07-07-2006, 10:00 PM
UPDATED BY PAT ON FRIDAY, July 7th,
2006
STRIPED BASS- Theres a few big bass around the mouth of the Connecticut
River and adjacent reefs. We have more bunker at the mouth than we have
had in many years, and where the bait is the bass aren't too far away.
The bunker are thick enough to snag at times but I wouldn't rely on
that, gill nets are getting most if the baits. Live baits be it bunker,
hickory shad or porgies are scoring at Long Sand Shoal, Hatchetts Reef
and Black Point. While we're on big bass, please don't kill your limit.
Theres nothing wrong with eating bass, but dragging in cows to the dock
every day is overkill.
Theres been schoolies along the Old Lyme shoreline at dusk as well as
out on Hatchetts Reef. Tube and worm and chunking have been productive
during daylight hours.
Schoolies are also behind Napatree Point during low light and dark with
a few keepers mixed in.
BLUEFISH- Theres some schools of small blues Mid-Sound feeding on what
appears to be small butterfish. Closer to this shore theres some medium
to large blues at the mouth of the River, sometimes hitting on the
surface, more likely to hit on chunks. Blues are in Plum Gut favoring the
incoming tide. The Race has a better shot at them on both tides.
FLUKE- Still short. Theres some reports of better sized fluke at
Fishers, Montauk and off the RI Beaches, however most reports from those
areas are short fluke mixed in with dogfish. The River and Soundview have
fluke, mostly sub-legal.
PORGIES- Spotty action on most of the local reefs. They're not as many
as previous years where they were on the entire reef. Its important to
find them on the depth finder before anchoring up tide of them. If you
want to hold on to the school, put out a chum pot. Hatchetts and Black
Point have had some good reports.
BLACKFISH- Fewer reports came in this week.
BLUE CRABS- Good reports of smaller crabs with enough keepers to make
it worthwhile are coming in from the Oyster River and the tributaries
coming into the Connecticut River. It seems like a better year than
last.
HOURS- This week we'll be open Monday through Friday from 6am to 7pm.
Weekends from 4am to 6pm.
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2006
STRIPED BASS- Theres a few big bass around the mouth of the Connecticut
River and adjacent reefs. We have more bunker at the mouth than we have
had in many years, and where the bait is the bass aren't too far away.
The bunker are thick enough to snag at times but I wouldn't rely on
that, gill nets are getting most if the baits. Live baits be it bunker,
hickory shad or porgies are scoring at Long Sand Shoal, Hatchetts Reef
and Black Point. While we're on big bass, please don't kill your limit.
Theres nothing wrong with eating bass, but dragging in cows to the dock
every day is overkill.
Theres been schoolies along the Old Lyme shoreline at dusk as well as
out on Hatchetts Reef. Tube and worm and chunking have been productive
during daylight hours.
Schoolies are also behind Napatree Point during low light and dark with
a few keepers mixed in.
BLUEFISH- Theres some schools of small blues Mid-Sound feeding on what
appears to be small butterfish. Closer to this shore theres some medium
to large blues at the mouth of the River, sometimes hitting on the
surface, more likely to hit on chunks. Blues are in Plum Gut favoring the
incoming tide. The Race has a better shot at them on both tides.
FLUKE- Still short. Theres some reports of better sized fluke at
Fishers, Montauk and off the RI Beaches, however most reports from those
areas are short fluke mixed in with dogfish. The River and Soundview have
fluke, mostly sub-legal.
PORGIES- Spotty action on most of the local reefs. They're not as many
as previous years where they were on the entire reef. Its important to
find them on the depth finder before anchoring up tide of them. If you
want to hold on to the school, put out a chum pot. Hatchetts and Black
Point have had some good reports.
BLACKFISH- Fewer reports came in this week.
BLUE CRABS- Good reports of smaller crabs with enough keepers to make
it worthwhile are coming in from the Oyster River and the tributaries
coming into the Connecticut River. It seems like a better year than
last.
HOURS- This week we'll be open Monday through Friday from 6am to 7pm.
Weekends from 4am to 6pm.
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