Bottom fishing yields sea bass, scup and ling cod, holdover stripers are chewing in the rivers, and freshwater anglers catch trout, salmon, bass and perch.

Tautog, cod and sea bass transition to deeper structure, holdover stripers are active in the backwaters, and sweetwater anglers enjoy good fishing for largemouth bass and trout.

Big stripers chase bunker in the harbors and river mouths and the western Sound has big bass feeding on hickory shad, meanwhile, tautog fishing has transitioned to deeper water.

Big cod mix in with keeper tautog while sea bass move deep, and striper activity shifts toward holdover areas while freshwater fishermen chase largemouth bass and stocked trout.

Freshwater fishing heats up, schoolies blitz off central Sound beaches while many anglers begin hunting holdovers, and scup, tautog and sea bass continue to fill coolers.

There's consistent action for tautog ranging from 5 to 12 pounds, schoolie stripers are filing out of RI waters, and the ponds are fishing well for largemouth bass and stocked trout.

The blackfish bite is excellent, with sea bass, porgies and cod rounding out the catch, and schoolie to slot-size stripers blitz along central and western Sound beaches.

Schoolie to over-slot stripers chase schools of peanut bunker, double-digit tautog are caught with regularity and squidding has been great; meanwhile, the DEM's fall trout stocking continues.

Tautog fishing is excellent with some big scup and sea bass rounding out the catch, meanwhile, stripers chase thinning schools of adult and peanut bunker.

Tautog, sea bass and scup fill coolers for bottom fishermen while plugs and paddletails catch stripers and blues on peanut bunker in the western Sound.