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hoppy · Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 393 Location: congamuck

Rumor has it a 25" striper was caught yesterday in the east windsor erea of the CT river. That to me is a big sign the stripers are staying in the river even after the spring run. Gallo.........can you please give us the real details since you caught it?

fishfinder · Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Posts: 1672 Location: Naugatuck, Ct.

Ive read that there will almost always be 1 or 2 that will stay but catching that 1 or 2 is a long shot.
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babycubcatcher · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 55

Yeah, Gallo and I have bumped into a few in odd times of the year now in all the deep holes and the coves (keeney and weathersfield). It'd be tough to target them, but everyone that i know of being caught in the summer winter and fall is on a crakbait of some sort. I think he was throwing a luckycraft this time, but other times it has been a rattle trap.

ryan560 · Joined: 19 Jul 2010 Posts: 15 Location: East Hartford,CT

yeah the ct river and other connecticut rivers have a resident striper population...

JustinSolak · Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 245 Location: East Hartford, CT

I think a lot of people would be surprised how many stripers hang in the river all year long. I've heard of stripers (mainly schoolies) pulled through the ice, I've gotten stripers mid to late summer catfishing, seen one or two caught on your regular nightcrawler, even heard of a fairly large keeper caught some years back in late july. You gotta wonder, seein some splashes that look pretty big, especially some that look and sound like someone dropped a volkswagon in the water, what are they? Some gotta be stripers, especially this time of year when the hickory shad run up the river. They're there
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Flipper · Joined: 21 May 2010 Posts: 347 Location: Enfield

I used to think those big splashes in the river during the summer were stripers, too. I'm convinced that most of those are carp, though. I was at Haddam Meadows last year and the carp were jumping around all over the place almost like a striper blitz! I talked to a guy this weekend who says he catches keeper stripers all year round in Enfield. Rolling Eyes

Funny cause I live in Enfield and fish the same spot all the time for cats and carp, but never caught one keeper. I think some schoolies stay around in the summer, and some keepers come back in the fall for the hickory run.
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Hookset7073 · Joined: 09 May 2011 Posts: 29 Location: Northern CT

I'm out in the Enfield part of the river fishing the holes that are there constantly in my kayak. Usually catch some real nice Smallies on Jigs, Texas rigs and Crankers around there. To me its the best stretch of the river. Couple weekends ago I got off the Kings boat launch at 7am, packed a lunch and decided to see how far I could make it down river with 3 rods and anchor to stop etc. Saw some huge splashes early in the morning and was throwing big shad raps in between catching Smallies on the jigs, etc. I'm convinced those huge splashes are carp although I did see one completely come out of the water in a different area which was 100% a Schoolie Striper. Got to one of the outflows by the Dexter Plaza factories and hooked into what I thought was a monster Smallie on a KVD Sexy Shad 1 1/2 foot diving Square-billed cranker. Then it jumped and I realized it was a Striper. Almost keeper but not quite. I'd say like 23 to 25 inches. Put up a hell of a fight in the current and was a lot of fun. I ended up drifting and fishing every inch of the way all the way to the Bissell Bridge. Caught over 30 Smallies (all pretty decent size with a few Lunkers) and saw a 15-20 Pound Channel Cat in the Shallows. Sick day!! CT River is a great fishery!
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