The Fishing Line

• Striper fishing has improved throughout the Sound with most of the popular reefs and shoals becoming productive, while anglers also have good catches both on bait and a variety of artificials fishing from shore.
  
• Tidal rivers are now seeing more schools of baitfish, so are good light action spots. Larger migratory stripers are starting to show up in a number of areas, as well as fluke and bluefish.
• Porgie season opened up June 1st and blackfish (tautog) season on June 15th, while the winter flounder season is now closed.
• For the largest fish, western CT shops are still sending boaters westward to New York around Hempstead, Cold Spring Harbor and Captain's Island in Portchester for stripers and Pt Jefferson / Mt Sinai for fluke.
  
• Eastern CT anglers can also shoot over to RI from the Watch Hill Reef to Pt Judith and Montauk where the striper and fluke fishing has been very good.
  
• Remember, if you fish NY waters for fluke that the state law is 19 1/2 inches, not 18 as in CT.