11-05-2011, 05:33 AM
I had seen people catching herring using the sabiki rig and they were catching 2 or 3 fish when a school came in on Goat Island. I used to tie a herring hook or a sabiki hook about 12" above my squid jigs and I would catch herring when squid were slow. One time I even hooked a striper! Then someone told me that you can't keep herring so I stopped doing the practice. Not sure about RI but I am sure Mass you can't keep herring. I never bother to find out whether you can keep herring in RI or not since I didn't want to invite trouble so I just stopped doing it.