Rivers End

Its the start of another round of Friday fishing reports. Its been an interesting winter, the mild weather in December and January brought out more fishermen and brought about a two month extension of the traditional season. I don't think the weather affected the bass as much as the bass chasers. The leading theory is that there are more winter holdover bass other than in the Thames River. We may have a much longer season than we previously thought.

STRIPED BASS- They've been catching schoolies in Hamburg Cove for about two weeks now, mostly on leadheads and small plastic tails. They have also been catching them on sandworms off the DEP Piers. I suspect that theres also bass along Great Island but there hasn't been any confirmation of that yet. The action in the Thames has also escalated in the last 10 days.

FLOUNDER- The season opens this Sunday, April 1st. Last season saw some activity in Niantic, Jordan Cove and Bluff Point.

SEMINARS:None this weekend. Saturday April 7th at 11am- Trolling the Tube and Worm with Pat "T-Man" Renna Saturday April 14th at 11am- Fluke Fishing with Bob Sampson Saturday April 28th- Saltwater Fly Fishing School with Lou Tabory- Call us for details Rivers End Tackle 440 Boston Post Road Old Saybrook, CT 06475 (Pat Abate, Rivers End Tackle)