Captain Morgan, Connecticut Fishing Reports

• Recent stormy blasts swept through the Sound creating turbulent conditions but overall, fishing cranked up a few more notches. This was the week for picking your window of opportunity. Notably, bass in excess of 40 inches showed their fins as they went on a feeding spree. Hooked were fresh fish in the 40-plus pound range as they made their way from The Race toward mid-Sound. Plenty of smaller-class fish have been feeding throughout the shoreline and in the tidal rivers with action heating up on a falling tide.
• Reefs and shoals are now seeing fairly steady action, however more bluefish are in the mix. Thick-shouldered, spring–run choppers have been chasing down schools of menhaden with several rivers beginning to show an increase in numbers of bait fish. As the Sound fills with more bunker and shad, look for harbors to heat up. Grimm Reefers, Tension lures, Banjos, Arrowheads, and Slashbaits are good bets while trolling Spider rigs, “chutes,” and tubes are working on offshore reefs. Live/fresh chunks, eels, and worms are doing well both on/off shore.
• Keeper fluke numbers are on the rise. Mini-doormats are now being caught along the Connecticut shoreline on Case flukes, hi-lo's, three-ways, and “hook'm” and 'rhody' rigs. Several have been caught from shore while limits have been taken in 30 to 60 feet from Hammonasset to Faulkner Island with the occasional one reeled in at The Six while trolling/jigging for stripers.
• Long Island Sound fishing is in full swing so, for all things fishy swing by Captain Morgan's (203-245-8665) open seven days located on 21 Boston Post Road, Madison. (Captain Morgan, Shore Publishing).