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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I didn't want to sit around on my butt, today, so I arranged to meet DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) at Keeney Cove for some lunchtime fishing. The sky was only partly cloudy and there was a five to 10 mile per hour breeze out of the north. The water temperature was only 47.4 degrees and the water was very murky, with visibility down only a foot. We launched from Point Road at 11:45 pm. I pedaled The Other Woman and Derek paddled La Calabaza. The water level was slightly high and the tide was going out. I marked some fish on my finder about 10 feet down in 22 feet of water near the culvert under Point Road, but didn't feel like tying on a drop shot. We worked our way counterclockwise around the cove. Although we went to the culvert under Route 3, we didn't go into it. The west side of the middle cove is super shallow. When we were halfway back to Point Road, I swapped out my big gold War Eagle spinnerbait for a smaller white Strike King Red Eye spinnerbait. I really wasn't expecting to catch anything with such a fast moving lure, but told Derek that I thought it would look more like a white perch than the gold War Eagle did. On my first cast with it, I hooked into a small fish. When I told Derek that I thought I had a fish on, he thought I was kidding. To our surprise, I boated a solid little 13 inch largemouth bass:

Whoo hoo! After three trips out onto the water, I finally got the skunk off of my boat. Unfortunately, Derek soon had to head back to work and we got off of the water at 1:15 pm.
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BassRican · Joined: 21 Mar 2011 Posts: 116 Location: Meriden

Nice job! Good idea downsizing.
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SeaDog1 · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629

Hi Phil,

Thought you were off to Hamburg today for White Perch?

Called a friend in East Hampton -> Said they where in there real good!

Hope to head there in a couple days.

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DirtyDawg10 · Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 2238 Location: Granby, CT

It was a nice break from work for sure. Wish I could have caught something but I can't complain. It was nice just being on the water again. Thanks Phil for dragging me out Wink

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I never expected to catch a largemouth bass with a spinnerbait in less than two feet of 47.4 degree water, so I had a blast. Very Happy

Hey, Derek, let me know when you have more time to check out the rest of the cove.
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snap fisher777 · Joined: 18 Sep 2011 Posts: 238

since when were there tides?

SeaDog1 · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629

Hi,

The Connecticut River has tidal effect from the mouth to Windsor Locks!
All rivers that dump into the Atlantic or Pacihic + Gulf of Mexico have tidal effect for some length of them.

SeaDog1

slim2043 · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 446 Location: Plainville CT

Good work Phil. if you're not catching em w what ur throwing its always good to switch it up. Spinnerbaits can be one of the most versatile lures so don't leave home without em Wink

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