Per Surfland Bait & Tackle, 4WD drive-on access to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge has been closed because of erosion from last weekend’s storms. Access was supposed to have remained open until Oct. 31. Walk-on is still possible from the refuge parking lots but few fish are being reported.
I got out on the refuge beach on the evening of Thurs 10/16 with just one bite to show for my efforts after dunking worms and casting plugs and jigs for a few hours. I was disappointed as the conditions seemed right — close to a new moon, dusk into early nighttime, dropping temps and [...]
Surfland B&T reports some small stripers from the Plum Island NWR beach at night — and small bluefin tuna just off the beach. I was up in the mountains this weekend but might try getting out in between the wind, before the season winds up.
Fished the sandbar in the mouth of the Merrimack from the surf (Plum Island side) this a.m. — perfect tide, low just after sunrise. I had the place to myself — not another angler there. Nor any fish …