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AustinB
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 Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:55 pm Post subject: Lake to do some bassin' in within 40 mins of Simsbury? |
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Hi, im looking for a good bass lake also wth some pike possibly. If anyone has any reccomendations they will be appreciated. Thanks, Austin.
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PECo
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:24 pm Post subject: Nod Brook WMA |
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Locally, check out Nod Brook WMA, which is right on the Simsbury-Avon border off of Route 10. It has decent largemouth bass (most up to 17 inches and a couple around 20 inches) and really nice chain pickerel (many over 20 inches). My first fish of the year was a nice 20-inch pickerel out of there:
Bring a boat though. Fishing from shore there kinda sucks.
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slimecoat
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Rainbow resevoir, West hill , compenstaing resevoir!!!
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AustinB
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| Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the suggestions, PECo, is the nod brook wma behind the hartford?
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PECo
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Nod Brook WMA is south of The Hartford's Simsbury campus. The entrance to the park is inside the entrance to Tower Office Park, which is just north of the Connecticut Light and Power building. It's sometimes closed on the weekend for hunting dog field trials, but always open during the week. Here's the schedule for the field trials:
http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2700&q=331868&depNav_GID=1633#NODBROOK
The lower (i.e., north) pond is pretty weed infested right now. The upper (i.e., south) pond usually stays pretty clear. It's a terrific place to paddle.
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Stratos17
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| Congamond............10 minutes...... |
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anointed130
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I have never found any good shore fishing spots on congamond, anyone know of any other than that dock.
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AustinB
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| Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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I've tried congamond a few times, never with good results. maybe i'll put in some time this summer and find the sweetspots.
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Phish
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Bantam has a lot of shore fishing from the campground. check it out. I've never fished it from shore, but it looked like there were plenty of places to do it from to me.
http://www.bantamlake.com/ |
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AustinB
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| Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Alright, thanks. I'll check those out.
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