Connecticut Fishing Report- August 24, 2023
Gator blues gorge on peanut bunker throughout the Sound, scup and sea bass fishing remains fantastic, and big bass take bunker chunks in deep water at night.
Gator blues gorge on peanut bunker throughout the Sound, scup and sea bass fishing remains fantastic, and big bass take bunker chunks in deep water at night.
A memorable fluke season continues and cow stripers are caught around Block Island, meanwhile, bluefin and yellowfin take topwaters and jigs south of Block.
Sea bass fishing is better in deeper water, tuna continue to take live bait and jigs south of Block, and bonito begin to show up in greater numbers.
Stripers enjoy a baitfish buffet in the eastern Sound, scup and sea bass fill coolers for bottom fishermen, and double-digit bluefish take diamond jigs in deep water.
Sea bass hit Gulp- and squid-tipped bucktails in 30-foot depths, jumbo stripers take soft-plastic eels and live baits, and big bluefish crash on topwater plugs.
Bluefin of all sizes are taking jigs while yellowfin crush poppers, cow stripers hit eels and tubes at Block Island, and fluke fishing improves after gusty conditions.
Big striped bass action is still going strong in Connecticut with bass chasing bunker schools around river mouths.
Block Island big striped bass bite is in full swing, and anglers are smashing their personal bests daily.
Big stripers remain in the Sound from the rips to the craggy shores, bluefish take everything from pencil poppers to diamond jigs, and bottom fishing yields jumbo porgies and nice black sea bass.
Big fluke move into shallower waters, schools of stripers and bluefish feed on the surface, and yellowfin tuna fishing continues to improve south of Block Island.