Fishing near Little Compton in Newport County, RI

3.6 Rating based on 146 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Calico Bass(Black Crappie), Chain Pickerel, Summer Flounder (Fluke), Scup (Porgy)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 99
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 168
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4.5 lbs with me near Little Compton

4.5 lbs with me

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4.5 Pounder Mouth near Little Compton

4.5 Pounder Mouth

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4.5 Poundah near Little Compton

4.5 Poundah

Pissed off after casting near bed...
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24" Striper near Little Compton

24" Striper

first Striper of the season... only 24", just short of a keeper. Next time!
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Shes a beauty near Little Compton

Shes a beauty

Biggest for the day and plenty to keep me happy for a while
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Top Fishing Spots near Little Compton

Quicksand Pond
Quicksand Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Gooseberry Neck/island
Gooseberry Neck/island

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Sawdy Pond
Sawdy Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
Views: 6717

Squid Fishing
Squid Fishing

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Stafford Pond
Stafford Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 3852

Creamer Pond
Creamer Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1396

Little Compton Area Fish Species

Recent Little Compton Fishing Reports

What a day - Honey Hole Fishing Report Apr 30, 2012

What a day - Honey Hole

Bristol County -

All I have to say is WOW. Don't ever underestimate the size of a lake or pond. There are usually going to be bass of good size in places where peo...

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Sachuest Point  Fishing Report May 02, 2011

Sachuest Point

Newport, RI -

It was recommended we try out Sachuest Point off second beach in Newport... we'd never been, fished from 4pm to 7:45pm without so much as a hit, g...

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Fogland Beach  Fishing Report May 23, 2012

Fogland Beach

Tiverton, RI -

first Striper of the season... only 24", just short of a keeper. Next time!...

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fishing night Fishing Report Aug 25, 2009

fishing night

rt 88 wesport ma bridge before horseneck -

heard that there were good sized stripers and blues here so im going to try it out.

so i went and had a lot of bites it was low tide coming i...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Good day out Fishing Report Jun 05, 2011

Good day out

Private pond -

Hit a small pond in Weston in my boat and was highly rewarded with several bass. Biggest was 5, a few 3s and many single pounders. Big boy was caught ...

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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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Baits and Tackle used near Little Compton

Check Prices

  • i used pogy
  • basspro lazer eye nitro ,light blue/ white underneath
  • Crank bait, surface poppers
  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

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

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
  • Flipping a laydown

Tube Check Prices

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

Minnow Check Prices

  • menhaden
  • live shiners medium size
  • live shiners and senkos
  • Shiners and Gary plastic 4 and 5in
  • mumpers
  • Large (heavies) shiners

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.

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • small slgos
  • pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • green scum frog
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged
  • largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner

Squid Check Prices

  • i used squid,surf clams, and sea/sandworms. had luck with all three baits
  • double hook rig either let it drift or sink it and jig
  • 5oz bucktail for weight and a trailer bounced on the bottom

Stick Bait Check Prices

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait

Worm Check Prices

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

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Green rattling to Zuri
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • My 4 keepers were 4.77lbs
    Three 1-1/4lbers, and One 1lber

    Also 2 shorts
  • My best 5 was about 7-1/4lbs:
    1-3/4lber
    Two 1-1/2lbers
    Two 1-1/4lbers

    also a couple 1lbers, and a short

    Various Swimbaits, Prop Bait, and a Spinnerbait

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

  • strike king red craw texas rigged

    blue fox inline spinner yellow/green color
  • 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
  • weightless and 3/0 gamakatsu hook, slow retrieve, skipping under branches and trees, shallow water
  • yamamoto watermelon crawdad

Lure (Other) Check Prices

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

  • deceivers,silversides,sand eel paterns

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow shad rap
  • Zoom salamander
    Sunfish crank bait
  • Catching them on the bluegill squarebill again.
  • Bluegill colored square bill from Strike King
  • 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

  • And Lipless Crank
  • orange, black split center
  • small lightning stick

Bass Jig Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Night crawler on a #8 hook

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)

Other Check Prices

  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • Fished pogey chunks
  • 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

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