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Eastern Long Island Sound
Capt. Bob Turley
May 29, 2000
Long Island Sound - Saltwater Fishing Report
Coastal Connecticut fishing report Capt. Bob Turley North Coast Charters
The weather is finally starting to break here in the Northeast, with repeated low-pressure systems battering coastal New England. Water temp’s are still a bit cool for this time of year, around the sixty-degree mark. This is an optimum temperature for Striped Bass. The Houatonic River is starting to see larger fish showing up on a dally basis, these fish are making their yearly spring migration. 30% of our Striped Bass come from the Hudson River and the rest come up from the Chesapeake. To the east of Charles Island, large schools of Weakfish have invaded our coastline, particularly the West Haven sandbar area. Fly fishermen have been taking them on large white deceivers, fished slowly on the bottom with sinking lines. I have to tip my hat to the MFRB, in the late seventies Weakfish were abundant in Long Island Sound, by the Mid eighties they were almost nonexistent; through bans on commercial fishing and size and creel limits for the recreational fishermen the fishery has made a strong come back. MFRB estimates that the fishery is at an all-time high. I fished the Connecticut River today, we took some nice Striped Bass on chartreuse Bonito Bunnies, we fished the flats off Old Lyme, east of the rivers mouth. The river itself is still very silty from all the rain we have had over the past two weeks, making it hard to find fish. New London’s Race Rock Light is producing some nice Striped Bass on an ebb tide. As far as the reefs in Watch Hill Rhode Island, it’s still slow, a few fish have been taken, hopefully by next month things will pick up. The hot spot this week is still the upper Housatonic River in Stratford CT. Good luck fishing Capt . Bob Turley
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