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CT_BASSman
Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:52 am Post subject: Kayaking backwaters/marshes for stripers? |
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So I'm new to this site but not to fishing. Been an avid freshwater angler for ages and recently getting into inshore saltwater fishing. I recently bought a kayak and have been looking at maps for certain spots to bring it, specifically backwaters/marshes/tidal creeks I can paddle thru that hold fish. Do decent spots like this exist in CT and if so a PM would much be appreciated in getting me the right direction to find such an area. |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 8:09 am Post subject: |
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No PM needed for this spot: Hamburg Cove. You could launch next to the Hamburg Cove Yacht Club, which is in the small cove, and paddle out into the big cove. Troll a three inch Mister Twister grub until you get a hit, then stop and cast at the spot. _________________ Don't forget to wear sunscreen and don't litter! |
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CT_BASSman
Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:06 am Post subject: |
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How's the overall fishing been there? I want to try and get out this weekend the latest |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:19 am Post subject: |
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It's been a while since I've been out there. Hopefully, someone on this site has been out there recently and will post a report. _________________ Don't forget to wear sunscreen and don't litter! |
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SeaDog1
Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Hi All !
Interesting front page article in todays Hartford Courant on Shad in the Connecticut River.
I tend to agree with the fisherman's theory that there are too many virocious Stripe Bass outside and inside the rivers that Shad spawn in.
Reducing Stripe Bass size limit, allowing more schoolies to be taken, would help the Shad to rebuild stocks.
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anointed130
Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 592 Location: Hartford,Ct\Springfield, MA
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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I think they have already done that you can get a voucher to keep i believe one schoolie sized striper a day until mid june if i am not mistaken. _________________ "Come after Me, and i will make you to become fishers of men"
Can i be a fisher of fish too?
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SeaDog1
Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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anointed130 wrote: | I think they have already done that you can get a voucher to keep i believe one schoolie sized striper a day until mid june if i am not mistaken. |
Hi!
Oh! heck with that voucher BS -> Just lower the size limit for 1 maybe 2 years with a total pocession limit per day.
Simple and no need for the hassel of getting a voucher.
KISS -> Keep it simple stup_d!
Dam bureaucrats! They can muck-up just about anything!
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nicklovesPK
Joined: 10 Jan 2011 Posts: 102
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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the stripers ate all the shad and alewives. they eat everything. i gutted one wit a 1.5lb and a 2.5 smallie in her belly. and the white perch came back last year and the stripers sucked them down like candy |
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Crest Daddy
Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 994
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Stripers do eat EVERYTHING. They are apex predators. My friend gutted 1 last week that had 3 lobsters and countless asian crabs in its belly. I have recently seen alewives and shad in them as well. Anything that crawls or swims is on their menu. Everything except my baits lately. |
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