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fishingkid
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| NSGSplatmaster wrote: | "In tidal waters, the Housatonic River holdover striper bite shined this past week with the mild winter weather. Chris of Stratford Bait and Tackle said that the Shelton area is where to be with soft-plastic baits on jig heads or Alabama rigs. He also noted that Bond’s Dock, closer to the mouth of the river, is still producing sea herring for those bouncing Sabiki rigs. Nick at Fisherman’s World also had good things to say about the lower Housatonic. One of his customers, Luke Tucciarone, landed a few keeper striped bass on the hot Alabama rig, including one that went 36-inches!"
Herring in late February? That's madness! |
Maybe there's Stripers feeding on the herring. Where did you get this report?  |
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ctguy43
Joined: 23 Jan 2012
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Location: Brookfield, CT
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Madness?....not really when you consider the warm winter we've had - even the DEEP is releasing trout early this year because they are 20% larger than normal this time of year - same concept used for saltwater fish....it's warmer, so they're more active and most fish that put on thermal underwear this time of year are hanging out for the warmer water temps.
Madness?....nah! |
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sea herring .
Not river herring
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fishfinder
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Location: Naugatuck, Ct.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hit the Housy sat night with crest daddy and pulled out a bunch of schoolies while I only got 1 little bullhead. Went last night and got a 32 striper and a 26 1/2"er then went to another spot and threw chunks till morning and caught 5 or 6 8 lb channel cats.
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perfect hook set
Joined: 24 Feb 2008
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Location: Danbury
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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NSGSplatmaster <-- didnt know he was still around
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Michael
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I know the kid PHS. He's one of our newest members after changing his member name to CD622 or CD662. |
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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i know him to from other places
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SheltonTom
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| Fished up by the dam a bit Saturday and this morning. Nada on Saturday, with high water. Saw two keepers landed today and another dropped on high, outgoing tide. I got nada again. Herring are chasing swimmers, so maybe the bite is on soon. |
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for the report.
If you or anyone else goes this week please report. =)
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fishtrout24
Joined: 12 Jan 2011
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Location: new milford ct
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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went friday to damm in derby lost big striper wemt sat my girl hooked two landed one 27 then again sun night got one 29in
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fishtrout24
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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call me im always down for fishing 860 799 0505 im chris
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SheltonTom
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Was at the dam again this morning - it's a great time of year for a vacation - and saw a few keepers being carried through the parking lot. That made me feel pretty good. Three hours later, I got one good bite and lost the SOB just before I could get him out of the water. I was three feet away from dinner! No one else hooked up while I was there. Tons of herring and even some shad. Oh well, I'll probably try again tonight. |
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fishfinder
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Location: Naugatuck, Ct.
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What time this morning? I went there without checking the tide chart this morning like a dope. At 4am I could almost walk across without getting wet! LOL I then proceeded to the other side of O Sullivans only to find a thick layer of debris and scum coating the whole area. I gave up at that point!
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SheltonTom
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| High tide was 10:12 - great time for fishing. I got there at 9:30 and stayed around till about noon. I'll be heading back a bit this evening. |
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fishfinder
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Yeah, next week IUll be hitting it hard every morning. Probably this weekend also.
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