Black Point, Bartlett's and Goshen/Harkness. Fishing Report

Stripers, Stripers And More (small) Stripers!

Out of Niantic early (by 4:30) heading towards Harkness. Lots of bait but no luck casting a variety of soft plastics near the entrance to Goshen Cove. Switched to tube and worm and quickly caught a 30" and several short stripers. The trend was looking like schoolies, so I headed back to Bartlett's and Two Tree, which had been producing bigger fish last week. Nada. Not even a blue to bite off my soft plastics! Over to the outflow where I hooked a decent striper that sent me ducking and diving to avoid the hook it spit. 15 minutes of blanks casting and I decided to move again. This time, across the bay to Black Point. By this time it was approaching mid-morning, the day was beautiful, and I anticipated scup and blues would soon be shredding my Fin-S baits. Hadn't seen any fish on top all morning, so I threw out a tube and worm as I approached Black Point and wham, fish on! Schoolie. Re-baited and set my line. Another fish. Followed by another and so on. Cool. Lot's of schoolies. I can switch to casting. No luck. Tube and worm was the ticket, but there comes a point when even a light setup becomes pretty boring with schoolie after schoolie. After a dozen of these, I decided to head back in. While catching a lot of schoolies is not unusual, the total lack of scup an blues was a rarity. Overall, a nice trip. I'm taking a friend out on his new boat Saturday. Only hope I can find him some fish!

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  • Added By: redneckangler on 07/26/11 04:04 PM
  • Location: Black Point, Bartlett's and Goshen/Harkness.
  • Report Date: 7/26/2011
  • # of Hotspots: 2
  • # of Photos: 0
  • # of Fish Caught: 15
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Black Point Catch

  • # of Fish Caught: 12
  • Water Type: saltwater
  • Type of Fish: Striped Bass
  • Fish Length (Avg): 22 inches
  • Fish Length (Max): 24 inches
  • Bait Type: Tube Check Prices
  • Bait Details: Only hitting the tube and worm. Fish on every 50-100 yard run.

Goshen Beach Catch

  • # of Fish Caught: 3
  • Water Type: saltwater
  • Type of Fish: Striped Bass
  • Fish Length (Avg): 26 inches
  • Fish Length (Max): 30 inches
  • Bait Type: Tube Check Prices

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  • As always great report! Doing my research,hoping to get out Thursday. Was supposed to go out yesterday too but got called in to work.

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