing from beautiful Jim’s Dock in Jerusalem, Rhode Island right on Point Judith Salt Pond.

A guided RI sportfishing charter is one of the best  recreational vacation activities for your family when visiting the ocean state or Block Island.  

Our 2012 Adventure Rhode Island fishing charters season was excellent, catching lots of striped bass.  Adventure Charters was very fortunate to have many happy clients during the season. Once again we finished up the season with more trips than in 2011, making it our best in terms of number of trips. Our newer 35' 6 passenger charter boat was extremely popular with new and old clients and allows us to continue focusing heavily on light tackle fishing with plugs and soft plastic baits at Block Island. We expect that hundreds of striped bass, bluefish, and other species will be caught during this 2013 fishing season.  With a total of three captains and vessels available, Adventure Charters can definitely accommodate your 2013 fishing trip. We love sailing from Point Judith Salt Pond in RI. 

We really appreciate the repeat business we had during the 2012 season, it helped very much to make it our best ever.  Let us also thank those people who recommended us to others, that was also a very big part of our 2012 season. Adventure Charters looks forward to taking you all fishing again.  Many people have already rebooked with us for 2013.

Rhode Island is known as the Ocean State, and with good reason:  there are many miles of coastline.  It is also the home of Block Island, a famous destination for striper charters.  Many big bass are pulled out of the waters surrounding this island every year.  RI’s Narragansett shoreline is also good for bass and blues, and has many areas of rocky bottom that hold the hard-fighting tautog.  The South shore has many good areas holding a variety of species that our clients like to fish for.  Brenton Reef and the Newport area are also good hot spots. Even the Point Judith harbor of refuge can hold plenty of fish chasing bait.  If you want to read about the different types of fish, use the links on your left to explore the pages for stripers, bluefish, flounder, tautog, tuna, and sharks.  Whether you're learning to fish or an experienced fisherman we can accommodate you on a trip.

At the end of your trip we always fillet and clean your catch,  so you get some nice fresh fillets to take home and eat at the end of the day.  We can also hook you up with fresh Rhode Island lobster and quahogs at the dock--just ask about it.  The only fish we don’t clean is scup, because on those trips we can easily catch 200 fish, and it would take far too long to clean them, you wouldn't leave the boat until evening.

Dedication is important.  You can tell how good a fisherman is by how dedicated they are to the sport.  My dad and I are very avid fisherman; on our days off, we fish.  On our own trips we try out new rigs, fish new areas and old spots, and generally increase our knowledge and gain current information about where the fish are and what they will eat. This way we know where the current hot spots are.  It gives us a much better chance of finding fish for our clients.   We just love sportfishing RI!  Catch a striper today.

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Page last Updated May 18, 2013.

Eva with 18lb Block Island Bass.


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46lb Block Island bass.

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This is our Rhode Island Fishing Reports and News section. 

See the 2013 Fishing Pictures. 

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May 22, 2013 Striper Fishing.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 4 bass, 2 bluefish, and 3 flounder on this trip.  The bass are here.

May 22, 2013: Fat Striper.

May 19th 2013 flounder fishing trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 38 flounder with 12 keepers.  The rice wine was flowing and a good time was had by all.

May 18, 2013 Flounder Fishing.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and got 17 flounder with 7 keepers in a half day trip.

May 16, 2013 Flounder Fishing.  Captain Chris and 2 anglers fished 2 hours for flounder and got 12 fish with 4 keepers.

May 3, 2013 Getting boat ready.  Finally nearing the end, intsalled a new motor which was a ton of work, doing various painting jobs, waiting on new exhaust riser but definitiely on track for going in the water on May 13th of this month and fishing the next day to see what's out there. 

February 9, 2013 Normal Winter weather.  It's good to see a normal cold winter this season which we are expecting will lead to usual fishing patterns in 2013 with cooler waters than last year.  In 2012 the water was warmer than normal, and this had its effect on fishing.

January 22, 2013 No Fishing Charters Yet.  Our boats are out of the water.  Soon it will warm up enough for us to start working on them preparing for the new season to start in May.  

September 28, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they got 32 bluefish and 9 striped bass in a half day trip.

September 16, 2012 Scup & Sea Bass Trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 4 sea bass and 230 scup in a half day trip.

September 15, 2012 Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and they got 6 bass and 25 bluefish in a half day trip.

September 6, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they got 4 bass including a 20lb fish and 18 bluefish in a half day trip.

September 2, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 10 bass and 27 bluefish including a 20lb striper on a bachelor party trip.

September 1, 2012 Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 6 bass and 38 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 30, 2012 Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 2 bass and 14 bluefish, the largest bass was 23lbs and 39" long.

August 24, 2012 Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 11 bass and 29 bluefish during the trip.

August 23, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 10 bass and 35 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 22, 2012 Bass & Blues Charter. Captain Chris had 5 anglers and got 12 bass and 6 bluefish in a half day trip, easily limiting out.

