Norwich Bulletin, 7/11/05

1. Saltwater fishing action improved over the holiday weekend with bigger stripers and more fluke moving into the waters of eastern Long Island Sound.
2. Fluke to 12 pounds were caught off Black Point over the holiday. Hot spots are Black Point, Two Tree Channel, Mystic River, and Misquamicut Beach to Point Judith, R.I. Block Island also turned on over the past week.
3. Fishers Island is hit-and-miss at best.
4. Bigger stripers averaging anywhere from 30 inches to 30 pounds or more, have finally moved into the area. Fishers Island, The Race, Block Island, Green Hill, R.I., Charleston Breachway and vicinity and Quonny Breachway and vicinity are all producing some nice fish.
5. A 58 pounder was brought into Hillyer's Tackle in Niantic over the weekend but the angler who caught it was very closed-mouthed about where and how it was caught.
6. Bluefish are abundant with fish averaging one to two pounds or four to six pounds. The best place to find them is in the Race and around Fishers Island, but they are likely to show up literally anywhere. It's still early for this species which will continue to build in abundance throughout the summer.
7. Porgy season opened July 1 with a 25 fish-per-day and 1 1/2 -inch minimum length limits in place for the year. No one is targeting them at the present time with the big bass and fluke running so strong.