Rivers End Tackle Fishing Report

1. STRIPED BASS- Its been a slow week on the River. Heavy rains from last week have made the the River pretty muddy. Prior to the mud some bigger bass had taken up feeding stations in the lower River, I think these bass will be back on the feed when the water clears a bit. For the next few days open waters will be a lot easier to fish if you can dodge the logs and debris.
2. When they've been able to sail we had some good reports from the Race with diamond jigs and crippled herring producing best. Plum Gut and Southwest Reef have also been good with drifted bucktails scoring best. Theres been bunker around Clinton and Branford Harbors, they've been harder to find in the Connecticut River.
3. We have had some reports of schoolies at Harkness and Hammonassett Beaches. Napatree has had schoolies with a few larger bass thrown in.
4. BLUEFISH- Peconic Bay has a lot of them and they have moved into the Race and Gut but not overtaking the bass there.
5. FLOUNDER- Few reports this week.
6. FLUKE- They're spreading out this week, we had reports of some activity all along the Sound and Rhode Island Coasts. A few fluke have been caught at Black Point, by the time this report gets out they should be along the local shoreline. Fishers Island has had mostly smaller fluke, the Rhode Island South Shore reported a mixture of sizes but few doormats. Montauk also has mixed sizes but some double digit doormats have been caught there. The Greenport area has mixed sizes with some doormats.
7. PORGIES- Season opens in Connecticut on June 1st. We had a few reports of jumbo porgies being caught in Peconic Bay on fluke rigs.
8. BLACKFISH- Season is closed until June 15th.
9. BLUE CRABS- Its still too early but theres some optimism for a good season. Chesapeake Bay is having an early and good start to the crab season. One of the best runs in a few years.
10. CAUTION------- There is a lot of debris in the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound -- BE CAREFUL.

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