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

I fished Hamburg Cove, again, today. I launched The Other Woman at the ramp next to the Hamburg Cove Yacht Club. I was on the water from 9:15 am to 5:00 pm. The water temperature ranged from 48 to 50 degrees and it was clear, but I couldn't really see anything in the water because of the waves. I don't think that the air temperature got out of the 40s all day. The sun didn't peek out from behind the clouds much, either. And the wind blew steadily out of the south at up to 10 miles per hour for most of the day. Unfortunately, I was expecting better weather, so I was under-dressed and cccold! But I caught a lot of fish! Very Happy

I pedaled around the inner cove for a while, but didn't see anything in the water or on my fish finder, so I headed across to the steel seawall. Sure enough, I caught a nice largemouth bass with a four inch white grub on a black 1/8 ounce shakeyhead jighead:

I pedaled into the outer cove and hooked up with what I thought was my first white perch of the day but, to my surprise, was a little schoolie striper:

Soon after, I caught the first of more than four dozen white perch with a 1/16 ounce round jighead and two inch chartreuse curlytail grub:

I caught small white perch all day, but never got into any schools. I caught them onesy-twosy, here and there, from time to time. It wasn't until the tide started flowing in during the afternoon that I caught any that were big enough to be worth keeping. I ended up keeping eight that were between 10 and 11 inches long. Before that, though, I caught a couple of more largemouth bass:

And around noon, I caught a couple of more stripers, including a 19 incher:

The 19 inch striper put up the best fight of any fish all day. Very Happy

And I caught a couple of small pickerel, too. Rolling Eyes

Oh, and I caught more than a dozen yellow perch, half of which were 11 to 12 inches long:

All in all, I had a pretty good day on the water, despite the weather. Very Happy

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BassRican · Joined: 21 Mar 2011 Posts: 116 Location: Meriden

You are on fuego!!!! Twisted Evil

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catch&release · Joined: 02 May 2011 Posts: 62 Location: West Hartford

Peco you should have your own fishing show! Cool

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

Great day of fishing! You were busy out there.

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

Hey, Dawg! I pedaled around A LOT yesterday. I'm sure that I would have caught more fish if I had simply stayed put in a couple of places where they were biting, but I like to look around. I kept looking for a school of white perch, but never saw one on my finder. However, I noticed a correlation between suspended crap in the water on my finder and the presence of non-schooling white perch. Now, I don't know whether I have a bad case of attentional bias, but after a school of fish, I'm going to be looking for suspended crap on my finder. Wink

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

What did you catch the Stripers on?
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PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

I caught the first striper with my white perch jig, which was a chartreuse curlytail grub on a 3/16 ounce round jighead. I caught the second one, the 19 incher, with a white four inch grub from which I pinched off the front inch and put on a chartreuse Blakemore Road Runner jighead. I caught the third one with a white four inch grub on a black 1/8 ounce shakeyhead jig head. I had the most fun with the 19 incher, not only because it put up the best fight, but also because I targeted it when I saw it splash nearby.
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slim2043 · Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Posts: 446 Location: Plainville CT

Striper's are always fun Very Happy

I think you might just be a certified Grubmaster now, Phil Very Happy

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SeaDog1 · Joined: 21 Dec 2009 Posts: 2629

Hi slim,

Oh Yeah! -> Phil is definitely certified Exclamation

One of the most "BELOVED" certfied Rolling Eyes

we have here on CTFT Exclamation

Keep on fishing Buddy Thumbs Up

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asianfisher · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 920

I got my striper from over there with my white perch jig too... They are good size this year so far... I heard my dad and aunt are going saturday im going steelhead fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea yea

Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

Awesome job Phil! You know how to catch those fish!

BigEd · Joined: 22 Feb 2012 Posts: 103 Location: Monroe

Sounds like that was a nice day. Nice variety of species too!