Week of Agust 19th-August 25th

IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN WEARING A PAIR OF THE NEW SMITH ANGLING GLASSES, YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE FISH! COME HAVE A LOOK THIS WEEKEND!

ATTENTION ALL SMART PHONE USERS INCLUDING I-PHONE & DROIDS!! Westport Outfitters has launched a FREE app for you to view our fishing reports from your phones. Our website will sniff which type of device you are logging on with. Simply go to westportoutfitters.com and follow instructions in the upper left hand banner.

You do not want to miss the 2011 Saugatuck Cup to be held on October 8th, based out of Westport Outfitters. Any and all information can be found on the tournament’s website http://www.saugatuckcup.com/ or call /email the shop for more details; space is limited, so get in on a great local cause followed by a great party with great prizes and now a legendary raffle!

Some interesting weather over the past week, some saturating rain, mornings in the 50s, earthquakes and an impending hurricane for this coming weekend…should be very interesting for the fishes, but let’s digress for a moment. Our charter operation, centered around Captain Blake, continues to put fish in the boat each and every morning that we went out this week with an even ratio of bass/blues. Of course we practice what we preach, leaving the dock no later than 5:00 A.M. and returning when most other local charter captains are heading out (shame on all of you). We can’t emphasis once again how imperative is to get out early if you want to still get into the bass. Of course if Fluke or Porgy fishing is your goal, you can afford to sleep in, but not for a shot at some consistent late summer striper action. Poppers continue to be the lure of choice triggering some very aggressive top water action. We also have been really getting into them as well on the long rods still. Surf Candies and some smaller mushies have been the ticket (don’t forget your bite guard).

Now back to the weather, for those of you that remember I believe it was about 5 years ago, early September, Saturday if I do recall. We were forecasted to get the remnants of a hurricane that had taken the south by storm. The path of that depression is almost identical to one of the models I have seen with Irene. We still have really yet to see a strong showing of Bonito and Albies, very similar to that month 5 years back. Well as many of you know, what was supposed to be a little bit of low, turned into sustained winds of 65-75 MPH with a gusts over 90 MPH clocked at Westchester Airport. I remember it so well for I personally fished about 5 boats off of Canfield Island the next day, while the mooring field at Sprite Island was in utter disarray. History does have a tendency to repeat itself and after that day 5 years ago once all the boats were back on their hooks and the seas had cleared, the fishing picked up, so perhaps a little blow at this time of year is exactly what we need to get some bait pushed in and hopefully fish to follow. Don’t forget your SEA ROCK JIGS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!! No doubt the cool mornings that we have had over the past 5 days can also only help the local fishing scene. Speaking of the local fishing scene, we just launched a specific Westport Outfitters Facebook page, in addition to the one we share with our friends at All Seasons Marine Works. This page will be very specific and allow us to use the whole premise of social networking to everyone’s advantage when it comes to fish notifications, special deals, sale items and much, much more. Therefore either search FB for “Westport Outfitters” or follow the link below. You have our word that the information stemming from this new site will be accurate, timely and always FRESH!

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So in summary, keep a close eye to the weather this weekend, although it may put a damper on the immediate weekend’s fishing, the long term benefits could be substantial….so onto the report.

Prior to the monsoon last weekend, fishing remained strong. The Micinilio Brothers vacated their home waters and fished the Westport area and made a trip over to a few holes in Darien as well. Surprisingly, out of the 50 or so fish they trolled up, a majority were all taken in or near the mouth of Norwalk Harbor, where there are still signs of some small schools of bunker (see recent catches).

Kevin L. fished the reef with the fly rod on Saturday A.M. and had just two fish, but both bass were over 29 inches, taken at first light on a silver side imitation.

Prior to the rains coming on Sunday, Danny B. chunked off of Frost Point into the wee hours of the morning for 4 bass over 17 lbs.

Monday, Will H. checked in fishing off of Darien where he landed a nice fat 10lb bass as well as a gator that tipped the scales at 14 lbs.

Tuesday, the Micinilio Brothers were playing host to some youngsters who were not let down. They trolled up a host of bass in the 22-24 inch range, no keepers and a few small blues in the mix as well.

Tuesday night it was Don Rossi who checked in with a blue that tipped the scales just under 11 lbs, chunking off of Eaton’s Neck.

We are now beginning to take entry forms for the 2011 Saugatuck Cup, which will be held out of Westport Outfitters on October 8th. Any and all information can be found on the tournaments site at www.saugatuckcup.com or feel free to call or email the shop. For those of you that have fished this charity tournament for the past two years, you know the cause and the great time that is had by all. For that want in, do so soon before we sell it out as we have done for the past two years. Great cause, great prizes, raffle, party and bragging rights! Hope to see all of you here on October 8th!!

Well folks, that is about it for this week. I know a lot of folks (like me) were on vacation last week, so fishing locally at least took a back seat. I was up in New Hampshire for 6 days and got some decent trout fishing in despite high water on the Sugar River, all fish were taken on wooly buggers. I also dusted off some of my old crank baits and had a bunch of large mouth bass to 4 lbs on a local pond also in New Hampshire. Be careful out there this weekend…

Eric C. Johnson
Westport Outfitters, LLC
609 Riverside Ave.
Westport, CT
06880
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