Rivers End, Old Saybrook, 06/02/06

1. STRIPED BASS- The Connecticut River has been the place to be this week. Theres been a good body of bass from the Back River to Griswold Piers (refer to Connecticut River chart). Your best bets are early and late in the day, but there have been some good midday catches this week. The bass seem to be spooky, the ratio of swirls to hookups is pretty high. Boat traffic will put them down, run gently.
   
2. In another strange twist, Slug-gos are not working as well as plugs. Pencil poppers, Zara Spooks, Hydro Pencils and similar stick baits are doing better. There have been bass up to 40 pounds taken in the River this week. The rain from yesterday and the next few days may have a negative effect on the fish in the River.
3. The Race slowed up on the day bite earlier this week, but the nite bite filled in the slack. The Watch Hill Reefs have been hot for two weeks now with squid and bass.
4. The Causeway and the DEP Piers have schoolies with some keepers being caught at the piers.
5. BLUEFISH- They're spreading out. Some are being in the River mixing in with the bass. Thers still a good bunch in Peconic Bay, especially if you're trying for fluke. The Race and Plum Gut have some, but they're not especially thick yet. As tides pick up this week they'll probably increase in numbers.
6. FLOUNDER- Season closed for the year.
7. FLUKE- A few fluke have moved into the River, its worth a shot in the next week if we don't get too much rain. On this side of the Sound the best reports have come from Niantic Bay and Waterford. A few have been reported from Soundview. Theres still plenty of squid from the Sound through Rhode Island.
8. Reports from NY have been hit or miss, I haven't heard anything to justify a trip beyond Fishers Island.
9. CAUTION------- Theres still a lot of debris in the Connecticut River and adjacent Sound.