Saltwater anglers are finding more and more bluefish around this year.From the beaches of Fairfield to the rock piles and reefs of the Eastern Sound bluefish catches are up. Bantam Lake pike fishing continues to improve with live bait the most popular choice. Two to three pound bronzies attack everything from flys to spinners. Smallmouth bass are the news from the Housatonic River. Candlewood and East Twin browns are taking deep trolled spoons and swimmers.īass fishermen are scoring with both species in the Connecticut River, Moodus Reservoir and Lake Lillinonah. Lake fishing for trout is primarily reserved for deep trollers. Trout fishing in streams across the state remains steady for the few anglers going out.The Farmington and Salmon Rivers produce well for fly rodders during the early morning hours.The magic hour before dark is also the time to be on the water. Pick a tide and enjoy some old-fashioned Connecticut shore fishing close to home. The West Haven Shoreline offers superb fishing, ample parking and several bait and tackle shops are close by for the saltwater enthusiast without a boat. Bait is the best producer along the ramp's rip-rap bank. Landlocked anglers can fish off the shore alongside the launch ramp. A town permit is required and is checked from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The town of West Haven maintains a nice launch ramp off Beach Street. Swimming lures, poppers and cut bait will all offer good chance at hooking bluefish.Summer flounder and weakfish are also frequently caught here using traditional tackle and techniques.īoth incoming and out going tides produce best off the sandbar. From late June on through October, bluefish chase bait on and around the sandbar. In the early season, anytime from the first week of April through Memorial Day, stripers can be found feeding anywhere along the entire bar.A number of big fish are taken in this area every spring. Fishing is possible along the entire length from both the north and south side. This is an almost ¼-mile spit of sand that reaches east into the harbor. The last major area is the West Haven Sandbar. Surface lures as well as bait works well here. This is an easy wading area that anglers can move to within fly casting or surf casting range of the fish. Stripers and bluefish that enter New Haven Harbor from the west must pass close to the point. Poppers and casting spoons are the best types of lures to use as they can be cast longer distances.Īnother good location is Sandy Point. Lures are also another option that can produce when fish are actively feeding in the area. Anglers use everything from cut sections of bunker, mackerel andbutterfish to live eels and sandworms. "Fish Finder" rigs that employ a sliding sinker are the tried and true method for stripers and blue. Be sure to tie it to something to avoid losing it.īass and bluefish are caught regularly with cut bait. Lower the chum pot to the bottom or toss it out away from the pier. For flounder, most pier fishermen use chum pots to attract the flats in close. Most of the fishing done from these man-made structures employs the use of bait. In fact, two of the piers are lighted and have benches. All of the piers offer solid platforms that can be fished day or night. Fishing from this and most of the other jetties and piers is done at high tide. Several hundred yards to the east is the first of eight fishing piers and jetties. This area gives up some nice catches of fluke every season. On the eastern side of Bradley Point the rock piles are smaller but still hold fish. The rock piles are submerged at high tide allowing fish to cruise looking for food within casting range.Bradley Point is also a good spot for blackfish in the early season and has been a good location for weakfish in recent years. Bradley Point is known among the local anglers as the place to catch striped bass and bluefish. Starting from the Western-most side of the shoreline near the mouth of the Cove River, Bradley Point features large rock piles, which attract most species of fish. Along the entire stretch of over seven miles anglers can cast to striped bass, bluefish, weakfish and favorite species of bottom fish.Įasily reached from Interstate 95 and Route 162 anglers have a number of different areas where they can pursue their style of fishing from saltwater fly-casting to bottom fishing. West Haven is a shore fishermen's dream offering easy to reach wadeable sandbars, beaches and piers with ample parking. There is one town however, that is angler friendly. State Parks offer minuscule access and limited parking. Along the almost 250 miles of coastline, private beaches and encroaching development provide formidable barriers for the shore-bound fishermen.
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