Rivers End 6/16/06

1. STRIPED BASS- Reports have been coming in mixed this week. Bassing is going to require some flexibility this next few days. Its that time of year that most of the bass are dropping out of the Connecticut River, daytime bass fishing is taking a deeper pattern, thats normal.
2. We haven't seen a consistent pattern for bigger bass over the last few days.
3. Plum Gut has been slow the last few nights. Daytime drifting at the Race has been spotty for bucktailers and better for bait drifters.
4. Tube and wormers are getting some medium sized bass at Hatchetts, with fish being scattered that seems like a good strategy.
5. Don't ignore the Connecticut River completely yet theres still some good bass to be had at first and last light on the flats from the Back River to Griswold Piers. Its also a good spot to try the tube and worm.
6. Theres been schoolies on the surface at Hatchetts Reef a few morning this week and there is still great casting for medium sized bass on the Watch Hill Reefs. Inside of Napatree Point theres smaller bass.
7. BLUEFISH- Theres some 5 to 10 pound blues at the mouth of the River eating the back half of Slug-gos. Plum Gut and the Race have their usual residents. Millstone has the usual population if you get desperate.
8. FLUKE- In spite of all the freshwater the Connecticut River has some fluke, of course mostly shorts. The best, not necessarily great, reports are coming from Fishers Island and the Rhode Island South Shore. We saw a few doormats this week from the Isabella area and reports from Misquamicut have been fair numbers with a lot of shorts.
9. PORGIES- Some good sized fish on the local reefs but not a lot of numbers
10. BLACKFISH- Season opened yesterday, no reports yet.