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Housepower · Joined: 04 Apr 2012 Posts: 6

I went down to the train bridge by Bart's in Windsor yesterday looking for some shad with a buddy of mine. I haven't got one yet on the Farmington this year after a couple of trips on the boat trolling by Loomis. Went out at about 6:15pm and it was pretty slow. Water was above the base on the train bridge but low enough to stand on the shore off the rocks. We both got an alewife before 7 and after 7ish we both got our first shad of the year. Finally got the skunk off our rods. Both came on willow leafs, one gold one silver. Now I got the itch.

Vip Boat Guy · Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Posts: 2

You do know that it prohibited to take alewife/blueback herring if you get cought you could get fined $145.00 per fish if i used them i would not post it.

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

hmmmmm.....i dont see anywhere where he said he used the alewife. He simply said he caught one. Nice 1st post by the way. Rolling Eyes

Vip Boat Guy · Joined: 21 Mar 2012 Posts: 2

True!! why else would you catch them?

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

Ignorance at its finest right there! I know a handfull of guys that fish the farmy for shad. Mainly using willowleafs. If you think for one second an alewife isnt or wouldnot hit that same willow leaf.........well then you got some homework to do bud! Whats almost as amusing is that you think this kid is hear bragging about "targetting" alewife. Rolling Eyes

Not a good way to start off bud.

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

It doesn't sound like he was targeting alewife. Just caught one while fishing for shad. I've caught them before in Keeney and just release them. You are not allowed to keep them or use them for bait.

jimbojonez · Joined: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 295 Location: Berlin/Kensington

i'm saying... there are strict rules concerning sturgeon but what ? i would certainly tell you guys if and when i caught one. since when can a fella tell which fish to bite or not?

Aqualung · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 50

Boat Guy has no clue obviously, guess he is the new Fish Talk police...LOL

They have been doing very well at the Bissel bridge launch for shad for a few weeks now, and been catching those illegal alewife's too Wink

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

Man if you could keep them Id be down fishing for them now to feed to the nice big fat stripers coming inn!!!!! Like crack for them!
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Housepower · Joined: 04 Apr 2012 Posts: 6

ha ha, I don't target the alewife or use them for bait. I just tend to catch a lot of them with a few shad mixed in here and there,

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

Hey, Vip Boat Guy said "if". . . . Rolling Eyes

I've never caught either an alewife or a shad. I guess that I'll have to head down to Bart's. Laughing

Thanks for the report!
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JustinSolak · Joined: 17 Jul 2011 Posts: 245 Location: East Hartford, CT

i find that i get WAY more alewives than shad when im targeting shad... can't help what's gonne hit it.

it's like tryin to "target" fish with nightcrawlers... gotta good chance at hittin everything else with fins and gills in the process...

btw, glad you're havin better luck with the shad than i am Sad

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Cd662 · Joined: 03 Mar 2012 Posts: 91

It is not illegal to catch alewife, they simply must be released.