Adventure Charters Succotash Road Jerusalem, Rhode Island 02879 401-359-1785 US Coast Guard Licensed & Insured

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.

Rhode Island Fishing Charters - Light Tackle Boat Adventure

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.

2011 Rhode Island fishing charters were unbelievable catching lots of striped bass, and Adventure Charters was very fortunate to have many happy clients during the season. It was our best ever in terms of number of trips we sailed on. Our newer 35' 6 passenger charter boat will provide more comfort and allows us to continue focusing heavily on light tackle fishing with plugs and soft plastic baits at Block Island and thousands of striped bass, bluefish, and other species will be caught. We are sure the new Adventure vessel will be very popular with both our existing customers and new clients. It has a huge 18' x 12' cockpit area and even with 6 passengers and 2 crew no one is tripping over anyone else on board this boat. We love sailing from Point Judith Salt Pond in RI, and this boat will make it even better.

We really appreciate the repeat business we had during the 2011 season, it helped very much to make it our best ever, as we. We also want to thank those people who recommended us to others, that was also a very big part of our 2011 season. We look forward to taking you all fishing again.  Many people have already rebooked with us for 2012.

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 14, 2012.

Eva with 18lb Block Island Bass.


Bernie's 30lb  R.I. Striper.

46lb Block Island bass.

Block Island 34lb Bass North Rip.

20lb bass on RI fishing charter.

Block Island Fishing Charters Video

The Giant Bluefish Video

Little Matt's Striper Battle

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This is our Rhode Island Fishing Reports and News section. 

See the 2012 Fishing Pictures. 

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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.   The fish are here, it's time to book!!

May 12, 2012: Todd with 21lb Striper

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  5/1/2/2012 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.

December 3, 2011 No More Charters in 2011.  We have all our boats out of the water and are slowly working on preparing them for next year.  See you all in 2012.

November 9, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 45 tautog with 21 keepers.

November 8, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 53 tautog with 22 keepers in a three-quarter day trip.

November 6, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 novice anglers and caught 39 tautog with 13 keepers, including a 10.2lb fish.

November 4, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and caught 41 tautog with 14 keepers in a half day trip.

November 1, 2011 Tautog Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and easily caught the limit in tautog (48 keepers) on a full day fishing trip.

October 31, 20911 Tautog Report.  Captain  Chris sailed with one anlger and they caught 15 keepers in 2 hours of fishing which allowed them to easily limit out for the trip.  We caught 1 fish @9lbs, 2@8lbs and 2@7lbs.

October 25, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 51 tautog with 16 keepers in a half day trip, then the wind came up to 25 knots and we couldn't hold over the fish to catch  more.

October 24, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and caught 47 tautog with 18 keepers including an 8lb fish.

October 23, 2011 Tautog Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 2 anglers and caught 20 tautog with 9 keepers in a 4 hour trip.

October 9, 2011 Sea Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 60 sea bass with 41 keepers including and 8lb fish, in a half day trip, as well as 20 porgies.

October 8, 2011 Sea Bass Charter. Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 80 sea bass with 40 keepers and 30 scup.

October 2, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 2 anglers and caught 31 bluefish and 4 striped bass in a half day trip. 

September 26, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 9 stripers and 21 bluefish, limiting out on bass for the trip on a half day.

September 25, 2011 Bass And Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and caught 6 bass and 16 bluefish in a 4 hour trip.

September 20, 2011 Bass & Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and caught 5 bass and 15 bluefish in a half day trip.

September 19, 2011 Bass and Blues charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 18 bluefish and 1 striper in a half day south shore trip.

September 18, 2011 Bass and Blues fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 catch and release anglers and caught 22 bluefish in a half day trip along the south shore.  There are tons of Bluefish around right now.

September  17, 2011 Morning Bass and Blues Trip.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 3 bass and 22 Bluefish in a half day trip.

September 17, 2011 Afternoon Bass and Blues Trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 1 bass and 35 bluefish in a half day afternoon trip.

September 15, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 67 anglers and caught 8 bluefish and 5 stripers in a half day trip.

September 12, 2011 Bass and Blues Trip.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 15 bass and 25 bluefish, easily limiting out on stripers for this charter.

