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[left]MARINE FISHING REPORT [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman"]Water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) are in the mid to upper 60’s°F. Check out the following web sites for more detailed water temperatures and marine boating conditions: [/font][/left]
[left][font "Times New Roman"]http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?nothumbs=1 [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/330.html [/font][/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman"]REMINDER[/font][/left]
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[left][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]: The recreational fishing season for tautog (blackfish) opens October 1 and runs through December 6 (closed December 7 to December 31). The daily creel limit is 4 fish per angler. [/font][/size][/left]
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STRIPED BASS [/size][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing is fair to good and [/size][/font][/size][/font][size 3]BLUEFISH [/size][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing is excellent in LIS! Striper and bluefish spots include the usual locations: Watch Hill reefs, Napatree Point, Ram Island Reef in Fishers Island Sound, the Race, Sluiceway, Pigeon Rip, Plum Gut, outer Bartlett Reef, Hatchett Reef, lower [/size][/font][/size][/font]
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[left]2009 DEP Fishing Report Number 24, 10/1/2009 [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]Page 4 of 4 Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Cornfield Point, Crane Reef, Southwest Reef, Sixmile Reef, Falkner Island area, the reefs off Branford, New Haven Harbor, Charles Island to Milford Point, Bridgeport Harbor, Penfield Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground, the reefs around the Norwalk Islands and Stamford Harbor. Bluefish weighing in the mid to upper teens and measuring three feet in length have been reported! These big choppers have been making it tough to get through to pull a striper out of the suds! [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]SNAPPER BLUEFISH [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing is still going on but dropping temperatures will hasten their departure. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]HICKORY SHAD [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing remains fair to good in the lower Niantic River and Connecticut River (DEP Marine Headquarters fishing pier). [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]LITTLE TUNNY (false albacore) [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]and [/size][/font][/size][/font][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]ATLANTIC BONITO (green bonito) [/size][/font][/size][/font][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing remains good on the calmer, less windier days. Inshore tuna spots include the Watch Hill area, south side of Fishers Island, Pine Island area, Race Rock (the Race), Little Gull Island, Sluiceway, Plum Gut, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Hatchett Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground area and off the Norwalk Islands. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]Blue crab [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]activity has started to dwindle down as water temperatures drop. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]Remember to check the 2009 Connecticut Angler’s Guide for tidal information (page 52) and pages 49-51 for saltwater trophy fish award information. For regulation updates, please check our website [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]www.ct.gov/dep/fishing [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]DEP WEEKLY FISHING REPORT
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106 [/left]
[url "http://www.ct.gov/dep"]www.ct.gov/dep[/url]
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[left]MARINE FISHING REPORT [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman"]Water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) are in the mid to upper 60’s°F. Check out the following web sites for more detailed water temperatures and marine boating conditions: [/font][/left]
[left][font "Times New Roman"]http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?nothumbs=1 [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ [/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/330.html [/font][/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman"]REMINDER[/font][/left]
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[left][size 3][font "Times New Roman"]: The recreational fishing season for tautog (blackfish) opens October 1 and runs through December 6 (closed December 7 to December 31). The daily creel limit is 4 fish per angler. [/font][/size][/left]
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STRIPED BASS [/size][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing is fair to good and [/size][/font][/size][/font][size 3]BLUEFISH [/size][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing is excellent in LIS! Striper and bluefish spots include the usual locations: Watch Hill reefs, Napatree Point, Ram Island Reef in Fishers Island Sound, the Race, Sluiceway, Pigeon Rip, Plum Gut, outer Bartlett Reef, Hatchett Reef, lower [/size][/font][/size][/font]
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[left]2009 DEP Fishing Report Number 24, 10/1/2009 [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]Page 4 of 4 Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Cornfield Point, Crane Reef, Southwest Reef, Sixmile Reef, Falkner Island area, the reefs off Branford, New Haven Harbor, Charles Island to Milford Point, Bridgeport Harbor, Penfield Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground, the reefs around the Norwalk Islands and Stamford Harbor. Bluefish weighing in the mid to upper teens and measuring three feet in length have been reported! These big choppers have been making it tough to get through to pull a striper out of the suds! [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]SNAPPER BLUEFISH [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing is still going on but dropping temperatures will hasten their departure. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]HICKORY SHAD [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing remains fair to good in the lower Niantic River and Connecticut River (DEP Marine Headquarters fishing pier). [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]LITTLE TUNNY (false albacore) [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]and [/size][/font][/size][/font][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]ATLANTIC BONITO (green bonito) [/size][/font][/size][/font][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]fishing remains good on the calmer, less windier days. Inshore tuna spots include the Watch Hill area, south side of Fishers Island, Pine Island area, Race Rock (the Race), Little Gull Island, Sluiceway, Plum Gut, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Hatchett Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground area and off the Norwalk Islands. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]Blue crab [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]activity has started to dwindle down as water temperatures drop. [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]Remember to check the 2009 Connecticut Angler’s Guide for tidal information (page 52) and pages 49-51 for saltwater trophy fish award information. For regulation updates, please check our website [/left]
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[left][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3][font "Times New Roman,Times New Roman"][size 3]www.ct.gov/dep/fishing [/size][/font][/size][/font][/left]
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[left]DEP WEEKLY FISHING REPORT
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106 [/left]
[url "http://www.ct.gov/dep"]www.ct.gov/dep[/url]
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