Fishermen take notice!

The CT Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection announced some changes to recreational marine fishing for 2012.


Black Sea Bass:

• Season: June 15 to Dec. 31
• Minimum size: 13”
• Limit: 15 fish per person

Scup:

• Season: May 1 to Dec. 31
• Minimum size: 10.5”
• Limit: 20 fish per person

Summer Flounder (Fluke):

• Season: May 15 to Oct. 31
• Minimum size: 18”
• Limit: 5 fish per person

Tautog (Blackfish):

• Season: April 1 to 30 and July 1 to Aug. 31
• Minimum size: 16”
• Limit: 2 fish per person
• There is an additional open season for tautog from Oct. 10 to Dec. 6, with a larger creel limit of 4.

Special Shore Fishing Rules:

• At 42 shoreline public fishing sites listed at www.ct.gov/deep/fishing, “saltwater recreational,” the minimum size for summer flounder (fluke) will be 16”, with an open season from May 15 to Oct. 31, and a creel limit 5 fish per person.
• For scup, the minimum size will be 9”, with an open season from May 1 to Dec. 31, and a creel limit of 20 fish per person.

Additional information can be found on the ct.gov website HERE

- The Black Rock Life