September 11, 2011 Bass and Blues Fishing Trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 13 bass and 42 bluefish on diamond jigs in a half day of fishing.

September 10, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 13 stripers and 27 bluefish in  a half day trip.

September 5, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 2 stripers and 9 bluefish in a half day trip.

September 3, 2011 Shared Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 13 bass and 26 bluefish in a half day trip, easily limiting out on stripers for the charter.

September 2, 2011 Shared Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers on a shared trip and they caught 9 bass, 14 bluefish and 1 bonito in a half day trip.

September 1, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and caught 8 bass and 12 bluefish in a half day trip, easily limiting out on stripers for the trip.

August 31, 2011 Bass and Blues charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and caught 15 bass and 18 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 30, 2011 Bass and Blues charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 20 stripers and 37 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 26, 2011 Bass and Blues charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 6 striped bass and 16 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 24, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught their limit in bass and also their limit in Bluefish during a full day trip (13 bass and 61 bluefish).

August 23, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and got 3 big bass and 15 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 21, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 10 bass and 21 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 20, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had a family of 6 and they caught 6 bass and 15 bluefish.

August 19, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 12 bass and 33 bluefish in a full day trip, easily limiting out on bass.

August 18, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 36 bluefish and 3 bass in a half day trip.

August 17, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 11 bass and 38 bluefish in a half day, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

August 16, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had a family of 6 and caught 30 bluefish and 3 bass in a half day fishing trip.

August 13, 2011 Bass and Blues Fishing Charter. Captain Chris had 6 anglers and got 17 bluefish and 2 big bass in a half day trip.

August 12, 2011 Bass and Blues Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 5 big bass and 7 bluefish in a half day trip.

August 11, 2011 Striped Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and easily caught the limit in striped bass with 11 bass total and 3 bluefish.

August 10, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught their limit in striped bass and 7 bluefish on a half day trip.

August 8, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and easily caught the limit in striped bass, with 10 bass and 10 bluefish, as well as 2 keeper flounder.

August 5 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 13 bass and 5 blues, easily limiting out on stripers for the trip.

August 4, 2011 Striped Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught their limit in striped bass plus 8 bluefish in a half day trip.August 3, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers and caught 16 bass and 7 bluefish in a half day trip.  We easily limited out on striped bass.

August 2, 2011 Striper Fishing  Charter. Captain Chris had Dr. Sharon Henry and her family on a bass trip and easily limited out on stripers, catching 18 bass and 7 bluefish plus 3 flounder in a half day trip.

August 1, 2011 Striped Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers from Pensylvannia and easily caught their limit in bass plus 6 bluefish as well as 12 flounder and 4 sea bass.

July 29, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 2 anglers and caught 17 bass all keepers and one bluefish, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

July 28, 2011 Flounder Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 38 flounder with 17 keepers, including a large 8lb 25" fish.

July 27, 2011 Striper Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 3 anglers and caught 3 keeper bass and 10 flounder in a half day trip.

July 26, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 1 angler and caught 17 bass and one bluefish, all keepers, four times our limit in striped bass.

July 25, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 8 bass and 5 bliuefish before the tide ended the fishing. 

July 24, 2011  Striper Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 3 anglers and caught 18 bass and 2 bluefish, easily limiting out on striped bass for the trip.

July 23, 2011 Striper Charter.  Captain Earl sailed with 2 anglers and caught 21 bass and 3 bluefish, easily limiting out on bass.

July 22, 2011 Flounder Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 40 flounder with 16 keepers.

July 21, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 25 bass and 12 bluefish, easily limiting out on striped bass for the trip.  We also got 16 flounder with 4 keepers.

July 20, 2011 Bass Charter.  Captain Earl had one angler and caught 17 stripers and 3 bluefish.  It was a little tricky today with the dense fog, which made the fish harder to find.

July 19, 2011 Bass Fishing Charter.  Captain  Chris had 5 anglers and caught 32 bass and 20 bluefish in a half day fishing trip.

July 18, 2011 Flounder Fishing Charter. Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 46 flounder with 19 keepers in a half day trip.

