2020 Western Sound Bass run ...

I asked google ..... George, I was in the Western Basin. :)

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West is West of New Haven in my opinion. East is East of New Haven. That's what the weather reports delineate.

If you want to include a central, i'd say West is westport/Northport and West. Central is East of that until about Guilford/Baiting Hollow. And East is east of that. generally speaking.
 
UNCFISH said:
West is West of New Haven in my opinion. East is East of New Haven. That's what the weather reports delineate.

If you want to include a central, i'd say West is westport/Northport and West. Central is East of that until about Guilford/Baiting Hollow. And East is east of that. generally speaking.
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Makes sense. The marine weather forecast uses wash and west of new haven.

I feel each person has their own interpretation.
 
thanks. still warm for keeper sized bass. well done.

After a hot day like yesterday, not surprised to hear it would warm up to 76 at the top. Can't wait for it to be below 70
 
new to the boards. Has anyone seen the fall run get started? Picked up on a handful of schoolies in the shallows last week after not seeing a striper for a month or two.
 
Trapperjohn said:
new to the boards. Has anyone seen the fall run get started? Picked up on a handful of schoolies in the shallows last week after not seeing a striper for a month or two.
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Was out yesterday hitting the wrecks & rocks. Saw some birds working and a ton of bunker but they weren’t really getting pushed. I would have bet on seeing some Albies yesterday but didn’t see a one.
 
I wonder if that’s bc of the wind an temp? I got the schoolies and the blues near bunker swarming and bird work site.

I hit the water few times a week when wind is low. Hard to tie up solo in bigger wind.
How far west do the albies come? I’m tied up in Stamford area
 
Nice! Thanks for the tips. I’ve been drifting tides casting top waters near exposed rocks and reefs. I was tempted to head out East for the albie bite but sounds like I may not need too. Weather tho has been tough
 
Copy and paste from another board, but too good not to share here too:

It's my birthday today, so I couldn't possibly go the full 24 hours without fishing. I noticed the wind app called for the east winds to die down around 5pm for a couple hours, so I headed out at 5. The weathermen were right for a change. There were still some east rollers to deal with, but no wind waves or white caps. I headed to a spot on the CT side where I knew there would be a nice rip around some rocks on the outgoing tide. Rolled up and found a 17 inch schoolie on the first cast. Then what looked like the same fish on the second cast. so I quickly dropped anchor to fan cast the spot. Proceeded to nail them almost every cast, but they were all 17-19 inches. I counted 17 before I decided to switch lures (I was throwing my favorite shad I keep talking about). Since I knew the schoolies were biting, I wanted to try a lure that I've never had much luck with to see if I could figure it out. So I clipped on a classic smiling bill bucktail with a otter tail straight strip trailer. I've literally never caught a fish on one before despite hearing how amazing they are. So I needed to break the duck and now was the time. First cast and I sized up to a 24 incher. Then a 27 incher. Then an absolute monster that was peeling out drag for what felt like 30 seconds straight before it cut me off in the rocks. I could not turn this fish with my schoolie tackle. I was using 15 lb braid and 30 lb leader and a 3000 size reel. So I retied and put another bucktail on and caught a few more schoolies and then it happened again. Another freight train of a bass. I had tightened my drag a bit and I also jumped up on my transom livewell to get more height and held the fish above the rocks for a while. Fought it for about 5 minutes before it took it's third or fourth run and I couldn't stop it. cut me off in the rocks again. I grabbed a stouter set up after this, 30 lb braid and 50lb leader and a 4000 size reel. But of course I didn't get any hits on that. It was getting dark and I was supposed to be home for my birthday dinner, so I called it quits. I'm sure I could have gotten into more, or I could have brought some bunker and chunked up all I could want.

Finally tally was 23 bass in just about 80 minutes. And two bass that I would guess would be above slot with some new piercings. I crushed the barbs so hopefully they will shake the bucktails out.

Happy birthday to me!

Notes: 67 degree water, anchored in 14 feet dropping to 11 feet due to tide. Casting anywhere from 14 feet to 6 feet. The shad I'm talking about is the fishaholic finback shad in both bunker and wonderbread, paired with the 3/4 oz jighead that is designed for it. you can find them at J&H tackle.
 
Awesome!!

Idk if this is the right spot to post this but I’m new to the area with a boat in Stamford. 32ft, always happy to take a couple guys out who will help with ropes when we come back in. Don’t have enough friends with free time to fish as often as I like! DM me if interested. I stay close to Stamford, head west to play land area and as far east as new haven.. depending on weather and amount of time I have.

Boat lives on the Hudson in the spring for the March - June Hudson run.
 
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