DEP Weekly Fishing Report #3 Saltwater 5/3/09

Water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) are in the mid to high 40’s °F

STRIPED BASS: fishing is good to excellent (best spots) in the Saugatuck River and the Housatonic River. Other spots include the Pawcatuck River, upper Thames River (Norwich Harbor down to Montville), lower Connecticut River from Hamburg Cove down to the DEP Marine Headquarters fishing pier and from the Lieutenant River down to the breakwaters, New Haven Harbor (Sandy Point), Bridgeport Harbor by the power plant warm water discharge (Breezy Point/Seaside Park), and around the Norwalk Island.

WINTER FLOUNDER:fishing is pretty good in western LIS especially from Norwalk to Darien.

HICKORY shad are also in the tidal rivers mixed in with school stripers.