Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:57 pm Post subject: New to fishing from boat and i'm lost.
I finally got my boat out to the sound Sunday and I really don't know what too look for. Do I look for structure? Do I chum? Do I fish the rock barriers? I've fished seaside by Remington. I fished the opening of Bridgeport harbor. I've fished pleasure beach... and got skunked except for one Sea robin (rather be skunked)
I'm usually a chunker. last year I picked up some slugo's and had nice luck with the stripers. But my saltwater fishing career has always been just throw in a chink of bunker and wait or fishing a party boat and wait for a bite. I like to fish striper but anything but sea robin is nice for me!
Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:49 pm Post subject:
What type of boat do you have? Once things settle down from the crazy amount of rain, the fishing is usually consistent for both the stripers and blues. I don't know if your boat can fish places like the Race and other rips, or is more suited to the near shore reefs and bays. Anything that holds bait, such as a reef like Bartlett's, is going to attract bass and blues. As the water warms, the bass will move off the reefs to the deeper waters, but still bite drifting three way rigs, etc. I'm not a big fan of chumming and chunking, because I'm too ADD to sit in one spot on an anchor, but you'll see a whole fleet just south of Fishers, out on places like Hatchet's, etc. Go to http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/NOAAChartViewer.html and familiarize yourself with the locations people discuss. I'm a big fan of soft plastics on light jig heads, as I can get the Zoom flukes and YUM products in large bulk, but also go armed with an assortment of topwaters and other hard bodied lures. You should also carry a few tins like Deadly Dicks or Hopkin's Lures. You want big stripers, go to livelining. Not many guys going to give up their exact favorite numbers there, though most everything is on a chart. Another option is to find someone in your area with experience and invite them out for the day. There are a thousand ways to fish the LIS, and you'll never stop learning how to do it a bit better.
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Wow... Thanks for all the tips guys. I have a 14' Aluminum boat with a 15HP evinrude. I think it might be hard for me to leave coastal waters. I will use those maps. i can already see "the Cows" Looks like there's a lot of shallow waters near Norwalk. Has anyone had any experience chumming? is it even necessary?
Ive picked up a few blues about halfway out to Penfield Lighthouse off of St. Marys.
Its only 20' deep give or take and picked em up on mack chunks. Could also jig for flounder around the same area. I usually hang around there when I have my daughter with me as she doesnt last all that long out there (yet lol).
I wouldnt go too far in that small a boat though. Its not "The Race", but I wouldn't bring a 16' aluminum out to the BH bouy. I'm in about the same position as you. Picked up my first boat end of last season so i'm out and about in deeper water finally instead of working the shore. Good luck fishin and happy boating! See ya out there.
Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:55 am Post subject:
I had a 14", originally with a 15hp as well. I fished all over the Long Island Sound. Watch the wind forecasts, and stick to the bays and shoreline, and avoid the rips. I often put in at Stonington and ran across to the north side of Fisher's on the slack tides. Sounds like you're further west, but the same applies. I did do a few things for added safety, such as increasing the floatation, and I raised the rear transom around the engine by bolting on a marine plywood panel. This gave me several extra inches above the cutout, and left a lot less space for chop to wash over. You can see this about 1:40 into the video attached. I also installed 2 bilge pumps in the rear, one on a toggle switch to my electrical system, and a backup that I could connect direct to the battery. The great thing about this boat was that I used the hell out of it. It cost next to nothing to run, and I could drop it in and pull it in minutes. $$ for fish, the best boat I ever owned. Have fun!
Whenever you go send me a pm, I know those areas around bridgeport very well. The fishing there has been red hot because all the bait in the area.Nightime and early morning has been the most productive, now its the time to get the bass the bite should last 2 more weeks depending on the weather, bait, and the bluefish
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