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jjbassfishn
Joined: 17 Jun 2012
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Location: Northwestern CT.
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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:30 pm Post subject: HIghland lake 6-19-12 |
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My son and I hit highland today. Bass bite was a little slow do to a cold front. But the pick's were crazy. We caught them in 6 to 10FT using shallow cranks that just skimmed the weeds. Finally found some bass towards the end of the day pitching docks. I nailed a 22" LMB guesstimated 6 Lbs. Caught on a 5" hollow belly swimbait shad color.
Water surface temp was 72ºF
We'll be hitting Winchester this friday. 
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rmflint
Joined: 16 Mar 2012
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Location: Wallingford
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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That's a nice bass id say it was more likely in the 5 pound range but I don't know. I only say this because a 5.4 pounder I caught a few weeks back was 21-22 inches long. Now my scale is off but everyone thought it was more like a 5er. Nice fishing though. I too nailed a really fat 19 incher yesterday on a paddle tail swimbait. The swimbaits are good this time of year.
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steven1smith
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Definitely a nice fish, probably closer to 5lbs with the empty stomach. If she ate a few sunfish before you caught her, you would have had your 6 pounder with that length of 22".
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DirtyDawg10
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fish! |
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SAP284
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Location: Central, CT
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| Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the report. Wish I could get out to Highland during the week. So much better to fish there weekdays rather than weekends with the boat traffic. Nice fish!
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chuckc
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:41 am Post subject: |
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Nice to see a Highland report, thanks for sharing!
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jonnyfly00
Joined: 08 Nov 2010
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Location: Simsbury, CT
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I caught a skinny 22.5 incher in march and her belly was empty. Only weighed in at 5 lb 4 oz.
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hila2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: |
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| Pretty good comparison johnny. Awesome day on Highland anyways. |
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MikeOkay
Joined: 04 May 2012
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Location: Naugatuck
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| Highland is pretty close to my work, im thinking about trying it out after work tomorrow. How is the shore access there? |
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BigEd
Joined: 22 Feb 2012
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Location: Monroe
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| Nothing wrong with that fish, regardless of the weight. How did you have that swimbait rigged? |
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jjbassfishn
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Fish was a chunk, Picture stinks! Anyway it weight 5.98LBS on my digital scale(which is a tad shy) and length-girth formula tallied it at 6.28LBS. I'm sticking with 6! Glad my PB's were weighed on a cert scale!!! Tough crowd???
BigEd, Swimbait was rigged on a 4/0 EWG worm hook and had 3 sebile wieghts added. Brand was a no namer I got a DSG.
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