UPDATED BY PAT ON FRIDAY, August
3rd, 2007
STRIPED BASS- Last weeks trend upward fizzled this week. The bait
supply has stayed about the same but the bass on the reefs have been harder
to come by. I don't think we can keep taking the summer residents off
the reefs and expect them to be replaced. Southwest and Hatchetts have
given up a few jumbos, the Race has been slow and Plum Gut has given up
a few to live bait. Tube and worm trolling has been catching mostly
schoolies along the Old Lyme to Waterford shoreline with an occaisional
jumbo. Theres been a good bunch of schoolies on the surface at dawn and
dusk near Hatchetts and at times they're at Bartletts too . The surface
sipping bass are still in the Watch Hill to Plum Island area. A few
anglers are scoring, mostly on flies imitating minute herring.
BLUEFISH- Activity remains steady in the lower Connecticut River for
both the shore and boat anglers with some choppers approaching the double
digit mark. Fresh bunker or hickory shad has been the best producer.
Southwest Reef has had some mixed sized blues hitting jigs, the same for
Plum Gut. The Race has had some decent days on jigs but not everyday.
The blues are also on the surface in the evenings along the Old Lyme
beaches.
SNAPPERS- They are here in decent enough size and numbers to make it
worthwhile. The DEP Piers, Saybrook Point, Blackhall River and the
Causeway have 4" plus snappers.
FLUKE- Its about the same as last week. When boat traffic permits the
River has had a mix of sizes with a fair percentage of keepers. The
best reports are from the Black Point to Hatchetts in 50' plus of depth.
Soundview in 30' of water has a mix of sizes.
BLACKFISH- No reports and green crabs are hard to get but there are
blackfish on the reefs all summer for the dedicated.
PORGIES- Decent reports of them at Hatchetts and Bartletts.
BONITO- Theres been a bunch of sighting and a few catches at Watch
Hill, Plum Gut and Weekapaug.
3rd, 2007
STRIPED BASS- Last weeks trend upward fizzled this week. The bait
supply has stayed about the same but the bass on the reefs have been harder
to come by. I don't think we can keep taking the summer residents off
the reefs and expect them to be replaced. Southwest and Hatchetts have
given up a few jumbos, the Race has been slow and Plum Gut has given up
a few to live bait. Tube and worm trolling has been catching mostly
schoolies along the Old Lyme to Waterford shoreline with an occaisional
jumbo. Theres been a good bunch of schoolies on the surface at dawn and
dusk near Hatchetts and at times they're at Bartletts too . The surface
sipping bass are still in the Watch Hill to Plum Island area. A few
anglers are scoring, mostly on flies imitating minute herring.
BLUEFISH- Activity remains steady in the lower Connecticut River for
both the shore and boat anglers with some choppers approaching the double
digit mark. Fresh bunker or hickory shad has been the best producer.
Southwest Reef has had some mixed sized blues hitting jigs, the same for
Plum Gut. The Race has had some decent days on jigs but not everyday.
The blues are also on the surface in the evenings along the Old Lyme
beaches.
SNAPPERS- They are here in decent enough size and numbers to make it
worthwhile. The DEP Piers, Saybrook Point, Blackhall River and the
Causeway have 4" plus snappers.
FLUKE- Its about the same as last week. When boat traffic permits the
River has had a mix of sizes with a fair percentage of keepers. The
best reports are from the Black Point to Hatchetts in 50' plus of depth.
Soundview in 30' of water has a mix of sizes.
BLACKFISH- No reports and green crabs are hard to get but there are
blackfish on the reefs all summer for the dedicated.
PORGIES- Decent reports of them at Hatchetts and Bartletts.
BONITO- Theres been a bunch of sighting and a few catches at Watch
Hill, Plum Gut and Weekapaug.