05-17-2014, 10:24 AM
Fishing Report -- May 16, 2014 Striped Bass - The lower Connecticut River is still fishing well. We've seen occasional keeper bass up to 33" as well as many schoolies this week. Shore bound anglers have been doing well at the usual spots on sandworms. Boat anglers have been doing well using soft plastics on lead head jigs as well as unweighted. It seems like some of the larger fish have been taking surface spooks such as the Rebel Jumpin Minnow. One customer has been getting a lot of fish on the Daiwa SP minnow. Reliable sources have told us that some bunker have arrived in the past few days in the river. Last night bunker were spotted flipping out in front of the DEP dock.
Bass are also filtering out on the beaches on either side of the river. I'm guessing this week we'll see some fish either in the Race or the Gut.
We've heard very sparse reports from RI, but word is that there are a lot of squid around.
Bluefish - No reports here, but they're loaded in Long Island in places like Peconic Bay and out near the east end.
Winter Flounder - The season is now open til the end of the year. There's a few in the Niantic River.
Fluke - Season opens tomorrow, Saturday, May 17th both here and NY. Locally, we've heard that draggers working off Branford have been getting them. We also heard that a few large fluke up to 7 pounds were caught from one of the New Haven bridges. The RI party boats have hit some over at Block and we heard some reports of catch and release fluke at Montauk. None of these were doormats.
Our Flat Out Fluke Contest is open call us or stop in for details
Blackfish - Closed in CT until July but open in RI. No reports though.
Porgies - Open season but no reports also.
Weakfish - We've heard of a few being caught in the New Haven area. NY and NJ are having one of the better early Spring runs.
Tide tables are in [url "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MFjFfBpTaEmRhqUCVedrsAN8b5n5pe-N6mch_qgfF6x2-swCn9KK2lHNZInOwuv_23ya9tg0lisSmAQgufa_OxfDsTqTkpAn5tkzQwhORrzB76Pxuf1UGBBDBZKQlGVN_EoOtYS5cDzeMZJFOGU0Z0AxOrtaCPitvXWqV_YJ5Eh4lqyRLRXtPFcMdpqFfPXJ&c=vNJv-r24QPveWkrEc3HYOxocK3ctoLPE0UgvSoUnt335Jh5zodhGww==&ch=WofI6_RvJEkok5Wa0dovivLBfVqgXCyBCabzeLa0GANg9fCQukc2ZQ=="][/url]
Rivers End Tackle
440 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475
info@riversendtackle.com
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Bass are also filtering out on the beaches on either side of the river. I'm guessing this week we'll see some fish either in the Race or the Gut.
We've heard very sparse reports from RI, but word is that there are a lot of squid around.
Bluefish - No reports here, but they're loaded in Long Island in places like Peconic Bay and out near the east end.
Winter Flounder - The season is now open til the end of the year. There's a few in the Niantic River.
Fluke - Season opens tomorrow, Saturday, May 17th both here and NY. Locally, we've heard that draggers working off Branford have been getting them. We also heard that a few large fluke up to 7 pounds were caught from one of the New Haven bridges. The RI party boats have hit some over at Block and we heard some reports of catch and release fluke at Montauk. None of these were doormats.
Our Flat Out Fluke Contest is open call us or stop in for details
Blackfish - Closed in CT until July but open in RI. No reports though.
Porgies - Open season but no reports also.
Weakfish - We've heard of a few being caught in the New Haven area. NY and NJ are having one of the better early Spring runs.
Tide tables are in [url "http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001MFjFfBpTaEmRhqUCVedrsAN8b5n5pe-N6mch_qgfF6x2-swCn9KK2lHNZInOwuv_23ya9tg0lisSmAQgufa_OxfDsTqTkpAn5tkzQwhORrzB76Pxuf1UGBBDBZKQlGVN_EoOtYS5cDzeMZJFOGU0Z0AxOrtaCPitvXWqV_YJ5Eh4lqyRLRXtPFcMdpqFfPXJ&c=vNJv-r24QPveWkrEc3HYOxocK3ctoLPE0UgvSoUnt335Jh5zodhGww==&ch=WofI6_RvJEkok5Wa0dovivLBfVqgXCyBCabzeLa0GANg9fCQukc2ZQ=="][/url]
Rivers End Tackle
440 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475
info@riversendtackle.com
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