Rivers End Tackle Report

1. STRIPED BASS- The Connecticut River has been taken a beating lately with most of the rain in New England draining down it. In spite of the dirty water some bass have been taken up to this morning. There are certainly less numerous and smaller, the peak of the run has past, but its not over. Hatchetts Reef is holding a few bass, while Bartletts has a few more, but not consistently. Both spots are best on the flood tide. The Race and Plum Gut are also doing OK but not as good as it should be early June. Southwest Reef and Six Mile also have some bass with live bait doing best.
2. The DEP Piers still have schoolies, mostly on bait. Now's the time to fish there after dark. The Watch Hill Reefs were doing well before this weeks storms. There haven't been any reports for a few days. Sandy Point has a lot of small bass eating sand eels.
3. BLUEFISH- Reports have also been scarce this week due to weather. They've been at the Race and Plum Gut but not reliable. Millstone has some in the outflow, and we heard of them at Southwest Reef earlier in the week.
4. FLOUNDER- Season closed for the year.
5. FLUKE- Lots of shorts. No spot is great according to this weeks reports. The most consistent reports come from the Rhode Island South Shore. A few doormats were caught at Fishers Island this week, but its not consistent.
6. PORGIES- Not a lot of reports this week. One bright spot is that they're getting some nice sized porgies from shore at Niantic. Its pretty good odds that Hatchetts and Bartletts have their share of porgies.
7. BLACKFISH- Season is closed until June 15th.