Image Source: Journal photo/Andrew Dickerman
Some folks who work at RISD Library have been looking down on the Providence River for a couple of weeks and have been amazed at the large schools of fish circling around in it. People who have been here since the 1980's don't ever remember seeing anything like it. Rumors are that they are bluefish that are being raised upstream to swim down into Narragansett Bay. Is this true? There is some disagreement as to what kind of fish they are.
There are schools of smaller fish which are menhaden, the food fish that attract bigger fish like bluefish and striped bass. Mixed in with the smaller fish are bluefish who apparently are following the menhaden upstream from the Bay. There are no bluefish being raised upriver, these are all coming up from the Bay.
Source: Director of the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
For more info, see the Projo's Fishing Report and this blog discussion from Sept. 17th.
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