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Kingfisher Fishing Charter CT Blog Report

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 Striped Bass fishing has remained very consistent in The Race and Plum Gut. There has been an large influx of Slot sized Bass and a some large Bluefish (Race) this past week. We have been targeting the Stripers with 3-wayed live eels and soft plastics. The Bunker have started to show in the CT river, but have been hit or miss with cast netting them. We did see pods of bunker in the sound off of Hatchetts Reef while Fluke fishing yesterday. The fluke fishing has been best off of Isabella beach at Fishers Island this past week with fish up to 5lbs, slow between Black Point and Hatchetts. Striper fishing in the CT river has shown some improvement as the water begins to clear up. We have not been Black Seabass fishing the past 10 days as the reports coming from Clinton/Westbrook have not improved greatly. We will wait until next week when the NY side opens to make the run that way. With the arrival of warmer humid weather the foggy season has begun! As usual, a disturbing number of sm...

Kingfisher Fishing Charter Blog Report CT

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 This past week and weekend continued to produce consistent Striped Bass fishing with plenty of slot (28-31") sized fish, as well as unders, and overs being caught in The Race and Plum Gut. The numbers of larger size Stripers have decreased a bit, but an increase of smaller school fish have replaced them. The Kingfisher Fishing trips have yet to encounter any Bluefish as of this report. The Black Seabass fishing off of Clinton/Westbrook (only CT waters) is showing some signs of life finally with mostly smaller fish, some keepers (16") and Scup mixed in. This year has been the slowest start for the seabass bite that I have experienced. It was also the coldest Winter/Spring in almost 10 years, I think there is a correlation. I'm hoping things kick into high gear soon! The CT river is starting to recede a bit and the first signs of bunker around the mouth occurred as elevated Osprey activity indicated. Visit  charterfishingconnecticut.com  for previous reports and details on...