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Fish On! · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 68 Location: Northeast, CT

Fished at quaddick yesterday (2-11) had a great day. Ice was 11-12 inches thick and not as windy as I thought it would be. Caught 2 pike and three pickerel, fished around to 10-12 feet in depth and set the bait 3-4 feet below the ice.

sandflea · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 16

Nice! Anytime I catch a Pike its a good day. Did you catch them on tip-ups or jigging?

Fish On! · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 68 Location: Northeast, CT

It was my first time out for Pike and now I can't wait till I catch the next one. I was using tip-ups with largers shinners.

sandflea · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 16

They are a fun fish to catch. Live or dead bait dosen't seem to matter.

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

Nice man! i live about 5 min away from quaddick, ive never ice fished it but i fish there a lot in the summer and have caught many good size pike and bass there. It's great fishing,the only thing i don't like is how choked it gets in the summer with weeds. my profile pic is actually from quaddick and it's my personal best largie 5lb8oz

Fish On! · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 68 Location: Northeast, CT

It's seems to be a good spot Basswacka, little bit of a hike from the road now thats its winter but still worth it. If I end up getting a boat this spring I plan on hitting it up for some bass. It seems like they dropped the water level down, possibly to kill some of those weeds.

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

yeah man,even with all the boat pressure there seems to always be some bass biting. You can fish there year round so if you get a small jon boat you can launch down a little side road past the launch and get some fishing in early in the season before all the boat traffic.

billybass · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 315

If I remember right dont they stock that with pike,thats up in the north east corner right, that one might be next for me .

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

yea billybass thats the one, i think they must stock it with pike because theres a sh!t load of them in there. My dad got one this past year that was 9+ pounds,and i'm sure theres bigger ones in there as well but that was the biggest pike ive ever seen in person.

Fish On! · Joined: 24 Dec 2009 Posts: 68 Location: Northeast, CT

From what I understand they started stocking it in 1999

billybass · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 315

thats sweet ,they are a hell of a fish my biggest was in mansfield hollow it was 11.2 but never threw the ice, if u dont use a decent leader i find it hard to believe even pulling a 5 pounder threw the way they thrash and bite normal line couldnt hang with that...Anybody going out tomorrow Laughing

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

Yeah he got it in the summer not through the ice. Believe it or not he got it using 12 pound floro, it put up a hell of a fight and somehow didn't get it's teeth on the line. Thats luck for ya.

billybass · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 315

yup I had 12 pound test, late summer.but i dont think it would work out, threw a 8 inch hole , but you never know,I have tried a couple times this winter but no luck ,tomorrow going to mashapaug and hopefully landing somthing big,dont get me wrong fish are fish but when there over 4 and 5 pounds ,that what gets me going,Im sure its the same for everyone