Fishing Report for April 17th, 2009
STRIPED BASS- Schoolies are in the lower Connecticut River in fair numbers, weather and water conditions should be OK for the weekend, next weeks predicted rains might mess things up in a few days. There have been small bass on bait and jigs at Saybrook Point and the Causeway and just bait at the DEP Piers. A couple of keepers have been caught but don't get your hopes up yet. a few big bass have been caught on the tributaries leading into the Thames River as well as the Housatonic.
FLOUNDER- Its not as good as it was last week and last week was terrible. I haven't even heard of any caught this past week.
BLACKFISH- Just a trickle of optimism to wrap up the last two weeks of the spring season. Its been pretty good at the New Haven Breakwater and they're generally a week ahead of us. A report came in of a few blacks at the Niantic RR Bridge.
FISHING LICENSES- We cannot sell licenses since we didn't fork over $1900+ to the state for the privilege to sell licenses. Some tackle shops and town halls are selling licenses and you can get them online at the DEP website. The plan to sell licenses online is good, the execution was bad.
SEMINARS- Tomorrow April 18th, at 11am we're having a seminar on using Butterfly and Lucanos jigs. We have Capt. Mike Deskin and Jordan Paulo showing you the how to. These lures have been effective for every species from sea bass to bluefin. Capt. Mike has done very well on local reefs for bass at times outfishing live bait. Techniques for using both jigs is a bit unconventional and they look weird but they work well.
SALTWATER FLY FISHING SCHOOL is coming up next Saturday, April 18th. There's still two openings, call us for details.
Rivers End Tackle
440 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
(860) 388-2283
STRIPED BASS- Schoolies are in the lower Connecticut River in fair numbers, weather and water conditions should be OK for the weekend, next weeks predicted rains might mess things up in a few days. There have been small bass on bait and jigs at Saybrook Point and the Causeway and just bait at the DEP Piers. A couple of keepers have been caught but don't get your hopes up yet. a few big bass have been caught on the tributaries leading into the Thames River as well as the Housatonic.
FLOUNDER- Its not as good as it was last week and last week was terrible. I haven't even heard of any caught this past week.
BLACKFISH- Just a trickle of optimism to wrap up the last two weeks of the spring season. Its been pretty good at the New Haven Breakwater and they're generally a week ahead of us. A report came in of a few blacks at the Niantic RR Bridge.
FISHING LICENSES- We cannot sell licenses since we didn't fork over $1900+ to the state for the privilege to sell licenses. Some tackle shops and town halls are selling licenses and you can get them online at the DEP website. The plan to sell licenses online is good, the execution was bad.
SEMINARS- Tomorrow April 18th, at 11am we're having a seminar on using Butterfly and Lucanos jigs. We have Capt. Mike Deskin and Jordan Paulo showing you the how to. These lures have been effective for every species from sea bass to bluefin. Capt. Mike has done very well on local reefs for bass at times outfishing live bait. Techniques for using both jigs is a bit unconventional and they look weird but they work well.
SALTWATER FLY FISHING SCHOOL is coming up next Saturday, April 18th. There's still two openings, call us for details.
Rivers End Tackle
440 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
(860) 388-2283