RI Blackstone River Fishing Off

It has been a disappointing spring for me on the Blackstone River here in RI. The fishing is off, way off. I suspect the severe flooding of the spring has something to do with this. In past years, the flooding has had two big negative effects. It has moved a lot of fish to different spots. It has also killed a lot of carp. Carp tend to move onto flood plains during flooding. Many become trapped in deep basins and holes and die when the water recedes. When I was a kid I used to see hundreds of dead carp on these flood plains after flooding. I can only hope this is not the reason for the sub par carp fishing on the Blackstone. I continue to search for big numbers of mirrors, but am having little success.