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jimbojonez
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 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:16 am Post subject: Salmon Cove n power plant canal Haddam 3/23&24 |
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Hit the hole in the pp canal with bait targeting bowfin to no avail. We caught two huge bluegill and a bullhead. I did however see a couple bowfin coming up for air while we were there, so I was at least assured they are in! This was Saturday, it was cold and windy. Sunday my father went back down there and fished the cove instead he landed a pike on my ultralight with 4 lbs flouro haha. 
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PECo
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:48 am Post subject: Re: Salmon Cove n power plant canal Haddam 3/23&24 |
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| jimbojonez wrote: | | Hit the hole in the pp canal with bait targeting bowfin to no avail. We caught two huge bluegill and a bullhead. I did however see a couple bowfin coming up for air while we were there, so I was at least assured they are in! This was Saturday, it was cold and windy. Sunday my father went back down there and fished the cove instead he landed a pike on my ultralight with 4 lbs flouro haha. |
mep21 (aka Mark) and I didnt see any bowfin in the canal on Sunday. We did see a couple of northern pike and heard about one or two more.
Hey, jimbojonez, the fish in the photo you posted is a chain pickerel, not a pike. 
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Fishin'Fireman
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Salmon Cove n power plant canal Haddam 3/23&24 |
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| PECo wrote: | | jimbojonez wrote: | | Hit the hole in the pp canal with bait targeting bowfin to no avail. We caught two huge bluegill and a bullhead. I did however see a couple bowfin coming up for air while we were there, so I was at least assured they are in! This was Saturday, it was cold and windy. Sunday my father went back down there and fished the cove instead he landed a pike on my ultralight with 4 lbs flouro haha. |
mep21 (aka Mark) and I didnt see any bowfin in the canal on Sunday. We did see a couple of northern pike and heard about one or two more.
Hey, jimbojonez, the fish in the photo you posted is a chain pickerel, not a pike. |
I was just gonna say that is definitely a CP.
Still a fun catch on 4 lb fluoro. I was out once heading towards cromwell cove fishing senko's on lite 8 lb fluoro when a pike hit it. Got it to the boat, ~28 inches. Couldn't believe it didn't break the line.
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Salmon Cove n power plant canal Haddam 3/23&24 |
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| Fishin'Fireman wrote: | | PECo wrote: | | jimbojonez wrote: | | Hit the hole in the pp canal with bait targeting bowfin to no avail. We caught two huge bluegill and a bullhead. I did however see a couple bowfin coming up for air while we were there, so I was at least assured they are in! This was Saturday, it was cold and windy. Sunday my father went back down there and fished the cove instead he landed a pike on my ultralight with 4 lbs flouro haha. |
mep21 (aka Mark) and I didnt see any bowfin in the canal on Sunday. We did see a couple of northern pike and heard about one or two more.
Hey, jimbojonez, the fish in the photo you posted is a chain pickerel, not a pike. |
I was just gonna say that is definitely a CP.
Still a fun catch on 4 lb fluoro. I was out once heading towards cromwell cove fishing senko's on lite 8 lb fluoro when a pike hit it. Got it to the boat, ~28 inches. Couldn't believe it didn't break the line. |
I was gonna say that's not a pike, it's a chain pickerel |
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Pauleye
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:40 am Post subject: Bowfin ? |
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| Are bowfin sporting or hard pullers? I never caught one. Just curious. |
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Redneckangler
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Salmon Cove n power plant canal Haddam 3/23&24 |
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| jimbojonez wrote: | | Hit the hole in the pp canal with bait targeting bowfin to no avail. |
I still want my grip back that one of those bowfin stole!!!!!
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NWDarkcloud
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Bowfin are great fighters there a hard hitting fish, Kira hooked 1 with me last year trashed her spinner bait
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jimbojonez
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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right. i thought that pike looked funny. bowfin fight pretty darn hard.
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Michael
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| jimbojonez wrote: | | right. i thought that pike looked funny. bowfin fight pretty darn hard. |
Anything like fighting a bluefish or albie? |
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jimbojonez
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no Michael they fight like an eel or a catfish. I hear they love Rapala's but can chew them up. Like literally. Here's a pic of what they can do to a wide gap haha. 
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PECo
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I don't know whether I really saw a couple of bowfin gulping air in the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant Canal, today, or whether I'm really suggestible and you just made me imagine it, jimbojonez. 
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Michael
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| That hook reminds me of what I've seen online from fish such as gator blues, giant muskie, 100 pound catfish, and monster stripers! |
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jimbojonez
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Peco, I thought the same thing when i saw the first one pop up. The second one I saw however, was directly in my line of sight, and I saw and heard its mouth clamp shut. I suppose it could have been a cat or bullhead mouth. Let's say for the record, I saw what I believe to be bowfin surfacing for air.
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PECo
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| jimbojonez wrote: | | Peco, I thought the same thing when i saw the first one pop up. The second one I saw however, was directly in my line of sight, and I saw and heard its mouth clamp shut. I suppose it could have been a cat or bullhead mouth. Let's say for the record, I saw what I believe to be bowfin surfacing for air. |
They're in there. I posted a report.
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