Connecticut fishing reports for May/June 2008

[bunkerjoe4]

Please post fishing reports here.......as little or as much detail as you want to give.

Please note: NO SPOT BURNING! Posts burning spots will be Edited or DELETED!
Some veteran fishermen have put in years developing and learning about certain spots.Some of these spots can only handle a few guys at a time. We are losing enough access as it is, due to the unfortunate behavior of a few selfish people. No sense in making it worse.

"Spot burning" also could involve mentioning something specific only to that area. If you do this, your post may be edited, or deleted. Remember that thousands of people could potentially read these posts. You don't want to be fishing next to ALL of them at the same time!


IF you are fishing an area that is NOT residential, being vague is less critical. For example, it's acceptable to say (Any)Park, or (Any)Bay, (Any)River or mention a specific state park that has loads of parking and can handle the crowds.


If you are unclear on this concept, ask yourself:


If I name this place on the internet, will it be too crowded for me to enjoy tomorrow when people hear I got 30 fish here today?


If the answer is "Yes", then you should probably not be so specific.

We post these reports so our community will have a sense of what is working, what is not. We want to show people how to catch fish, rather than where.Even if you struck out or got skunked, it would be helpful to hear that as well.

If you have any additional details you would like to share - weather conditions, tide (incoming, outgoing, ebb, flood) water temps, bait present, or other mention of techniques or plugs used - feel free, as long as you are not overly specific about location.

Some acronyms/abbreviations -

Housy - Housatonic river

Thames - Thames River

Please remember that although these rivers have some well-known spots, space is limited in some areas, and cannot handle a hundred people lined shoulder to shoulder fishing if the fish are stacked up. If you catch breeder weakfish, it's your right to keep them, but please consider catch and release so they can make babies.

[albiealert]

Fished same area of the Thames Thursday and Friday nights. First night two bass 26" biggest, next night 1 bass 20", black magnum bombers slow retrieve.

[albiealert]

Skunked tonight, not even a tap, same area.

[bunkerjoe4]

For a limited time, I will be giving out a plug, lure, custom jig, or something similar each month to 2 randomly chosen members who post in our regional fishing reports.

Member response has been ramping up, so I decided to change it from one lucky person to 2 people.

Winners for the Month of April 2008:

Southpaw1123 (NJ)
Pinhead44 (NY)
Please check your e-mail, and let me know where you want them sent.

Thank you all for your participation. Your chances of winning are the same if you post once, or 50 times, to make things fair for everyone. If you went fishing, and you post a report in ANY regional fishing report thread here, you are eligible, so keep those reports coming, folks.

[bluesdude71]

I lucked into some of the river schoolies, but had to jump around a bit. Finally found bunker 2 nights ago, threw megabait, nailed one. Things got slow, threw white shad, got 2 more. Biggest only 19", but it was fun.

[bluesdude71]

Same place, last 2 nights.

[albiealert]

Fished a river the past 2 nights, bombers and shads to get deeper. Bunker have been around, not thick, but you can hear them. Can't get a tap to save my life, maybe it's the full moon?