It is old news now, but the bass fishing at the mouth of the Connecticut River is excellent. We have had numerous outstanding outings, catching and releasing lots of fish between 26" and 33". There are plenty of bigger fish. A friend landed a 42" bass from shore a week ago.

This is the first year I have seen birds working over the fish. It's nothing like the display birds can make over blues but rather a few birds lazily working. Breaking/splashing bass, usually but not always single fish is much more common than in past years. The fish are cruising around spending some time at the normal hot spots. For the last week they have not been lingering in any one spot. We'll catch a couple fish, then they're gone. We will then "bounce around" to different spots until we find them again. By the end of our outing we have usually boated about ten fish. We have had some trips when we hooked dozens of fish.

The water temperature has been in the low to mid 50's for the last two weeks. As long as the water temp stays cool the river fishing should continue strong. I would think we still have two to three weeks before warmer temperatures drive the fish to deeper water.