I don’t often fish clients for ground-fish as most of my clients want to chase fish on the surface with a fly rod or light tackle. Today though was different and I fished Mark and Tony from the New Haven area and …they were hell bent on catching some fish to eat!! Mark’s wife had set up the trip as a Father’s day gift for Mark. Only had four hours so we got on some fluke near the marina. Caught maybe 10 shorts but also caught two big fish in the 23-24” range and another nice fish right at legal. Also caught several Black Sea bass & Bluefish and a dozen giant porgies in my secret spot. Fish were very tide sensitive and once the tide stopped so did the bite. Weather was gorgeous with a light breeze. Water is warming too….it’s up 4 degrees in the last couple days to 64-65 in eastern Long Island Sound. All in all a nice day for fishing.
Fishing for Keeps
