MARINE FISHING REPORT
Water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) are in the mid to upper 60’s°F. Check out the following web sites for more detailed water temperatures and marine boating conditions:
http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html
http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?nothumbs=1
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/330.html
REMINDER
: The recreational fishing season for tautog (blackfish) opens October 1 and runs through December 6 (closed December 7 to December 31). The daily creel limit is 4 fish per angler.
STRIPED BASS fishing is fair to good and BLUEFISH fishing is excellent in LIS! Striper and bluefish spots include the usual locations: Watch Hill reefs, Napatree Point, Ram Island Reef in Fishers Island Sound, the Race, Sluiceway, Pigeon Rip, Plum Gut, outer Bartlett Reef, Hatchett Reef, lower
2009 DEP Fishing Report Number 24, 10/1/2009
Page 4 of 4 Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Cornfield Point, Crane Reef, Southwest Reef, Sixmile Reef, Falkner Island area, the reefs off Branford, New Haven Harbor, Charles Island to Milford Point, Bridgeport Harbor, Penfield Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground, the reefs around the Norwalk Islands and Stamford Harbor. Bluefish weighing in the mid to upper teens and measuring three feet in length have been reported! These big choppers have been making it tough to get through to pull a striper out of the suds!
SNAPPER BLUEFISH
fishing is still going on but dropping temperatures will hasten their departure.
HICKORY SHAD
fishing remains fair to good in the lower Niantic River and Connecticut River (DEP Marine Headquarters fishing pier).
LITTLE TUNNY (false albacore)
and ATLANTIC BONITO (green bonito) fishing remains good on the calmer, less windier days. Inshore tuna spots include the Watch Hill area, south side of Fishers Island, Pine Island area, Race Rock (the Race), Little Gull Island, Sluiceway, Plum Gut, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Hatchett Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground area and off the Norwalk Islands.
Blue crab
activity has started to dwindle down as water temperatures drop.
Remember to check the 2009 Connecticut Angler’s Guide for tidal information (page 52) and pages 49-51 for saltwater trophy fish award information. For regulation updates, please check our website
www.ct.gov/dep/fishing
DEP WEEKLY FISHING REPORT
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
www.ct.gov/dep
Water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) are in the mid to upper 60’s°F. Check out the following web sites for more detailed water temperatures and marine boating conditions:
http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html
http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?nothumbs=1
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/330.html
REMINDER
: The recreational fishing season for tautog (blackfish) opens October 1 and runs through December 6 (closed December 7 to December 31). The daily creel limit is 4 fish per angler.
STRIPED BASS fishing is fair to good and BLUEFISH fishing is excellent in LIS! Striper and bluefish spots include the usual locations: Watch Hill reefs, Napatree Point, Ram Island Reef in Fishers Island Sound, the Race, Sluiceway, Pigeon Rip, Plum Gut, outer Bartlett Reef, Hatchett Reef, lower
2009 DEP Fishing Report Number 24, 10/1/2009
Page 4 of 4 Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Cornfield Point, Crane Reef, Southwest Reef, Sixmile Reef, Falkner Island area, the reefs off Branford, New Haven Harbor, Charles Island to Milford Point, Bridgeport Harbor, Penfield Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground, the reefs around the Norwalk Islands and Stamford Harbor. Bluefish weighing in the mid to upper teens and measuring three feet in length have been reported! These big choppers have been making it tough to get through to pull a striper out of the suds!
SNAPPER BLUEFISH
fishing is still going on but dropping temperatures will hasten their departure.
HICKORY SHAD
fishing remains fair to good in the lower Niantic River and Connecticut River (DEP Marine Headquarters fishing pier).
LITTLE TUNNY (false albacore)
and ATLANTIC BONITO (green bonito) fishing remains good on the calmer, less windier days. Inshore tuna spots include the Watch Hill area, south side of Fishers Island, Pine Island area, Race Rock (the Race), Little Gull Island, Sluiceway, Plum Gut, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Hatchett Reef, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground area and off the Norwalk Islands.
Blue crab
activity has started to dwindle down as water temperatures drop.
Remember to check the 2009 Connecticut Angler’s Guide for tidal information (page 52) and pages 49-51 for saltwater trophy fish award information. For regulation updates, please check our website
www.ct.gov/dep/fishing
DEP WEEKLY FISHING REPORT
CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
www.ct.gov/dep