Rivers End Tackle: CT Fishing Reports

• STRIPED BASS- The bass action is shifting outside the Connecticut River. Long Sand Shoal and other local reefs are holding bass of mixed sizes. There are still some good sized bass in the mouth of the River hitting surface lures but its a low light game. Theres bunker in the lower River, not easy to find with regularity. Live and fresh chunked baits are scoring best in daylight hours.
• The Race and Plum Gut picked up again this week with live bait scoring best but with bucktailers and diamond jiggers also scoring. Southwest Reef had good action for jiggers with a mix of bass and blues.
• BLUEFISH- Theres a mix of small to medium blues at Southwest Reef and medium sizes at the Race, Gut and Pigeon Rip. Theres some schools of small blues running along the shoreline on both sides of the River. In the River theres a scattering of medium sized blues near Great Island.
• FLUKE- Its off to a pretty good start with the keeper to short ratio running about 1 in 10 locally. The Connecticut River has some fluke from the Mouth of North Cove to the Breakwater and Soundview and Long Sand Shoal have had some decent sizes but not too many limit catches. Two Tree Channel also has a bunch. Good reports are also coming from the RI South Shore and the south side of Fishers Island.
• BLACKFISH- Season closed until June 15th.
• PORGIES- Last week we reported that the season opened on 7/1, it actually opened on June 1st. No reports came in this week locally but its fair to say they're out there.