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manelson79
Joined: 01 May 2011
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Location: Meriden, CT
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 Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:28 pm Post subject: 1st day out - Meriden |
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Hi All,
I am trying to get back into fishing after about 5 years off and went out for my first time this weekend. I'm from Meriden, originally Wallingford, so I like to stay local and try new lakes/ponds. I tried silver Lake last night and caught nothing but some weeks. With fish on my mind I couldn't sleep this morning so I got up and hit Hanover Pond at about 730 this morning. I fished for about 2 hours right behind the ball fields and didn't catch a thing. I knew there must be fish in this pond so I went out again at about 630 tonight and tried the west side of the pond and did pretty well. I caught a total of 5 fish - two nice size large mouth, 2 smaller ones and a nice yellow perch in about an hours time.
Are there any other good spots in the Meriden area that others frequent?
Look forward to hearing from others in the area.
BTW - I would post a pic but the system says I need three posts. 
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| post a reply to me, just say hello. Then post a reply saying here are the pics. Then you'll have 3 posts. |
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bowhunter095
Joined: 20 Jan 2011
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Location: Berlin, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| i was at silver lake also the other night. I was fishing from shore and still ended up with 5 large mouth. What were you using? |
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manelson79
Joined: 01 May 2011
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Location: Meriden, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Crest Daddy wrote: | | post a reply to me, just say hello. Then post a reply saying here are the pics. Then you'll have 3 posts. |
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manelson79
Joined: 01 May 2011
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Location: Meriden, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| bowhunter095 wrote: | | i was at silver lake also the other night. I was fishing from shore and still ended up with 5 large mouth. What were you using? |
I was also fishing from shore, i was all the way back towards the RR tracks and down the hill, maybe not a great spot. Seemed pretty shallow. I have fished from the grass right when pulling into the lake area and had some luck but that was many years ago. I tried a few different spinner baits, and a swim n jig with/without a shad trailer. There were quite a few people there so there were not an abundance of spots. |
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manelson79
Joined: 01 May 2011
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Location: Meriden, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: 1st day out - Meriden |
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| manelson79 wrote: | Hi All,
I am trying to get back into fishing after about 5 years off and went out for my first time this weekend. I'm from Meriden, originally Wallingford, so I like to stay local and try new lakes/ponds. I tried silver Lake last night and caught nothing but some weeks. With fish on my mind I couldn't sleep this morning so I got up and hit Hanover Pond at about 730 this morning. I fished for about 2 hours right behind the ball fields and didn't catch a thing. I knew there must be fish in this pond so I went out again at about 630 tonight and tried the west side of the pond and did pretty well. I caught a total of 5 fish - two nice size large mouth, 2 smaller ones and a nice yellow perch in about an hours time.
Are there any other good spots in the Meriden area that others frequent?
Look forward to hearing from others in the area.
BTW - I would post a pic but the system says I need three posts.
Mark |
Here is the pic for anyone that is interested
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Pikerman6
Joined: 31 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| You really shouldn't lay the fish down like that. It's not good for them... but nice fish. |
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manelson79
Joined: 01 May 2011
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Location: Meriden, CT
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Pikerman6 wrote: | | You really shouldn't lay the fish down like that. It's not good for them... but nice fish. |
Thanks! I normally don't lay a fish down like that but I wanted a picture and didn't have enough hands. I'll figure out a better method for next time.
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Justin Tralli
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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nice job man
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