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Narragansett Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Rhode Island's surf-casting soul: rocky points named by generations, albie blitzes in September, and the bay that gave the striper its scientific address.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 12:13 AM
Air / High
56 / 56 F
Wind
NNE 9 mph

Sources: NOAA tides 8454658, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Narragansett is in transition: bait on the move and predators following. Today brings clear skies, wind NNE around 9 mph, rising pressure near 1028 hPa and a high of 56. Tides: high 5:49 AM and 6:09 PM, low 12:13 PM: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 64 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:19 AM-11:19 AM and 9:48 PM-11:48 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Striped bassExcellent

Spring and fall are the shoreline seasons: ODWC points to windblown points, riprap and dams during the May shad spawn and the pre-winter feed.

BluefishExcellent

Fall turns the migration south toward the South Atlantic Bight, and fish feed along beaches and inlets on the way. Follow the bait and the birds.

Tomorrow: Similar at 60 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Rhode Island requires a fishing licence from age 15, from $24.00 for residents, and salt water needs its own licence here. What a Rhode Island licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing striped bass here? Check the size and bag limits with RI DEM before you keep anything. The season dates for Rhode Island, read off the agency, are on the Rhode Island seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

Tides

NOAA station 8454658 (Narragansett Pier). Fish the moving water either side of each change.

Fri
HIGH5:49 AM3.3 ft
LOW12:13 PM0.2 ft
HIGH6:09 PM3.2 ft
Sat
LOW12:13 AM-0.0 ft
HIGH6:33 AM3.7 ft
LOW12:55 PM0.0 ft
HIGH6:54 PM3.4 ft

Narragansett tide chart: the week and the month β†’

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp56 F
High / Low56 / 43 F
WindNNE 9-15 mph
Pressure1027.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:06 / 17:52
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~64 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunset

Which day to fish Narragansett this week

The best day on Narragansett this week looks like Sunday Oct 25, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.

Best day this week: Sunday, Oct 25 β€” good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Tough

Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Solunar majors
9:19 AM-11:19 AM and 9:48 PM-11:48 PM
Minor period
3:40 AM-4:40 AM
Sun
07:06 to 17:52
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Clear, 16 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Narragansett: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Striped bass illustration

Striped bass

Best: spring and fall inland; on the coast, during the seasonal migrations

The largest of the temperate basses, a sea-run fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that now also lives in reservoirs across much of the country after hatchery stocking. Inland, it follows schools of shad and herring through open water. Spring and fall are the shoreline seasons: ODWC points to windblown points, riprap and dams during the May shad spawn and the pre-winter feed.

Bluefish illustration

Bluefish

Peak harvest: May-Oct, most in Jul-Aug (NOAA)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) are sharp-toothed schooling predators that move up and down the Atlantic coast with the seasons and feed in surface blitzes on menhaden, silversides and squid. Fall turns the migration south toward the South Atlantic Bight, and fish feed along beaches and inlets on the way. Follow the bait and the birds.

When to come: the Narragansett calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 64 F (estimated, not a reading).

4050607080JanMarMayJulSepNovOct, ~64 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Narragansett today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 64 F, wind to 17 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 57 F, wind to 21 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Striped bass led the card at excellent. High of 63 F, wind to 19 mph.

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Before you go

License

Rhode Island requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

RI license + free saltwater registration. Striped bass slot 28-31 inches. Tautog: strict seasons/limits (RI's signature rules): check DEM.

Access

Point Judith lighthouse lots, Camp Cronin, Narrow River mouth, salt-pond kayak launches; Galilee's party-boat fleet.

About this water

Surf-casting town on Narragansett Bay's west passage, Washington County, RI. The Ocean State's fishing identity in one zip code.

Fishing Narragansett: the full guide

The rocky kingdom

Narragansett's coast is New England surf-casting distilled: Point Judith's lighthouse rips, the Narrow River mouth, and rock gardens (Monahan's, Hazard's, Black Point) where wetsuited casters work boulder fields for stripers from May to November. The structure never moves; the bait parades past it: learn ten rocks and you own a season.

September's albie fever

When false albacore arrive (late August-October), Narragansett becomes the Northeast's albie capital: schools rocketing through Point Judith's rips and along the beaches, metal and epoxy jigs thrown at 30-mph feeds. The harbor of refuge walls give shore casters legitimate shots: parking fills before dawn on the good weeks.

The bay and the salt ponds

Narragansett Bay behind the point runs its own program: school stripers all season in the coves, tautog on every rockpile (the state's beloved fishery: RI manages tog like treasure), scup for the family rods, and squid runs each May that light the docks at night. The salt ponds (Point Judith, Potter) add winter holdover bass and quiet kayak water.

A Rhode Island year

April: tautog opening, squid nights, first schoolie pushes. May-June: the migration: big bass on the rocks at night, eels and darters. Summer: fluke drifts off the point, bonito teasing by August. September-October: albies, the fall bass run, tog reopening: the season's crescendo. November: the last sand-eel bass and the long wait.

Common questions

When do albies show at Narragansett?

Typically late August through mid-October: Point Judith and the beaches host the Northeast's most reliable shore-based false albacore fishing. Calm, clear mornings after a blow are prime.

Where can a visitor start surf fishing in Narragansett?

Camp Cronin and the harbor-of-refuge walls: safe footing, real fish, dawn tides. Graduate to the boulder fields with cleats and a wetsuit: the big-bass game lives in the white water.

Is fishing good at Narragansett right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Point Judith5 miWorden Pond7 miWickford Harbor10 miNinigret Pond12 miWatchaug Pond13 miWood River15 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Tide predictions
NOAA CO-OPS 8454658 β€” Narragansett Pier
Harmonic predictions, datum MLLW, local time. 11 high and low events returned for today and the next two days. A prediction, not a measured water level: wind and surge move the real thing.
Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 41.4300, -71.4550 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written guide was drafted with AI assistance. Unlike our newer pages, it does not yet list the official pages its facts were checked against: that audit is under way, and anything it cannot verify will be taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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