Rivers End Tackle, Old Saybrook

• STRIPED BASS- The excitement for stripers lately isn't the size but the behavior of the bass. For several weeks now there have been schools, at times an acre in size, in unison on the surface from Watch Hill to Plum Island. They appear to be sipping juvenile baitfish and flyrodders have met the challenge best with less frustration than most other anglers. On the local reefs such as Hatchetts, Long Sand and Southwest the live bait crowd has been scoring with a few jumbos. The Race and Plum gut remain pretty quiet on the bass front. School bass are still making a surface presence along the Old Lyme to Black Point area at times of low light.
• BLUEFISH- The action from shore at the mouth of the River has slowed this past week, some choppers are being landed particularly at night at the DEP Piers and Saybrook Point.There have also been some blues from shore at Niantic. The Race and Plum Gut have the normal summer load of blues with some surface appearance at low light and slack tide. Smaller blues are also showing up on the surface early and late in the day at Hatchetts.
• SNAPPERS- A good run underway at the DEP Piers and the Causeway. They're now 4 to 6 inches.
• FLUKE- The run at Block Island has been good with some great sizes. Black Point is still giving up some doormats but not many fish. Long Sand Shoal has mostly shorts.
• PORGIES- Mixed sizes are coming from the local reefs. Bartletts, Cranes, Hatchetts have a fair amount of fish.
• BONITO- Theres been a bunch of sighting and a few catches at Watch Hill, Plum Gut and Weekapaug. There have been fewer reports this week.
• BLUE CRABS- Good reports coming from the Oyster River, DEP Piers, and North Cove<

(Pat Abate)