August 21, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 4 bass and 21 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 20, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and they got 14 Striped bass and 18 bluefish including 2 18lb stripers, a 20lb striper, and a 28lb striper.
See Video

August 19, 2012 Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they got 11 bass and 23 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 18, 2012 Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 20 bass and 24 bluefish in a 3/4 day trip.

August 17, 2012 Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had a father and son and caught 12 striped bass and 25 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 16, 2012 Generational Bass and Blues Charter. Captain Chris had grandfather, father and son and they got 11 bass and 32 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 15, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Family Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 12 bass and 15 bluefish in a 3/4 day trip, including a nice 20lb fish.

August 14, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and got 9 striped bass and 21 bluefish as well as 10 flounder.

August 13, 2012 Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had one angler and they got 10 stripers and 18 bluefish in a half day trip.   See Video

August 12, 2012 Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and the got 11 striped bass and 20 bluefish.

August 11, 2012 Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had only 2 anglers and they got 40 bass with 36 keepers and 28 bluefish in a full day trip.  All but one bass was released unharmed.  See Video

August 9, 2012 Rhode Island Bass & Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and the fishing was truely epic, catching 35 striped bass (with 33 keepers) and 18 bluefish almost all on top water plugs in dense fog and overcast.

August 8, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and they got 10 bass and 12 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 7, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and they got 10 bass and 6 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 6, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 12 bass and 3 bluefish as well as 10 flounder.

August 5, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and got 16 bass and 7 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 4, 2012 Bass and Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and got 21 striped bass and 8 bluefish.  See Video

August 3, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and got 8 bass and 20 bluefish.

August 2, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter. Captain Chris had a family of 3 and they got 6 bass and 6 bluefish in a half day trip. 

August 1, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and they caught 6 bass and 2 bluefish including a 20lb Striper.  They released all but one bass, although we would easily limited out on this trip.  See Video

July 31, 2012 Flounder Fishing Trip.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they got 32 flounder with 13 keepers in a half day trip.

July 30, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  2 bass and 20 blues

July 29, 2012 Afternoon Charter.  3 bass and 5 bluefish.

July 29, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and got 19 bass and 16 bluefish in a half day trip.

July 28, 2012 Bass and Blues Fishing Charter. Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 14 stripers and 8 bluefish in a half day trip.  See Video

July 27, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and got 8 bass and 4 bluefish in a half day trip.

July 25, 2012 Flounder Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 22 flounder with 9 keepers.

July 24, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 11 bass and 3 bluefish in a half day trip.  See Video

July 23, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had two couples (4 anglers) and got 15 stripers and 4 bluefish, as well as 13 flounder and 1 very large sea bass.  We limited out on bass for the trip.  See Video

July 22, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and they got 7 bass and 11 bluefish plus 6 flounder.  See Video

July 21, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 12 bass and 13 bluefish in a half day trip.  See the Video

July 20, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and got 11 bass and 2 bluefish.

July 19, 2012 Rhode Island Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and found it rough at Block Island, fishing only a couple hours and getting 4 bass then went back to the south shore to flounder fish where it was much less rough and got 10 flounder.  It was so rough on the way back it took well over an hour to return.

July 18, 2012 Flounder Fishing Charter. Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 42 flounder with 11 keepers in a half day trip.

July 17, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and they got 15 bass with 10 keepers and 2 bluefish, easily limiting out on stripers for the trip.

July 16, 2012 Flounder Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 40 flounder with 13 keepers.

July 14, 2012 Flounder Fishing Trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 18 flounder in a half day trip.

July 13, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 14 bass with 9 keepers and 2 bluefish as well as 12 flounder.

July 12, 2012 Striped Bass Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had a Family of 4 anglers and got 13 bass with 9 keepers including a 40lb fish, limiting out for the trip. See the Video.

July 10, 2012 Rhode Island Bass Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and they got 25 stripers with 20 keepers and 1 bluefish, easily limiting out on this trip.

July 9, 2012 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 12 bass including a 20lb, 31lb, and a 35lb bass, and 1 giant 12lb bluefish.

July 8, 2012 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and they got 17 bass and 3 bluefish, easily limiting out.  See Video

July 7th 2012 Striped Bass Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 14 bass and 4 bluefish in a half day trip.  See the Video

July 6, 2012 Rhode Island Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they got 12 bass and 1 bluefish, limiting out on bass for the trip.

July 4, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they got 14 bass and 1 bluefish.

July 3, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 12 bass with 8 keepers and 2 bluefish, limiting out on Stripers for the trip.  See the Video

July 2, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 21 bass and 2 bluefish as well as 10 flounder with 2 keepers, and limited out on bass for the trip.  See the Video

June 29, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and got 10 bass and easily limited out on this trip.

June 28, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and they got 8 bass and 2 bluefish.   See the Video

June 25, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and they got 14 bass, 2 bluefish, and 10 flounder.

June 24, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 11 bass and 4 bluefish as well as 6 flounder.  See the Video

June 23, 2012 Bass and Blues charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 4 bass and 3 bluefish.

