Fishing the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coasts

by Sampson, Bob

• ISBN13: 9781580801096
• ISBN10: 1580801099
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-09
• Publisher: Burford Books

Summary

Here is a thorough guide to fishing in the Northeast, from a seasoned pro. Includes insider's tips on techniques and hot-spots guaranteed to produce results.

Author Biography

Bob Sampson is a long-time outdoors writer whose credits include Salt Water Sportsman, On the Water, The Fisherman, WICH Radio, the Norwich Bulletin, and others. A marine biologist by training, he was the first Marine Recreational Fisheries Biologist for the State of Connecticut DEP. He is currently a high-school science teacher and lives in Salem, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Introduction: A Geological Overview of the Region	xii
PART ONE: CONNECTICUT
Western Connecticut (Fairfield County)	3	(12)
The Housatonic River and Stratford Point	15	(6)
Middle Connecticut (New Haven and Middlesex Counties)	21	(16)
Eastern Connecticut (New London County)	37	(14)
Niantic Bay and Vicinity	51	(14)
The Thames River	65	(14)
The Mystic River and Groton Long Point	79	(8)
The Stonington Area	87	(10)
Napatree Point to Watch Hill	97	(4)
Watch Hill to Orient Point	101	(6)
The Watch Hill/Fishers Island Reef Complex	107	(14)
Fishers Island Proper	121	(12)
The Race, Gull Islands, the Sluiceway, Plum Island, and Plum Gut	133	(8)
Gardners Island, Peconic Bay, and Montauk Point	141	(6)
PART TWO: RHODE ISLAND
The South Shore Beaches to Point Judith	147	(18)
Block Island	165	(10)
Narragansett Bay	175	(24)
Index	199