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#1714666 - 05/16/17 10:50 AM Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River
jaybirdfishing Offline

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Registered: 03/09/04
Posts: 1365
Loc: Rocky Hill, CT
I wanted to see the status of the mouth of the CT River; Any stripers, any bait, anyone be fishing there?
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#1714689 - 05/16/17 02:03 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
duf Offline
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Registered: 02/07/10
Posts: 433
Loc: coventry ct
Yes, some fish are around and not much for bait. It's still slow on bigger fish but I got a few. Also snagged some gizzard shad from what I thought was bunker on my fishfinder
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#1714695 - 05/16/17 03:26 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
JamieD Offline

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Registered: 08/08/13
Posts: 382
Loc: Meriden
How was the river? Planning on sneaking out tomorrow. Just curious if we got a lot of trees and such to watch out for.
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#1714710 - 05/16/17 04:56 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
Conrad G. Offline

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Registered: 06/10/02
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Loc: SOUTHINGTON
River is not to bad...

When I come home stinking like fish, I know I`ve had a good day....
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#1714720 - 05/16/17 06:08 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: Conrad G.]
JamieD Offline

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Registered: 08/08/13
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Loc: Meriden
Thank you Conrad. Will be sneaking out tomorrow last few touches on boat then try for some fluke.
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#1714923 - 05/18/17 10:38 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
bojango145 Offline
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Registered: 01/26/08
Posts: 797
Loc: South Hadley MA
Fishing has been slower for me compared to the few years past, but there are some fish around.
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#1715039 - 05/20/17 06:55 AM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
duf Offline
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Registered: 02/07/10
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Loc: coventry ct
I went out last night, lost one good fish and their is a much higher concentration of bait around. It's definitely still much slower than years past
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#1715040 - 05/20/17 06:56 AM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
duf Offline
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Registered: 02/07/10
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Loc: coventry ct
Water temp is back to 61
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#1715144 - 05/21/17 09:15 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
hinesc77 Offline

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Registered: 06/24/12
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Loc: Old Saybrook
Went today only one schoolie saw few jumps would assume bunker heard blues are starting to show
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#1715179 - 05/22/17 09:19 AM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
E-man Offline
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Registered: 05/30/06
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Nice to see bait around there this weekend. Finally.
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#1716933 - 06/08/17 07:09 AM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
RichZ Offline

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Registered: 12/29/02
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Loc: CT
Amazing how little has changed in 3 weeks.

I hadn't heard much in the way of good reports, but I was anxious to get the new boat salty, so I headed to the lower river yesterday. Still not much going on there. Incoming tide clears the water south of 95, but chills it, too. Then a few hours into the outgoing tide, it's brown again. Water temp on the flats yesterday started at 59~60 -- two hours into the incoming -- and was 63 when I left about 3pm. White lure visibility was almost 3 feet early in the AM. About a foot and a half at most, mid-afternoon.

Caught 3 keepers (a 28 and two 34s) on the incoming. Best I could do on the outgoing was a lone,'close but no cigar'. Bunch of schoolies in between. Decent schools of bunker out in the channel, but not nearly as many as usual.

Most of my fish came on a small (<4") walking plug.




Edited by RichZ (06/08/17 07:37 AM)

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#1716934 - 06/08/17 07:59 AM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: RichZ]
Jighead Offline

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Originally Posted By: RichZ
... Incoming tide clears the water south of 95, but chills it, too. Then a few hours into the outgoing tide, it's brown again.


Quinnipac River...same thing. Very brown. More than I remember. Like coffee with no cream ???

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#1716988 - 06/08/17 03:33 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
jaybirdfishing Offline

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Registered: 03/09/04
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Loc: Rocky Hill, CT
Thanks guys for the reports.
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#1717009 - 06/08/17 07:23 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
bojango145 Offline
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Registered: 01/26/08
Posts: 797
Loc: South Hadley MA
been pretty dead for me. This season sucks!
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#1717076 - 06/09/17 01:15 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
19stealth91 Offline
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Registered: 05/28/02
Posts: 499
Loc: Old Lyme / Niantic
Been slow for me as well. Livelining bunker on the flats isn't doing much. Bluefish bite them in half or the stripers just play with them and follow the bunker around without committing. Only landed two fish around 34" for a few days of fishing.

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#1717091 - 06/09/17 05:17 PM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
Nick_S Offline

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Registered: 07/15/14
Posts: 900
Loc: Wallingford, CT
Did pretty good last sunday afternoon, seeing i was the only one out there conditions were perfect. Cloudy with rain storm on the way, last of outgoing tide. Got into a nice bunch of stripers and big blues all on top 7" plastics

FISHING > SLEEP
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#1717439 - 06/15/17 06:31 AM Re: Any Reports from the Mouth of the CT River [Re: jaybirdfishing]
Nick_S Offline

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Registered: 07/15/14
Posts: 900
Loc: Wallingford, CT
Fished Wednesday after work, lots of schoolies and a few keeper bass all on top. Seemed like it was back to "normal" down there.

FISHING > SLEEP
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