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wfparys
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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:22 am Post subject: Lake Winchester 9/6 |
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| I went up to lake winchester today for the first time. I started going along the rip rap and caught something small, colored like a smallmouth but shaped like a sunfish? Then I headed over tro the cove and got a decent sized yellow perch. Once in the cove I lost one LMB and boated a 14 incher. I caught my personal best northern pike. It was a whopping six inches MAYBE six and a half. It was my first northern pike and I am hoping it can only go UP from here. I got him on a 1/2 ounce rooster tail, also the bass on that lure. Got one more perch as I was headed out. My legs get sore real quick sitting crosslegged in my Nucanoe so my outings are not much more than 2 or 3 hours. I look forward to going there again. I met Peco and NWDarkcloud (aka Bob) on my way out and wished them good luck. All in all not a bad day. |
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DirtyDawg10
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Nice size Pike  |
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NWDarkcloud
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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Allways nice to meet new ppl  Drop me a pm I know the seasons getting short but maybe you could join us next time we rally up on the water
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PECo
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: Lake Winchester 9/6 |
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| wfparys wrote: | | I started going along the rip rap and caught something small, colored like a smallmouth but shaped like a sunfish? |
Hey Walter! Did it look like this:
That's a rock bass (aka a f#@%ing rock bass). 
| NWDarkcloud wrote: | | Allways nice to meet new ppl Drop me a pm I know the seasons getting short but maybe you could join us next time we rally up on the water |
I have to admit that Bob's boat, the Way More Better, is a more comfortable fishing platform than any of my kayaks. I think that you'd like it.
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wfparys
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| It was'nt one of them. It was small and it's shape was that of a sunfish. |
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SAP284
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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If not a Rock Bass, my guess is a Crappie (Calico Bass).
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PECo
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| SAP284 wrote: | | If not a Rock Bass, my guess is a Crappie (Calico Bass). |
Okay, how 'bout this:
It's a black crappie (aka calico bass or papermouth bass).
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Lake Winchester 9/6 |
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| PECo wrote: |
That's a rock bass (aka a f#@%ing rock bass). |
But Phil !
You are the "Master Red Eye Killer" LOL 
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wfparys
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Having looked at some pics I just think it was a pumpkinseed. |
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Gill Fin
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I never heard of Rock Bass till last year at Bantam. Hi noob here |
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Michael
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Congrats on you first pike! Hopefully you will get higher and higher! |
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PECo
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Gill Fin wrote: | | I never heard of Rock Bass till last year at Bantam. Hi noob here |
Welcome aboard, Gill Fin.
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Gill Fin
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| Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, you guys got me fishing after 35 years of no fishing |
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rmflint
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:11 am Post subject: |
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It could have been a green sunfish. I never saw those until I started fishing up here at UConn they have bigger mouths like a crappy, but colors similar to a sunfish/rockbass/smally. I was fishing with my friend Stephan who caught it and we assumed it was like a rockbass/bluegill hybrid until we got home and researched it. He caught two in two different ponds so it is to say they are common up around here.
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| rmflint wrote: | | It could have been a green sunfish. I never saw those until I started fishing up here at UConn they have bigger mouths like a crappy, but colors similar to a sunfish/rockbass/smally. |
Here's a green sunfish that I caught at Middle Bolton Lake:
I couldn't believe that a sunny could get a Horny Toad into its mouth. 
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