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DV
Joined: 05 May 2010
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Location: East Windsor
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 Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:28 am Post subject: Silver lake - Frogs |
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Hit Silver lake for the first time today from 4:30am-10am. Got three fish in 10 minutes on a smoke flake fluke outside some weeds, and got a few more on a senko underneath some cover. Decided to try and fish the pads for the rest of the time I had with a bronze eye spro frog and a rage toad. Got a total of two strikes and one bullfrog, yes a cannibalistic bullfrog attacked my bronze eye. I guess frogs have no fight, but I was pretty stunned to see this thing on the end of line.
I finished up by drop shotting in the channel that runs through the middle, my fish finder wouldn't stop beeping. I don't know if it was glitcy or if I just found everybass in this lake... There was alot of fish there though I got maybe 20 hits on the ds in 10FOW at this spot and landed only 3 due to me being to hookset happy, the tactic is still new to me in my defense. Nothing over 16" for the day
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RobO
Joined: 24 May 2010
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Location: South Windsor
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:48 am Post subject: |
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WOW. What is going on today? Your catching frogs and Dirty dawg is catching water snakes..
What's next?
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DirtyDawg10
Joined: 27 May 2009
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Location: Granby, CT
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| lol...nice!! I actually caught a big bullfog on a black hula popper before. It was at the Wethersfield Res. Cool pics. |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:24 pm Post subject: Nice frog! |
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Did you kiss the frog before releasing it? LOL! 
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asianfisher
Joined: 12 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Nice frog! |
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| Silver lake has some great fishing. open and cover not that deep tho. Tend to think it has the best crappie fishing in ct but thats just my opinion. For bass they have some big ones in there but seem to catch more small ones than big ones. No one i know keeps fish out of there so i know they are in there. think silver lake in berlin has better fishing than batterson hands down tho...... |
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colburn
Joined: 16 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:05 am Post subject: |
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| shhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell people that lol |
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Bass Addict
Joined: 27 Aug 2007
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Location: Wethersfield, CT 06109
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 11:41 am Post subject: |
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When the fishing is slow, I will pitch a plastic worm to frogs and they hit them very aggressively. If i catch a frog, I live line it and the fishing usually comes to life.
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Sorry honey, looks like we will be late again due to motor problems.
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colburn
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| how do u hook a live frog from so it doesn't die? like u would a plastic/rubber frog? btw im going out to silver lake right now... |
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asianfisher
Joined: 12 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| lake is like 7 mins from my house.... Wish i could go but got to off load some cakes for the forth.... |
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panfishh8r
Joined: 16 May 2010
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Location: Northern CT
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:07 am Post subject: |
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@colburn in the bottom jaw an out the top
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colburn
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:33 am Post subject: |
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@panfishh8r : so the hook only goes through the jaw?
btw got skunked for the first time in months. couldnt find the fish anywhere. my buddy caught a short (10in) and that was all for the day. i had a couple nice hits but i only managed to hit my buddy with the worm in the face as he was eating (really funny to do) |
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SkeeterJim
Joined: 08 May 2007
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Location: Newington, CT
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:13 am Post subject: |
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True Silver Lake does have a healthy supply of crappies there but I wouldn't eat anything out of there due to the higher levels of industrial chemical waste that sits on the lake bottom.
Jim
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Bass Addict
Joined: 27 Aug 2007
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Location: Wethersfield, CT 06109
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| Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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i hook it through the top lip, kind of gruesome but I am a serial killer.
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Sorry honey, looks like we will be late again due to motor problems.
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asianfisher
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Yea wouldnt eat nothing out of it.. DEP is tryin suttin new with catfish to try to clean it out but dont think thats gonna work... no one keeps fish out of there thats why its a great place to hook up... |
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SkeeterJim
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Location: Newington, CT
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| Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Well I wouldn't exactly say nobody as I have seen the bucket brigade there take bass, perch and crappie out of there for dinner. Just hope they know the hazards of doing that at a place that is contaminated.
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