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camojammin
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 Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:28 am Post subject: River cats |
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| anybody thats out chunking the river or slinging live shiners have and catfish on the hook yet? im looking to finally get out for a little hog hunting but im thinking the water is still to cold |
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iversonbaby
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| i got a 6 pounder in haddam with a whole sandworm fished off the bottom, while going fro stripers also a bunch of dinks 10-12'' |
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Redneckangler
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Several big cats caught in the Mattabesset near the mouth.
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PECo
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Last Monday, I snagged up four or five brown bullhead in the cove at the end of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant Canal with a striper jig within the span of an hour. I hooked every single one of them in the same spot on the side near the tail as I dragged the jig along the bottom. All of them looked very healthy and croaked at me pretty vigorously:
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dogfishhead
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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They're getting schoolies already in the CT river in Cromwell. Nice size channel cats are hooked pretty regularly in the early spring by striper fisherman. Good eatting too before the temps rise high in the river...
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anointed130
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Did you keep Phil?
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Michael
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| dogfishhead wrote: | | They're getting schoolies already in the CT river in Cromwell. Nice size channel cats are hooked pretty regularly in the early spring by striper fisherman. Good eatting too before the temps rise high in the river... |
The CT Angler's Guide says it's not safe to keep channel cats from the CTR because of mercury and PCB. |
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iversonbaby
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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said 6 pounder  |
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PECo
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| Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| anointed130 wrote: | | Did you keep Phil? |
No. I'd only keep anadromous fish (i.e., saltwater fish that spawn in fresh water) out of the Connecticut River. Like Michael said, I'd worry about the mercury and PCBs in the fish.
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NorthEastFisherman
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| PECo wrote: | Last Monday, I snagged up four or five brown bullhead in the cove at the end of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant Canal with a striper jig within the span of an hour. I hooked every single one of them in the same spot on the side near the tail as I dragged the jig along the bottom. All of them looked very healthy and croaked at me pretty vigorously:
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Thats actually pretty neat! Not too common for someone not fishing for catfish to get not just one, four or five! Btw thats a good bait you got on there  . |
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catfishinghousatonic
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Location: fairfield ct
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| Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| The mercury and pcb levels arnt as bad as they say a few fish is fine but i dont recomend eating fish out of the housey except panfish because of the pcb levels. |
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camojammin
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| Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| thanks guys, i might head out soon, just need my girl to get her license! |
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