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rmflint
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 Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 1:39 pm Post subject: Lunker Calico |
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Went to Saltonstall with my buddy mike and got some lunkers. Enough said...oh ya and this massive calico bass. 
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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awesome bro!
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SAP284
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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Nice! How long was the crappie? It looks beefy!
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Holee crappie!
You made me look up the State Record. As big as your crappie is, it's nowhere near the four pound State Record. I had no idea that crappie could get that big. 
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Congrats -> That's one nice big Crappie !
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome slab crappie!
Last year when the state did a fish shock at Slatonstall, one of the fish they shocked was a new state record crappie.
I saw a popular regional bass fisherman bring in a stringer full of 2+ pound crappie one day! |
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rmflint
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ya he sure was nice. We forgot to weigh/measure in the heat of things.
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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Saltonstall has been producing really nice fish this spring, even off the dock. Thats a fine job, and a beauty of a crappie. Ive had a permit for years, but always forget about that lake. I dont remember....do you have to use their boat, or can you put in a canoe? I know you cant use your own motor due to weed transfer from other waters.
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rmflint
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Their boats only I think
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Carpfishin860
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Ive seen some giant crappie pulled out of keeney cove right under the bridge to the left or right. Hub cappers. This lady always used to catch em and bring them home. |
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Jnorko910
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Location: Seymour, CT
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| Nice man! I'm going to get the permit for the reservoirs today. Can't wait to try saltonstal. Never been. |
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rmflint
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Good luck there....it takes a lot of patience and trial and error. People get skunked there all the time.
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mikejiggen
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Thats exactly what it took that day to get on fish. The first two hours barely produced fish. Once it was evident bass weren't really gonna chase a spinnerbait or a swimbait. It was time to slow things down. So we started crawling a worm and our luck changed dramatically. I was gonna string that calico up and eat it. But it was the first fish caught and I am not sure I wanted a fish hanging off the side of the boat giving off stress signal. We should have weighed it. I am gonna try to attach a pic of the best lmb of the day. I cant get a pic on here to save my life. Its in my gallery here, under mikejiggen. Its the one labeled Lake Saltonstall 5-6-2012. If anyone would care to tell me how to put a pic on a post i would appreciate it.
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MikeOkay
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You have to host it on a sight like imgur.com and then put it in with [img*] [/img*] tags (no stars).
Awesome fish though. The one time i went there as a kid we brought home a skunk. |
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CT_BASSman
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| mikejiggen wrote: | | Thats exactly what it took that day to get on fish. The first two hours barely produced fish. Once it was evident bass weren't really gonna chase a spinnerbait or a swimbait. It was time to slow things down. So we started crawling a worm and our luck changed dramatically. I was gonna string that calico up and eat it. But it was the first fish caught and I am not sure I wanted a fish hanging off the side of the boat giving off stress signal. We should have weighed it. I am gonna try to attach a pic of the best lmb of the day. I cant get a pic on here to save my life. Its in my gallery here, under mikejiggen. Its the one labeled Lake Saltonstall 5-6-2012. If anyone would care to tell me how to put a pic on a post i would appreciate it. |
O_o dafuq, I am no fish biologist, but I am pretty certain fish don't give off stress signals |
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