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sbehuniak09
Joined: 10 Jul 2012
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Location: Seymour, CT
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 Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:52 pm Post subject: Lower Bolton 5/03 |
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After a long day of work I was heading back towards Uconn. It was getting near dusk and I wanted to fish. I decided that instead of just fishing on campus I would hit Lower Bolton and try for some catfish and possible topwater bass. I arrived at about 8pm and there were maybe 6 other people in the ramp area. I found my own little area and set up. I got these catfish dough balls for Christmas and finally tested them out. I started off with one setup with the dough ball sitting on the bottom, another with a jitterbug, and another with a tube. After maybe 5-10 minutes I reeled the dough ball in and re-casted. i had the jitterbug going when my other line started running. I tried to set the hook but was too late. I was pretty surprised that the bait would work at all but was pleased. A little while later, I had a tiny fish on the tube but lost it. Then maybe 5 minutes after that, I hooked and landed an 11" largemouth. At this point I went to 2 lines with catfish bait in the water and attached bobbers to both lines as I kept hooking some weeds. I was sitting around another 25 minutes or so, thinking I missed my chance when one of my poles was nearly yakned into the water. I put on a big hook set and was successfully able to land my first ever channel catfish. It was about 22-24" but pretty skinny. Definitely a fun fish to catch. Another 30 minutes later with no more bites I hit the road at like 10:30.
While I was there, a variety of cat-fishermen on the ramp, using chicken I believe, must have caught at least 15. I was badly outfished but still had a good night.
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MANIMAL
Joined: 08 Jun 2012
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Location: Manchester
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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( I never did make it to glastonbury but hit lower bolton instead )
was that you cat-fishing last night?
I stopped to chat with you for a second after I caught some pan fish - I was toting a white bucket and told you about the spot off of 384
glad to hear you caught your first Catfish |
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sbehuniak09
Joined: 10 Jul 2012
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Location: Seymour, CT
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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| MANIMAL wrote: | ( I never did make it to glastonbury but hit lower bolton instead )
was that you cat-fishing last night?
I stopped to chat with you for a second after I caught some pan fish - I was toting a white bucket and told you about the spot off of 384
glad to hear you caught your first Catfish |
Yep that was me! Nice meeting you. I almost asked if you were from the site. Yeah I got my first one it was pretty sweet.
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NorthEastFisherman
Joined: 27 May 2012
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Good job! At least you caught what you set out for. When i caught my first catfish back in virginia it was on some random doughbait i never thought would work. Next thing you know i was reeling in my first catfish! One of these days i want to catch a carp. I hear theyre amazing fighters. |
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats Stephan!
Channel cats are good fighters. Chicken liver is a popular bait. Channel cats have a very good sense of smell. I've caught many with raw shrimp that was kept in the fridge for 2 weeks. |
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KurtyTyson
Joined: 04 Aug 2012
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Location: Vernon, CT
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Nice! I was hoping to get out of work early enough to get some catfishing in tonight at Lower Bolton at a reasonable hour but I didn't make it. Glad to hear there's some 20+ inchers around though; I've only caught some smaller channel cats so far this year.
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Congratulations on your first channel cat. They really are a strong fish.
I took my father-in-law fishing on the upper Connecticut River and the mouth of the Farmington River, yesterday. We saw a couple of shore fishermen catfishing with chicken livers and they appeared to be doing very well.
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sbehuniak09
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Location: Seymour, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure I'm really interested in handling chicken livers lol. I'm surprised that fishing for catfish is not more popular around here. They fight way harder than bass for sure. I think I'm going to keep on trying to catch more.
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