Westport Outfitters (Norwalk) Fishing Report

• Despite some afternoon fronts continually pushing through, the local fishing scene continues to be red hot. Sand Eels are spraying out of the water everywhere along our shorelines and even out in mid-Sound! This is prime time for fly fisherman as they can imitate these small baits best! Use 3-4” epoxy sand eel imitations as well as chartreuse/white clousers, these have been producing the hottest action for us lately. Areas from Penfield Reef down the coast to the 5 Mile River are seeing decent size bass and blues in very shallow water.
  
• The larger blues that invaded us earlier have been replaced in some areas by more late July like football size blues in the 3-6lb range. Now is a great time for the wade fisherman to hit the water for sure. The bass are averaging around 22” with some up to 32” being taken on occasion. The Bluefish that are running in the 3-6 lb. range are a blast on light tackle and put up a great fight on fly rod as well.
• The rips and deeper areas off of the Norwalk Islands are hit or miss as we still have migrating fish coming through our waters and you have to be at the right place at the right time! Most anglers agree that we are 3-4 weeks behind the typical migrations of the past so there are plenty more fish that will be moving through. We have had reports of Bass up to 30 lbs. taken on live and chunked bunker near Bridgeport, Norwalk and Greenwich as well as the usual run of fish coming through the Hempstead area. We had a report on 6.13.07 of a 35lb cow taken near Rye on Tuesday. Since the bunker are not schooled up locally here in Norwalk, if you find a school, stick with it and adjust your tactics while drifting to stay on them.
• Chunking and live lining are your best chances at a large striper right now. Fish should start settling into our local area for the summer and we will see more consistent action in the coming weeks. Tube and Worm trolling will also pick up once the fish settle in. Fluke fishing has been much more productive than last year and we have reports of huge porgies being taken on the rock piles. Time to get the kids out fishing for some fast action on these eager bottom feeders.