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It was "reported" last year that a survey done in the Mystic River to gauge the water quality found young striped bass as part of the sample population.
Juvenile stripers don't migrate until they reach a certain age/size limit.
The fish that were caught in the Mystic River were very small, too small to have migrated from southern waters.
The river runs down from the Lower Mystic Lake, where there had been reports of stripers being taken from the ice, so there is the possibility that the bass may have been holding over and spawning there. I wish I had documented proof, but unfortunately most of what I have heard was via this website, so it must be taken with a grain of salt.
There was a story in On the Water magazine about the author catching a striper there on Thanksgiving, so I may be correct to some degree.
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