Fishing Reports by Capt. Mark Anderson

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - As I look back on the season one word comes to mind, AWESOME. The striped bass fishery is in excellent shape. There's not as many big fish as there used to be but the numbers are certainly there. We caught more bass this year than any other year and more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - The Striped Bass blitz has finally arrived. Big linesiders have moved along the Rhode Island shoreline straight for eastern Long Island Sound. We took the Bindus party out for a combo light tackle chunking trip. We started out casting deadly dicks an more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Bass and blues have hit the race to fatten up for their long hall south. Trolling wire during the slack tides and drifting the middle race during the faster part of the tide seems to be the ticket. You can also find them working over bait on the surf more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - This weeks report takes us on a couple striper/bluefish trips and a couple tuna trips. The Vanesse party scored well on stripers in the race drifting live eels at night. They also had a ball catching all the hickory shad they wanted. A strong wind more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - The offshore season has begun. We took our first tuna trip of the season on Aug. 16th. We started trolling at about the 500 line just south of butterfish hole. Before we could get the second line out we were hooked up on a 30 lb. yellowfin. Within th more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - The bluefish are in, and in heavy. Those who get out in a boat pretty much can't miss. All along the connecticut shoreline run and gun fisherman are finding birds and blues working over bait all over the place. Find the terns and you'll find the blue more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - Well, the night fishing season has begun for Striped Bass in Long Island Sound. You can still pick up smaller bass working over bait through out the western sound, especially around Watch Hill and Stonington. Just look for the Terns' diving for fish more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - This weeks report takes us to several different areas. First stop is stonington harbor. We took out the Calef party for a combo striper and fluke trip on Tuesday the 10th. Most of the fluke have moved into shallower water. We picked up 10 keeper fluk more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - This past weekend the striper action was slow but steady at Valient Rock. The numbers were down from the previous week, but the average size was up. The LaLone group on Saturday was able to boat 5 keepers despite foggy weather that reduced visibili more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound

Eastern Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound - You can call this past weekend The storms that never came. Despite weather forcasts of thunderstorms we had two great trips aboard the Kingfisher. Plenty of fish catching action and not a drop of rain. The Brochu party started out Friday the 22nd a more...
Capt. Mark Anderson - Long Island Sound