July 17, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and it was epic.  Fish were everywhere, we had 8 fish flopping around on the deck and everyone had fish on at the same time on a couple of occasions.  We just kept catching them.  A total of 35 bass and 24 blues were caught, easily limiting out on Bass.

July 16, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 4 anglers and caught 16 bass and 3 bluefish as well as 15 flounder, with our limit in bass and 3 keeper flounder and all the bluefish.

July 15, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 3 anglers and caught 27 bass and 14 bluefish in a half day, easily limiting out on striped bass for the trip.

July 15, 2011 Striper Charter.  Captain Earl sailed with 2 anglers and got 15 stripers and 6 bluefish in a half day trip.

July 15, 2011 Afternoon Trip.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 6 stripers and 2 bluefish in a half day trip.

July 13, 2011 Bass Fishing Charter. Captain Chris hgad 4 anglers and caught 24 bass and 2 bluefish, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

July 12, 2011 Flounder Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 38 flounder with 19 keepers, the biggest fish was 25" long.  A good day of fluking.

July 11, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 10 bass and 5 bluefish, including a 25lb and a 31lb striper on Topwater.

July 10, 2011 Striper Bass Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anlgers and caught 19 bass and no bluefish, as well as 18 flounder with 5 keepers, easily limiting out on stripers for the trip.

July 9, 2011 Afternoon Striper Trip.  Captain Chris sailed with a family or four and worked hard to catch 4 bass and 4 bluefish with one 21lb striper coming into the boat.

July 9, 2011 Morning Bass Trip.  Captain Chris had 6 anglers and caught 35 bass and no bluefish including a 46lb striper.  The bass fishing is still going strong.

July 8, 2011 Striped Bass Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers on a full day trip and the fishing was epic once again, with 48 stripers, all keepers coming over the side.  It was crazy fishing, in heavy overcast and dense fog.

July 7, 2011 Afternoon Striper Charter.  Well it was epic in the afternoon today as well.  It startyed out slow but as soon as the tide turned the fish went crazy chasing bait on the surface and we caught 32 bass on topwater plugs and swimmers.  Ity was awesome.

July 7, 2011 Morning Striper fishing charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and had an epic trip, catching 40 stripers and 2 bluefish, several times we had 4 fish at a time flopping around on the floor. It was fantastic.  We got 1 30lb bass, 2 around 25lbs, and several from 15-18lbs.

July 6, 2011 Afternoon Striper Fishing.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and easily caught their limit in styripers catching 11 bass and 1 bluefish in a 4 hour trip.

July 6, 2011 Morning Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 3 anglers, father, daughter, and son and caught 12 bass and 1 bluefish, easily reaching the limit for bass and the little girl caught the second largest fish.

July 5, 2011 Chris Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris had 5 anglers and caught 27 bass and 2 bluefish, with 25 keeper bass including a 21lb and a 32lb striper, as well as 14 flounder with 5 keepers.  They easily limited out on bass for the trip.

July 5, 2011 Earl Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Earl had 2 anglers and caught 21 bass and 5 bluefish, and 5 flounder easily limiting out on bass.

July 4, 2011 Striper Fishing Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 2 anglers and caught 30 striped bass and one bluefish, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

July 4, 2011 Striper/Flounder charter.  Captain Earl sailed with 3 anglers and easily limited out on bass catching 14 bass with 13 keepers and 28 flounder with 7 keepers.

July 3, 2011 Afternoon Bass Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 14 bass and 5 bluefish, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

July 3, 2011 Morning Striper Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 14 bass, 1 bluefish and 16 flounder with 10 keeper stripers, and 6 keeper flounder.  The stripers included a 28lb and a 38lb bass.

July 2, 2011 Afternoon Striper Charter. Captain Chris sailed with 6 anglers and caught 19 bass with 15 keepers, easily limiting out on striped bass for the trip.

July 1, 2011 Afternoon Striper Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 17 bass all keepers and 3 bluefish, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

July 1, 2011 Morning Striper Charter.  Captain Chris sailed with 4 anglers and caught 16 bass with 15 keepers and one bluefish, easily limiting out on bass for the trip.

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.