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TurtleKiss
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Location: central CT
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| gecabert wrote: | | Morey Pond in Ashford, is 33 minutes according to Google maps. I don't remember seeing any type of gate at the entrance to the launch. |
I know it's all highway, and I know that 3 minutes isn't a big deal, but still...are there really no places worth fishing within 30 minutes of Hartford either? Tomorrow I'm driving 47 minutes to a place that's 30 miles away. That's 2 hours of driving/launching/loading up the boat time...starts adding up when you do it 5 days a week.
Morey is already on my list of places I want to visit though!
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Pauleye
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:40 am Post subject: Not many lakes and ponds in the river valley |
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We are victims of geological forces , natural lakes and ponds don't form in river flood plains. We live in the large floodplain of the CT River. If you look at the entire State, most lakes and ponds are in the corners. Sure there are some lakes but those were marshes and wetlands with feeder streams that were damned.
So, good fishing ponds from the Hartford area are typically at least 30 minutes away. |
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TurtleKiss
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:27 pm Post subject: Re: Not many lakes and ponds in the river valley |
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| Pauleye wrote: | We are victims of geological forces , natural lakes and ponds don't form in river flood plains. We live in the large floodplain of the CT River. If you look at the entire State, most lakes and ponds are in the corners. Sure there are some lakes but those were marshes and wetlands with feeder streams that were damned.
So, good fishing ponds from the Hartford area are typically at least 30 minutes away. |
I know - I just want to possibly figure out which lakes/ponds in central CT I may have overlooked.
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PECo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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Pauleye
We're not "victims" here in central CT. This summer, I spent some time in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, and the northern suburbs of Chicago. I very quickly realized that we live in fishing lake, pond and river heaven compared to those parts of the country. I moved to Avon from the Chicago area five years ago and am amazed at how much I like it here, in large part due to the many and varied opportunities we have for fishing nearby. The grass is most definitely not greener on the other side of the fence. Well, except in northern Wisconsin or Minnesota, or maybe parts of Texas or Florida.  But I'm sure you understand what I mean. 
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Pauleye
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:16 am Post subject: Geology, not bad fishing |
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| PECo - only victims of geology. Never said the fishing was bad. I love the fishing. I have the CT River minutes from my house and can hit Coventry and Bolton Lake in 30 minutes or less. I frequent the Sound, now, which is a 100 mile round trip. We do live in fishing heaven but Kira asked about spots 30 minutes from Bristol. If you look at the State, there are very few lakes and ponds within 30 minutes of Bristol because of geology. If Kira said within 60 minutes of Bristol then the world is her oyster. |
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robby91/2
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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kira your just going to have to make the commitment ,all of the lakes sea dog mentioned have the potential for some great (night )bass fishing i also live in litchfield co. and have fished them all my whole life its worth the ride i lived in bristol (west end) for many years trust me!!  |
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TurtleKiss
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| robby91/2 wrote: | | kira your just going to have to make the commitment ,all of the lakes sea dog mentioned have the potential for some great (night )bass fishing i also live in litchfield co. and have fished them all my whole life its worth the ride i lived in bristol (west end) for many years trust me!! |
Hi Robby - I don't live in Bristol, I was just looking for something close since I was going to be there anyway. All of those Litchfield lakes are over an hour from Harford. On the way home from Quonnipaug yesterday, I passed by Dooley Pond in Middletown. At 19 acres, I'm sure most people here aren't interested, but it does have a boat launch and doesn't close at sunset. I fish slow, anchor a lot, revisit spots, and I can make 19 acres work for me very easily. I know there's got to be a bunch of similar smaller places that I don't know about. After being in my boat for 12+ hours overnight, the last thing I want to do is drive home for an hour.
Anyone know what the deal is with Pameacha Pond? Is there any kind of access?
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