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DEEP Marine Fishing Report July 29

There are some big bluefish out there right now

Surface water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) continue to range from the upper 60’s to mid 70’s °F.

Check out the following web sites for more detailed water temperatures and marine boating conditions:

http://www.mysound.uconn.edu/stationstat.html

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http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

STRIPED BASS & BLUEFISH – Striper fishing is pretty much a dusk to dawn thing. Bluefish ranging in size from 2 to 12+ pounds are throughout LIS. Harbor blues are in the lower Connecticut River on a regular basis. Snapper blues are about 3 to 5 inches in length now.

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Striper and bluefish spots include the reefs off Watch Hill, Wilderness Point off Fishers Island, the Race, Millstone outflow, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Plum Gut, Pigeon Rip  (area north of Plum Island), Hatchett Reef, Long Sand Shoal, Southwest Reef, Sixmile Reef, Falkner Island area, the reefs off Guilford and Branford, New Haven Harbor (Sandy Point), Charles Island area to Milford Point, Buoy 20 off Stratford, Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground, Penfield Reef, around the Norwalk Islands, and the reefs off Stamford (Smith Reef and the “Cows”).

Some real good SCUP (porgy) fishing action can be found on the local reefs with fish measuring 14 to 15 inches the norm.

Blackfish (tautog) are also in the same rocky areas but in deeper water.

Summer Flounder (fluke) fishing remains fair because of all of the “throwbacks”. Summer flounder spots include the usual: South shore of Fishers Island (Isabella Beach and off Wilderness Point), Stonington area to the mouth of the Mystic River, north shore beaches of Long Island, lower Thames River to the Dumping

Grounds, Twotree Island Channel off Waterford, Niantic Bay/ Black Point area, Hatchett Reef area, Long Sand Shoal, Falkner Island area, south off the New Haven breakwaters, and Stratford Shoal/Middle Ground area and Cable and Anchor Reef.

Hickory shad are mixed with snapper blues in the lower Connecticut River from the Baldwin Bridge down to the breakwaters.

Blue crabbing is good but not even close as compared to last year which was phenomenal! However, there have been reports of some nice “jimmies” in the 7 to 9 inch range taken out of the Westbrook area.

For regulation updates and fishing/crabbing information, please check out our web site at: http://www.ct.gov/deep/fishing or pick up the new 2011 Angler’s Guide. The guide contains all current marine fishing regulations and more.

For finding shore fishing and crabbing locations, please refer to the Connecticut Coastal Access Guide which can be found online at http://www.lisrc.uconn.edu/coastalaccess/index.asp.

To find locations where to launch your boat, kayak or canoe, see the 2011 Connecticut Boater’s Guide or go online to http://www.ct.gov/dep/boating.

 

http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/?nothumbs=1

http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/330.html


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