By DAVID HENAULT

 The RI CAG (Carp Anglers Group) fish-in will be held  in the Blackstone River State Park off Rt. 123 in Lincoln, RI from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday.
Fish-ins are informative, non-competitive events in which experienced carp anglers demonstrate how to fish for carp using European carp methods.
It is open to the public and newcomers are invited to join in. The venue for this fish-in is a unique spot in that you can fish the Blackstone River, the Lower Canal as well as a place we call Secret Pond. 
To get to this location, take Rt. 146 north or south and proceed to the Rt. 123 exit. Follow Rt. 123  east or "down the hill" for a mile or so (this is Breakneck Hill Rd. which becomes Front St.).  Take a left at a sign that says "Blackstone River State Park" just after the Lincoln Plaza.  There is a large parking area here. 
From here, it is a 6-7 minute walk to the place where we will be fishing.  Walk to the bike path and cross the large bridge spanning the river.  At the east end of the bridge, there is a gate.  Go through the gate and walk the path toward the river.  It will bring you to the canal which will be where we will start. 
This is a very scenic area and a place that has lots of mirror carp.  Let's hope they are hitting!
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Mike Skowron caught stripers in the mid teens liveling pogies in the Providence River on Thursday. The bite has been hot between Nayatt Point and the hurricane barrier.
Pogies are still elusive showing up topwater on a very random basis. Anglers at Conimicut Point have been successful using sandworms for bass at night.
Billy Silvia of Can't Imagine Charters caught bass in the mid teens this weekend throughout the Providence River using live and chunk pogies.
Chris Rapoza caught small bass and a bluefish fishing in the river.  Billy's customers Wind Evans caught a 38 pound 45 inch bass and his daughter Mary landed a 34 pound stirper livelining pogies in Bristol Harbor.
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The Uncle Jimmy Striped Bass Tournament was hosted at the Harborside this weekend.
In a field of roughly 100 anglers Kyle Armstrong took 1rst place with a 24 pound bass caught livelining a pogey in the Providence River. Second place went to Ray Masciarelli Jr., he landed a 23 pound bass fishing aboard the Motley Crew.
The largest bluefish was reeled in by Joey Joels on the Haas weighing in at 8 pounds. All proceeds from the tournament went to the R.I. Food Bank. The scup fishing has been good at Stone Bridge, Jamestown and Newport. They are being caught on sandworms, clam tongues, clam necks and squid. Fisherman drifting clam bellies in the Warren and Barrington Rivers have been catching schoolies with the occasional keeper.
On Monday morning, Billy Silvia found a huge school of bass at the Tiverton/Mass. border. Tautog season is closed for the month of June. The size for keeper scup is 10.5"s with a limit of 10 fish.
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 Dave Henault operates Ocean State Tackle @ 430 Branch Ave. Prov., 1284 Hope St. Bristol and 735 Centre of New England Blvd. W.G. R.I.. He can be reached at 401 226 6626 or at oceanstatetackle.com. Please send  fishing reports  for R.I. and Southeastern Ma. to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it