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Seahunt_al
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
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Location: Simsbury, CT
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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: CT River - 4/22 Keeper |
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Jeff and I headed to Barn Island early this morning before the rains and found a nice school of bunker - we managed to snag 6. We tried fishing around fishers island for some stripers but the water temp was a bit too cold at 48 degrees.
Next we towed to the Baldwin Bridge ramp and fish around Great Island. Not too much activity there, so we headed up to Hamburg Cove. We managed to catch several large catfish on the bunker chunk  - for some reason, stripers were not interested in the bait. I caught a nice 34 incher on a home made lure I call the Striper Glider which is a large 6 inch lure that weighs 3 oz and walks the dog underwater effortlessly. Notice the nice paint job on my lure - my daughter Jessica did it using a sharpie!
The rain picked up so we called it quits around 2pm. A slow day, but still we got a keeper!
Check out the boat launch at Barn Island...don't know why we were the only boat in the parking lot! Maybe we'll try Barn again in a few weeks.
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yeap, you got me dying to head back down to Hamburg Cove.  Nice fish!
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Stevius86
Joined: 12 Apr 2012
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Location: Ellington
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Any slow day is worth it with a fish like that! Congrats |
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Elixir
Joined: 30 May 2011
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Location: Danbury, CT
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fish for a "slow" day lmao! |
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fishfinder
Joined: 19 Jun 2011
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Location: Naugatuck, Ct.
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Same thing happening over here, nothing but cadies on chunks! Oh, and eels!
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O-BASS
Joined: 09 Apr 2012
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you have had a decent early season when noone else is catching. i enjoy reading your report, sir.
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jellyfish12
Joined: 05 Jul 2011
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Location: Canton CT
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Nothing Better than catching fish on a lure you make and your daughter painted it up with a sharpie, It was a good day if a fish like that makes it's way into the boat. DEP was at the CT River boat launch under 95. He asked us a couple of questions about what we caught and that was it. We told him we were inspected 2 weeks earlier and he said have a nice day. Hats off to the CT DEP understanding wet soggy fisherman who want to go home. Thanks
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:02 am Post subject: |
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You're just lucky that TurtleKiss (aka Kira) wasn't on your boat. That body cavity search is awful!
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DirtyDawg10
Joined: 27 May 2009
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Location: Granby, CT
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:58 am Post subject: |
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Nice striper!
Phil, i'm not gonna even ask how you know that  |
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FoulhookedRook
Joined: 19 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fish!!!! I've caught an "S" load of striper already this year. I liked it better when the water was down. |
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FoulhookedRook
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| I don't understand why people say they havn't been catching. I've caught more striper this year before May than I did all last year. Just gotta know how to fish for em. |
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jellyfish12
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:02 am Post subject: |
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FoulhookedRook - You should post on the forum 
This has been a good year so for for me.
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cianciolo1211
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Very nice I bet u had a nice dinner LOL. How many pounds is it |
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Seahunt_al
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
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Location: Simsbury, CT
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| The fish was released since it was probably a spawning female. I didn't get a weight, but was possibly 18lb. |
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anointed130
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Location: Hartford,Ct\Springfield, MA
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:35 am Post subject: |
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How can you tell the male from the female, the size of the belly?
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