DEEP Marine Fishing Report

Surface water temperatures in Long Island Sound (LIS) are in the high 60’s to low 70’s F. (Water in eastern LIS remains a brownish color, with logs and other debris due to the flood conditions in the Connecticut River.)

BLUEFISH fishing remains good to excellent in the Race, Sluiceway, and Plum Gut. The reefs are coming alive with STRIPERS as the fall migration kicks in. Fishing locations for both striped bass and bluefish include the reefs off Watch Hill, Ram Island Reef in Fishers Island Sound, humps south of Wilderness Point off Fishers Island, Millstone outflow, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, 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.

After the storm events, SCUP fishing has finally returned to normal on the local reefs and rock piles.

BLACK SEA BASS fishing is awesome in Block Island Sound.

LITTLE TUNNY and ATLANTIC BONITO are in eastern LIS from the Race over to Montauk Pt., NY. Other tuna spots closer to home include Niantic Bay over to Millstone Pt.

Regulation Reminders:

The TAUTOG recreational fishing season is closed from September 1st through September 30th inclusive.

SUMMER FLOUNDER fishing season is closed.

For regulation updates and fishing/crabbing information, please check out our web site at: www.ct.gov/deep/fishing or pick up the 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 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 www.ct.gov/dep/boating

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