Fishing near Middletown in Newport County, RI

3.58 Rating based on 169 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Calico Bass(Black Crappie), Chain Pickerel, Scup (Porgy), Brook Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 116
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 162
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31" Blue near Middletown

31" Blue

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striper near Middletown

striper

one day I will be holding up a 36", I promise... for now, this is all you get;) We still have a blast every night fishing.
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31" Striped Bass near Middletown

31" Striped Bass

I may be freezing, soaked & look like crap but I'm HAPPY...31" & 14 pounds!!!! It also feels pretty good to be the only girl on a beach of guys and be the only one to pull in a fish;)
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Top Fishing Spots near Middletown

Squid Fishing
Squid Fishing

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Narragansett Bay
Narragansett Bay

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Smith and Sayles Reservoir
Smith and Sayles Reservoir

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Quicksand Pond
Quicksand Pond

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Brenton Reef
Brenton Reef

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Uri Bay Pier
Uri Bay Pier

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Middletown Area Fish Species

Recent Middletown Fishing Reports

31" Blue Fishing Report May 24, 2012

31" Blue

Newport, RI -

31" Blue off Carr's Point...

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easton beach Fishing Report May 25, 2011

easton beach

newport, ri -

fishing for stripers...

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our 2nd keeper of the season Fishing Report Jul 17, 2011

our 2nd keeper of the season

Newport, RI -

31" & 14lbs striped bass caught off fresh pogie...

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eastons beach Fishing Report Aug 13, 2011

eastons beach

Newport, RI -

striped bass & fluke...

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5/11 Fishing Report May 11, 2011

5/11

Newport, RI -

caught a lil' 17"... I need a boat or summer to get a move on because I'm sick of catching these 17"-20" stipers... I want to g...

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first keeper! Fishing Report Jun 04, 2011

first keeper!

Newport, RI -

14 lbs & 28" on a lure...

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Baits and Tackle used near Middletown

Check Prices

  • i used pogy
  • basspro lazer eye nitro ,light blue/ white underneath
  • Crank bait, surface poppers
  • drifting worms no sinker

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • green crabs
  • greencrabs
  • live linning pogies
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!
  • mussels on hook jigging
  • sandworms
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • pogie chunk
  • porgy
  • meal worms

Creature Check Prices

  • using Kinami's Palm tree green pumpkin green weedless no weight
  • HIT IT ON A PALM TREE MADE BY KINAMI BAITS
  • palm tree red skirt black trunck
  • baby brush hog (green pumpkin green 1/8 oz bullet head sinker

    palm tree green pumpkin green weight-less
  • used baby brush hog

Tube Check Prices

  • Fishing bass tube along weed edges and downed trees.
  • 8 lb line
    weightless
    3/0 hook
  • texas rigged

Minnow Check Prices

  • menhaden
  • live shiners medium size
  • Shiners and Gary plastic 4 and 5in
  • live shiners and senkos
  • mumpers

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • BLACK JITTERBUG, STICK BAITS
  • I only used topwater frogs, black buzz and some weedless ones that I picked up at bass pro. The 22" was cought on a light green weedless frog. One day I'll buy a scale...
  • Pencil bait, same as other
  • Topwater pencil bait, shoots down about 1-2 feet when you yank it, then pops back up to the surface.
  • Topwater poppers and black worms dode up with the texas rig..

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • small slgos

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • White Spinner bait with a white Double Tailed Grub trailer
  • yellow spinner colorado blade silver
  • All 10 between 1lb - 1-14lb culled or didn't make the cut
  • white/ chart. spinner 3/8 oz for the largemouth..
  • Spinnerbait
    Limit consisted of:
    2lb 5oz
    2lb 4oz
    1lb 15oz
    1-1/2lbs
    1lb 6oz
  • Mostly between 3lbs-4lbs
  • spinner, silver with red trim
  • uh, spinnerbait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • green scum frog
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged

Squid Check Prices

  • double hook rig either let it drift or sink it and jig
  • i used squid,surf clams, and sea/sandworms. had luck with all three baits

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait

Worm Check Prices

  • Watermelon Red flake rigged weed less, casted right by the lily pads
  • Texas rigged 4" watermelon colored worm with a medium action ugly stick.
  • senko worm brown
    topwater popper
  • clam worms
  • black senko
  • My Smallie was 1-1/4lb
    Vinny's was 1lb
  • Shakey Head
  • Senko
    1st Bass 1lb 15oz
    2nd Bass 14oz
  • 1st was 13oz
    2nd was 1lb 10oz
  • caught it on a greenish senko

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Got 3 bass on shiners( including the biggest). 2 small ones on yum 5 in green pumpkin plastic worm. 5 bluegill on small lure too.
  • Yum 5in green pumpkin worm. Also got 3 on shiners ( including the biggest). Got two small ones on yum. 3 bluegill on small lure too.
  • Green rattling to Zuri
  • cocahoe medium speed
  • carolina rig
  • dark worm very slow

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Two 4lbers, a 3-1/2lber, two 2-1/2lbers.
  • We keep 5 Bass total
    My three were 2.79lbs, and two 1-1/2lbers. Paul had a 1lb 14oz, and 1-1/2lber

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

  • strike king red craw texas rigged

    blue fox inline spinner yellow/green color
  • weightless and 3/0 gamakatsu hook, slow retrieve, skipping under branches and trees, shallow water
  • used almost everything in my bag, plastic worms,craws,lizards,creatures,space monkeys, heddon crazy crawler, swimbaits, buzzbaits, suspending jerkbaits, I could be here all night

Lure (Other) Check Prices

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow shad rap
  • Catching them on the bluegill squarebill again.
  • Bluegill colored square bill from Strike King
  • Zoom salamander
    Sunfish crank bait
  • caught the smallest on spinerbait and the rest on a crankbait
  • My Limit was:
    2.27lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1lb 10oz
    Two 1-1/2lbers

  • orange, black split center
  • small lightning stick

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Night crawler on a #8 hook
  • small bits on small hook dipped into the water from the bridge.
  • one huge cold nightcrawler

Herring Check Prices

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Crabs, and Squid

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • Red and white daredevil

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spoof
  • 2 0z Zara Spook
    9" Sluggo(White)

Grub Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • Fished pogey chunks
  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • uncle joshs dough carp bait. its ground corn, corn syrup, and something else i dont remember.
  • same bait, dough bait
  • Just bread balls
  • porgy snagger
  • Powerbait

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