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SAP284
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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Location: Central, CT
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 Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 12:58 pm Post subject: CT River - 5/26 |
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Hit the CT River today for a few hours 7am-11am. Very cloudy..about 70 degrees, surface temp of water was about 72 degree with light wind. I fished with my heavy setup (50lb braid and 40lb fluro) with a "Chili Craw" Strike King 1.5 crankbait and a "Red Sexy Shad" in 2.5. Hit a 23" Pike with the 2.5 within the first 20 minutes. Fishing then got slow, I nailed a Bowfin with the Chili Craw a couple hours later. Man, that thing hit hard and was thrashing absolutely everywhere. It was the first Bowfin I ever caught...as I got it to the boat my buddy went to lip grip it and it shook off  ...The last hour I landed two Largemouths in less than a foot of water I would say...One of 13" and the other was 11". Everything caught and released today. I was actually hoping to catch some Crappie (fun to fight and great to eat), but no luck this week. Last week I nailed 3 Crappie and 2 Pike. Looks like the LMB are finally out and about though. Past month its been all Crappie, Pike, and Pickerel...
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SmOoTh OpErAtOr !!!
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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That's awesome dude i wish I would Have went out this morning instead of sitting on the couch sounds like the fishing was hot !!!
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hila2006
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Location: Ellington
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Very nice day on the water. Bowfin eh? That's another fish to try and get now. Damn. Just another reason to go fishing. |
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TurtleKiss
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats on the bowfin. 
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DirtyDawg10
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Location: Granby, CT
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice!! I need to get myself a bowfin one of these days |
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BassRican
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job! Bowfin fight hard. Haven't caught one in years!
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SAP284
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| Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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I couldn't believe the fight it put up. It was probably a little less than 2 feet but it was such a hard fight. If I didn't have thick braid and fluro it would have ripped right through it! I wouldn't mind catching one again 
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Tmac
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| nice fishing |
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Night Fisher
Joined: 01 May 2011
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Location: Vernon CT
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:25 am Post subject: |
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Kira loves the bowfin lol. I remember all last year she was hunting them.
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish. Yeah, I want to catch a bowfin, too.
DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) caught a 17 inch largemouth bass in Hamburg Cove, yesterday, that seemed light for its size. I think that it was a spent female, especially since the water temperature in the cove ranged from 67 degrees in the morning to 74 degrees in the afternoon.
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TurtleKiss
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Night Fisher wrote: | | Kira loves the bowfin lol. I remember all last year she was hunting them. |
Still am! I've concluded that the best way to catch bowfin is by targeting something else.
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