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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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 Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject: Bunnells Pond 8/23 |
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Got an early start around 6:45am at Bunnells Pond Thursday. Brought a combination of topwaters and crankbaits with me and casted with my 6' Black Eagle/South Bend WTC220 combo.
Started off at the island facing towards the dam. Lures I threw there included a chartreuse ghost X-Rap Walk XRW-9, pearl grey shiner X-Rap Popper XRP-7, brown bone Dives To Fat 1, shad Shallow Shad Rap SSR-7, yellow perch Flat Rap FLR-8, copperhead X-Rap Shad Shallow XRSHSS-6, bleeding pearl Jointed Shad Rap JSR-4, custom painted Dives To Fat 3, pearl grey shiner Clackin Crank CNC-53, and custom painted Jointed J-9. The Flat Rap and bleeding pearl Jointed Shad Rap were what captured the attention of most sunnies and tiny bass no bigger than 2".
While I was still on the island I casted parallel towards the bridge with an original pearl shad Flat Rap FLR-8. Caught a chubby 13" largemouth just over a pound.
Decided to stick mostly with the Flat Rap and Jointed Shad Rap with a few other lures in the mix. Had a feeling it was a metallic non-holographic pearl grey color they were looking for.
Later when I got to the rocks and was seeing breaks on the surface with tiny little splashes in that same area, I casted the same Flat Rap out there. Pretty soon after it hit the water a fish comes up for it. Set the hook and was feeling a nice tug. Landed a chubby 17" 2 pound 15 ounce largemouth.
Picture doesn't do it justice because there was nobody there to take a pic of me. Size of the mouth and girth can only show it in the pic.
Kept on moving on but had no more luck so I moved on up the Pequonnock. |
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Dan
Joined: 07 Jul 2012
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Location: Hamden
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fatty! I'm hoping to hit Bunnells soon. |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Bunnells Pond 8/23 |
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| Michael wrote: | | Landed a chubby 17" 2 pound 15 ounce largemouth. |
You often seem to catch chubby fish, Michael. I think the Rapalas attract actively feeding fish that have full bellies.
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: Bunnells Pond 8/23 |
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| PECo wrote: | | Michael wrote: | | Landed a chubby 17" 2 pound 15 ounce largemouth. |
You often seem to catch chubby fish, Michael. I think the Rapalas attract actively feeding fish that have full bellies. |
I had a feeling it was feeding cause I caught it in the area where I was seeing what I thought were largemouths feeding near the surface on small minnows or sunfish fry.
I do have a long history of catching largemouths with big girths all on Rapalas |
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DirtyDawg10
Joined: 27 May 2009
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Location: Granby, CT
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice chunk! |
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