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nicklovesPK
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 Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:16 pm Post subject: whos going where? |
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| Going to colebrook in the am. who else is heading out tommorow? tip ups for trout jig for perch and smelt. |
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Thin Blue
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| how do you fish for trout through the ice at colbrook, tried in the past and no luck |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Right now Colebrook is very dangerous 
If you go -> CHECK the ice -> They've been drawing down Colebrook to keep Hogback full which controls the flow in the Farmington River !
NOTE: .... Hogback can be "even more dangerous" because water can be removed from under the ice which it needs to float on.
You DO NOT want to be on ice that has no support under it
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NorthEastFisherman
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Fishing winchester early tomorrow with my dad to scout out a place to bring a friend sunday who used to live here then moved to minnesota and now is back so he needs some good fish. Were gonna try to find a good pike/bass spot on there. After checking the maps i think i found a good spot.
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x182dan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:15 am Post subject: |
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I will probably be at bantam hopefully its not a zoo there!!!!!
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androux
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:32 am Post subject: Colebrook/Hogsback |
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| Went to West Branch (Hogsback) yesterday afternoon. Unless you brought a canoe, I wouldn't bother making the drive. The upper half of the lake is wide open and the lower is maybe an inch around the edges. Colebook itself had a few holes drilled in it, but it looked like the water came up since then and left the shore open for about 3 feet. Someone looked like they stuffed a foot through trying to get on, and it wasn't below freezing up there yesterday. Supposed to be 40 today, I'd go but my 10' ladder doesn't fit in my sled. I never catch anything in Colebook anyway. |
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jimbojonez
Joined: 04 Feb 2012
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Location: Berlin/Kensington
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:06 am Post subject: |
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| i have a great article from a fishing mag a few years back on how to target and catch smelt through the ice @ colebrook... its pretty straightforward. if'n colebrook freezes over, and if'n you want to target smelt let me know ill scan and email the article to you. |
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OnTheRocks
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Greenglow Bob was the master for smelt at Colebrook. He was a friend of mine and we had good times on the ice. Your post made me think of him |
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nicklovesPK
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| i remember all those old timers when i fished it alot back in the 90's. was 200 yards out from launch and wonder if any of them still around. 5 inches of solid ice. |
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nicklovesPK
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| was group of them allways smelting. nice guys. |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:08 pm Post subject: Re: Colebrook/Hogsback |
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| androux wrote: | | Went to West Branch (Hogsback) yesterday afternoon. Unless you brought a canoe, I wouldn't bother making the drive. The upper half of the lake is wide open and the lower is maybe an inch around the edges. Colebook itself had a few holes drilled in it, but it looked like the water came up since then and left the shore open for about 3 feet. Someone looked like they stuffed a foot through trying to get on, and it wasn't below freezing up there yesterday. Supposed to be 40 today, I'd go but my 10' ladder doesn't fit in my sled. I never catch anything in Colebook anyway. |
Hey, thanks for the report on West Branch Reservoir, androux. I had been thinking about driving up there to check it out.
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