June 22nd Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had  6 anglers for a family fishing trip and got 8 stripers and 19 bluefish.  See the Video.

June 21, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 8 stripers and 21 bluefish.

June 20, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 4 bass including a 15lb, 21lb, and 30lb fish as well as 7 bluefish and 7 flounder with 4 keepers including a 24" long fluke.

June 19, 2012 Bass and Blues fishing trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 4 bass, 21 bluefish, and 24 flounder (9 keepers). 

June 18, 2012 Boat Repair.  We had a hydraulic line fail on the 16th and just got it fixed today, we will be sailing tomorrow and will post a report and video.

June 16, 2012 Rhode Island Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers on a bachelor party and caught 4 bass and 48 bluefish.  Video coming soon.

June 15, 2012 Bass and Blues Fishing Trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and they got 6 bass and 39 bluefish.

June 14, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and they caught 7 striped bass and 34 bluefish in a half day trip.  See the video.

June 12, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 4 big bass and 39 bluefish.  There are a ton of bluefish out there.  See the video for this trip.

June 10, 2012 Bass and Blues charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 6 bass and 30 bluefish.  See the video for this trip.

June 9, 2012 Afternoon Bass and Blues trip.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 3 stripers and 14 bluefish in an afternoon trip.

June 9, 2012 Morning Bass and Blues Trip.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 17 bass with 14 keepers, and 38 bluefish.  It was a busy day.

June 8, 2012 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 2 anglers and caught 10 bass and 31 bluefish, easily limiting out on stripers and on bluefish for the trip.  See the video for this trip

June 7, 2012 Bass and Blues trip.  Captain Chris sailed with a family of 4 and got 8 bass all keepers, limiting out on stripers as well as 20 bluefish and 30 flounder with 5 keepers, for a total of 58 fish.  See the Family Video

June 6, 2012 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 15 bass (all keepers) and 29 bluefish plus 10 flounder with 2 keepers for an extremely successful trip. See the video for this trip.

June 4, 2012 Bass and Blues trip.  Captain chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 29 bluefish and 5 bass in a half day trip.

June 1, 2012 Striper Trip.  Captain Chris sailed with 2 anglers and easily caught their limit on striped bass for the trip as well as some bluefish.

May 31, 2012 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 3 anglers and easily caught their limit of striped bass.  See the video for this trip

May 28, 2012 Striped Bass Trip.  Captain Chris sailed with 3 anglers and got 10 bass, easily limiting out on stripers for the trip.  See the video for this trip.

May 27, 2012 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 10 bass and 9 bluefish in a half day trip, limiting out on striped bass.

May 24, 2012 Striped Bass Fishing Charter. Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 8 keeper bass, 3 bluefish and 1 large tautog in a half day trip.  The biggest striper was 24lbs.

May 12, 2012 Striped Bass Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 3 anglers and caught 16 bass all keepers and 2 bluefish, easily limiting out on Stripers.

May 8, 2012 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 5 anglers and caught 19 bass with 18 keepers in a half day trip, easily limiting out on striped bass.

May 6, 2012 Afternoon Striper Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 10 bass with 7 keepers in an afternoon fishing trip.

May 5, 2012 Striper Fishing Report.  Captain Chris sailed with 2 anglers and caught 13 bass with 12 keepers in  half day, easily limiting out on stripers for the trip.

May 3, 2012 Boat Report.  The Adventure  is in the water as of  5/12/2012 and ready to fish.  We will be doing some recon fishing trips this week and weekend to see if the bass are around yet.

February 24, 2012.  We have been working on our boats all month with the warm weather.  Sanding floors and hulls, choosing the paint, going over the engines as we prepare for the fishing season.  Also going through our tackle, rods and reels.

Fishing during the 2010 season was great. We took out hundreds of people from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and other states on a lot of inshore fishing excursions and not even once did we fail to catch fish. Many happy clients stepped onto the dock at the end of the day. We also wish to thank our new customers and the many returning customers we had for 2010, as it makes it all worthwhile to hear back from those of you who had a good time with us before and expected to do it again. We are looking forward to another banner year in 2011 for Rhode Island.

Our new 6 passenger fishing boat Adventure is a very reliable and extremely fishable vessel as anyone who fished with us in 2011 will tell you. The enormous cockpit area of 12’x19’ is larger than that of the majority of the charter vessels in RI and we had no problem with 6 people and 2 crew while drift fishing for flounder or other bottom species, or light tackle fishing for Bass and Blues.

We are still sailing out of Jim's Dock in Jerusalem, Rhode Island right across from the Galilee and Point Judith charter fleet. It is a beautiful little marina and restaurant located right on Point Judith salt pond, off the same exit as East Matunuck State Beach. The restaurant is only open from May-October. Charter a half day trip with us then have lunch at the restaurant after we return from the fishing tours.   Jim's Dock Marina is closer to the Block Island Fishing grounds than any other charter boat marina in RI.

The 2011 RI Fishing Season is in full swing for us.   Check out the Rhode Island fishing charters calendar for detailed information about what we fish for when.