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Marcus Webb
Zone Writer · Thames River / New London
Marcus Webb spent two decades at the Groton sub base and every off-duty hour of it on the Thames. He's the authority on New London Harbor structure and the river's famous winter holdover striper fishery — a beat most anglers don't even know exists.
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New London and Groton — Thames River, New London Harbor, Fort Trumbull, Ocean Beach, the winter striper hole
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New moon springs load up the Fort Trumbull rip as stripers set up for the sunset flood
Bigger tides and warmer water are pushing bass and blues onto the current seams from Gold Star Bridge to Ocean Beach — here's where to be and when.
Thames River / New London
New moon springs load up the Thames — stripers stack the seams at Fort Trumbull
Bigger tides are pushing bait out of the upper river and stacking bass and blues where the Thames meets the Sound.