DEEP Marine Fishing Report

STRIPED BASS

Fishing remains good, especially around dawn and dusk. Look for these fish on the reefs off Watch Hill, Ram Island Reef in Fishers Island Sound, south of Wilderness Point off Fishers Island, the Millstone outflow, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Pigeon Rip north of Plum Island, Hatchett Reef, Long Sand Shoal, Southwest Reef, Sixmile Reef, Falkner Island area, the reefs off Guilford and Branford, New Haven Harbor (Sandy Point), the Charles Island area to Milford Point, Buoy 20 off Stratford, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground, Penfield Reef, around the Norwalk Islands, and the reefs off Stamford.

BLUEFISH

Fishing remains consistent, with snappers in tidal creeks and coves measuring four to eight inches. Bluefish can be found in the same areas as striped bass, with consistent fishing also available in the Race and Plum Gut.

SUMMER FLOUNDER (FLUKE)

Look for fluke on the south shore of Fishers Island (Isabella Beach and off Wilderness Point), Stonington area south of the breakwaters, north shore beaches of Long Island, lower Thames River to the Dumping Grounds, Twotree Island Channel off Waterford, Niantic Bay/Black Point area, Hatchett Reef area, Long Sand Shoal, Falkner Island area, south off the New Haven breakwaters, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground area and Cable and Anchor Reef. Conditions are fair to good.

SCUP (PORGY)

Good to excellent fishing conditions on reefs and rock piles throughout Long Island Sound.

LITTLE TUNNY AND ATLANTIC BONITO

These species are now in Long Island Sound. The best spots to catch one are Bluff Point and Pine Island, the Millstone Point area, Bartlett Reef, Hatchett Reef, and Sixmile Reef.

HICKORY SHAD

Available in the Connecticut River, fishing "can be slow one day and red hot the next."

BLUE CRAB

Blue crabbing, by contrast, is just on the slow side right now.

SOUND CONDITIONS

Surface temperatures in Long Island Sound continue to range from the low to mid 70s. Check these sites for updates on the temperature:

• http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html
• http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?nothumbs=1
• http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
• http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/330.html

Related Topics: DEEP, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Fishing, and New London CT

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