Well folks, despite air temperatures in the mid 50s, the water temperatures are slowly dropping into the high 50s.  This means that the bluefish should begin to move out, while the Togs move into deeper water. The porgie bite remains strong as the state extension of the season continues. The striper bite is almost in a holding pattern in my opinion.  There are no signs that any migratory push as occurred.  UI had a friend camp out on some local structure three times this week and only two run offs for fish to 28 inches, nothing else. This would insinuate perhaps that there are no fish here, but I feel they are all still here just waiting for a sign to begin to really feed prior to journey’s further south.   Normally it should be colder weather that sort of snaps them into swim mode, but since the Nor’Easter, temps have been well above normal.  It will happen and for everyone out there that reads these reports, I hope it happens soon so you can take advantage of it, prior to your local club, marina etc. tells you to haul your vessel.

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 This is also the time of year that theHousatonicRiverbegins to heat up, but it has actually been a bit slow. In fact, a friend reported in that he and crew scoured it this past week and almost found it devoid of life.  Of course things can change with just one tide, but it was a bit troublesome not to find some resident fish beginning to stack up. We will keep you all posted as things heat up…

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 Back on the water, the typical winds and weather kept many off the water, as many more have already thrown in the towel and hauled their rigs. Matt Z. concluded that the Togs are definitely in deeper water while he fished around Frost Point for just a few bumps.  On the way back in, he did manage to troll up 4 bass to 26 inches before calling a day.

 Nicolas N. continues to work the coastline fishing from his totally rigged SUP. HE reported some very cold water temperatures but still was able to pull up a few nice blackfish still lurking around in the shallows.

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The Micinilio Brothers checked in as they went out from the ramp right behind the shop. Within minutes, right off our docks, they were into some schoolie bass on small shads weighted with jig heads.  This action continued for most of the day for these guys, boating nearly 40 bass up to 26 inches on soft plastics and tubes. They also managed several big blues in the river to 13 lbs.  One good sign about the bass was that they were coughing up all sorts of baits, including baby fluke and hermit crabs (see recent catches).

That’s about it for this week, the winds are due to subside for Saturday and Sunday so if you have the means, get on out there, the weather Sunday is supposed to be into the 60s!

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOW OPEARTING UNDER WINTER HOURS