T_boy
06-20-2008, 03:07 PM
SALTWATER
Tom Booth's 32.34 pound bass topped the leader board at Stratford Bait & Tackle this week. Booth nailed his striper in deep water with a bunker chunk. Meanwhile, owner Chris Fulton took a trip to Bridgeport Harbor Wednesday before the storm hit. He watched some fat stripers taken off the breakwater near the black lighthouse. Bluefish were harassing bunker at the mouth of the harbor. A customer Chris knows only as Brian landed a 31-inch bass
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at Gulf Beach on a fly. As for porgies with Connecticut's ridiculous 10-fish limit (blame the ASMFC), Chris says many of his customers are buying bait here and taking it to Rhode Island.
The size of the blues coming out of Black Rock Harbor is amazing, says Jimmy Orefice of Jimmy O's Bait & Tackle in Bridgeport. "They're 10 pounds and better." Jimmy says fluking is finally picking up in Connecticut waters. Mike Otto had three keepers. Rich Delgais landed a 21-pound bass fishing chunks off St. Mary's. Even better, the angler tossing plugs like Yozuri, Redfin and Lordship Lures swimmers are taking more fish than the bait boys. The area between Penfield Reef and buoy 2A is loaded with fish, Orefice says.
Patrick O'Connell at Westport Outfitters says staffer Cody Latnow took a 30-plus inch striped bass in back of the Norwalk Islands on a rattle trap. Latnow told him the waters between Cockenoe to Sheffield Island are loaded with sand eels and bunker, both small and large.
Patrick says that while the bass are scarce right now, most taken at first light, he figures that once the blues "settle down a bit," the linesiders will come in to take advantage of the bait smorgasbord.
Over at Fisherman's World in Norwalk, Nick Massaro told of Dave Smith's 35-pound striper taken under a bunker school at Green's Ledge near Sheffield Island. Anthony Scalaini weighed in a 36 pound striper. Deep water jigging at buoy 28C and other familiar spots is productive. News that will cheer fluke anglers tired of schlepping to Long Island is that captain Rick Dayhuff nailed six keeper flatties off Copp's Island. FRESHWATER
Trout fishing has picked up in the Saugatuck Reservoir where Mike Bach landed a huge brown weighing 15.10 pounds on a three-quarter ounce Kastmaster. Another angler took a 10.4 trout on a Powerbait. Jay Beddington brought a 6-plus pound seeforellen to Stratford Bait & Tackle.
Bill Foreman of the DEP's Inland Fisheries Division confirmed the Saugatuck is one of several lakes and ponds throughout the state that are providing good, warm weather trout action. Mashapaug Lake, East Twin Lake, Highland Lake, Cedar Lake (where a 26.5 inch brown was netted), West Hill Pond and Candlewood Lake are also good trout destinations.
Bantam Lake, Winchester Lake, Pachaug Pond and Mansfield Hollow Reservoir are the top Northern Pike producers. Walleye action was reported at Lake Saltonstall, Mashapaug Lake, and the Saugatuck Reservoir where several walleyes in the 7-to-8 pound range were taken.
Tom Booth's 32.34 pound bass topped the leader board at Stratford Bait & Tackle this week. Booth nailed his striper in deep water with a bunker chunk. Meanwhile, owner Chris Fulton took a trip to Bridgeport Harbor Wednesday before the storm hit. He watched some fat stripers taken off the breakwater near the black lighthouse. Bluefish were harassing bunker at the mouth of the harbor. A customer Chris knows only as Brian landed a 31-inch bass
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at Gulf Beach on a fly. As for porgies with Connecticut's ridiculous 10-fish limit (blame the ASMFC), Chris says many of his customers are buying bait here and taking it to Rhode Island.
The size of the blues coming out of Black Rock Harbor is amazing, says Jimmy Orefice of Jimmy O's Bait & Tackle in Bridgeport. "They're 10 pounds and better." Jimmy says fluking is finally picking up in Connecticut waters. Mike Otto had three keepers. Rich Delgais landed a 21-pound bass fishing chunks off St. Mary's. Even better, the angler tossing plugs like Yozuri, Redfin and Lordship Lures swimmers are taking more fish than the bait boys. The area between Penfield Reef and buoy 2A is loaded with fish, Orefice says.
Patrick O'Connell at Westport Outfitters says staffer Cody Latnow took a 30-plus inch striped bass in back of the Norwalk Islands on a rattle trap. Latnow told him the waters between Cockenoe to Sheffield Island are loaded with sand eels and bunker, both small and large.
Patrick says that while the bass are scarce right now, most taken at first light, he figures that once the blues "settle down a bit," the linesiders will come in to take advantage of the bait smorgasbord.
Over at Fisherman's World in Norwalk, Nick Massaro told of Dave Smith's 35-pound striper taken under a bunker school at Green's Ledge near Sheffield Island. Anthony Scalaini weighed in a 36 pound striper. Deep water jigging at buoy 28C and other familiar spots is productive. News that will cheer fluke anglers tired of schlepping to Long Island is that captain Rick Dayhuff nailed six keeper flatties off Copp's Island. FRESHWATER
Trout fishing has picked up in the Saugatuck Reservoir where Mike Bach landed a huge brown weighing 15.10 pounds on a three-quarter ounce Kastmaster. Another angler took a 10.4 trout on a Powerbait. Jay Beddington brought a 6-plus pound seeforellen to Stratford Bait & Tackle.
Bill Foreman of the DEP's Inland Fisheries Division confirmed the Saugatuck is one of several lakes and ponds throughout the state that are providing good, warm weather trout action. Mashapaug Lake, East Twin Lake, Highland Lake, Cedar Lake (where a 26.5 inch brown was netted), West Hill Pond and Candlewood Lake are also good trout destinations.
Bantam Lake, Winchester Lake, Pachaug Pond and Mansfield Hollow Reservoir are the top Northern Pike producers. Walleye action was reported at Lake Saltonstall, Mashapaug Lake, and the Saugatuck Reservoir where several walleyes in the 7-to-8 pound range were taken.