10-16-2004, 12:48 AM
Lets see if I can help you out a bit. Not familiar with the CT side of the sound. I used to fish mostly the western sound along the North Shore of LI. Fished The Rye beach are of CT and quite a bit around the center Island area for Black Fish. The Light house is good and there are lots of wrecks in that part of the sound where they stage this time of year in preperation for thier migration. The Bunker usually begin migrating out of the sound in late September. Thats when huge schools can be seen out in open water. Just look for fish splashing around on the surface. When you get close if you see them tight to the surface and they don't go down there are predetaors beneath them.
Heres the best tip I can give you for Black fish regardless of where you are. Get yourself a Lobster license. It's only five bucks and it alows you to set up to five traps. Set a trap or five. Enjoy the lobster
and keep the spider crabs an Conch that are a welcome by product. Crack the spider crabs and place them in a chum pot and use the Conch for bait. Not many people know this but Blacks love strips of Conche most of the time anyway. Green crabs are great too and you may get some in your trap or you can walk the local docks with a net and scoop them up off the pilings. More fun than paying for them and nothing beats fresh!!! Reefs and wrecks are the place to be. Structure is important. Exactly where is the CT river in terms of sound location?
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Heres the best tip I can give you for Black fish regardless of where you are. Get yourself a Lobster license. It's only five bucks and it alows you to set up to five traps. Set a trap or five. Enjoy the lobster
and keep the spider crabs an Conch that are a welcome by product. Crack the spider crabs and place them in a chum pot and use the Conch for bait. Not many people know this but Blacks love strips of Conche most of the time anyway. Green crabs are great too and you may get some in your trap or you can walk the local docks with a net and scoop them up off the pilings. More fun than paying for them and nothing beats fresh!!! Reefs and wrecks are the place to be. Structure is important. Exactly where is the CT river in terms of sound location?[signature]