Seaside Park
An urban Long Island Sound park with open beach, jetties, and a fishing pier, popular for surfcasting and family-friendly saltwater […]
Saltwater Access
Penfield Reef
A productive shallow reef off Fairfield Beach with wade-able access at low tide for striped bass and bluefish during the […]
Compo Beach
Long Sound beach in Westport — spring and fall striped bass along the sandbars and rocks.
Lighthouse Point Park
New Haven Harbor pier and shore — diverse spring/summer action for scup, fluke, stripers, and tautog.
Penfield Reef
Rocky reef and jetty off Fairfield — strong current, use caution on the rocks at high tide.
Pine Island Causeway
Groton Long Island Sound causeway and jetties — tautog around the rocks, stripers in the rips.
Griswold Point
Connecticut River mouth sandbar — world-class late-summer striper fishing on shifting bars.
Harkness Memorial State Park
Accessible Long Island Sound shoreline park — spring scup and summer stripers off the lawns.