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flippy · Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1150

Any results????

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

anointed130 · Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 5:39 pm Post subject:

Good job peco, wish I had not sold my kayak last fall
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sbehuniak09 · Joined: 10 Jul 2012 Posts: 229 Location: Seymour, CT

I suppose I'll add my far less impressive story. I planned to stay near the launch since everyone else headed for the hills almost right away, also in case the rain got bad I wanted to be able to get off pretty quickly. I looked for structure everywhere and threw a spinnerbait, jutterbug, and a tube early on. I got two small pickerel within about 15 minutes on the spinnerbait. I got a couple hits on the jitterbug then moved. I went for the lilly pads in hopes of getting some topwater bites. Sure enough I did, but just more pickerel.. By maybe 940am I headed into this small cove with about 6 docks in it. I wanted to thoroughly hit every one and all the fallen trees in the area. In the cove I took on some water in my kayak trying to maneuver around a tree, but didn't tip luckily. I was wet the rest of the day. I tied on a Senko and threw it at EVERYTHING. I stuck in that cove for about 90 minutes and only got one 8.5" bass to show for it. UGH. At 11ish I paddled along the shore trolling the spinnerbait and caught a few more pickerel. After I lost the Senko, I put on a black 7" PowerBait worm and worked it slowly and steadily in the deep channel in the middle. Had a quick couple hits but no hook sets. Then I had a big hit and successful hook set. Big fish that towed me around the lake for about 2-3 minutes. It came to the surface about 10 feet from the kayak and it was a 4-5lb bass!! I got it next to the yak and lifted its head out of the water. As soon as I touched its mouth it shook the hook and got away. Evil or Very Mad

I almost jumped in after it.. It was 20" at the minimum and would have won the lunker pool I later found out. Oh well. I then lost one more in similar fashion just to top the day off. After that it started pouring and was like 12:30 so I got off the lake. Long story short, I sucked. At least I caught a bunch of fish, just not the right kind.

Congrats to Phil and thank you Phil, Bob, and Jason for supplying the delicious food. Also, huge thanks to Alan for putting this whole thing together. It was awesome and I can't wait for the next one. Great day.
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Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

Congrats on the win Phil!

Sorry to hear you lost the lunker Stephan

Mase2020 · Joined: 15 Jun 2012 Posts: 228

Okay well my first organized meet went well. I made my lists and did not forget anything. Before I go into anything else I want to give a huge thanks to Phil for taking care of the food and to Bob and Jason for coming and helping. I will get more into the food later.

Well at last count the day before I had twenty five people confirmed. With the weather I expected some people would not show. I did get a message from Pramsey (CT Fishfinder) that due to the thought of lightening and his drive he was not going to come and Phil sent me a message that Ryan was not going to make it due being tired from finals. Thanks for the heads up I appreciated it. Not to complain, but if you say you are going to go to something and then can't make it for whatever reason should let someone know.

Now we did have a total of 12 people show up: Kira, Me, my son Stephan, Doug, Bill, Mark, Phil all from CT Fish Talk, then James Kyle, Chris and Dan from CT Fish Finder. Thanks to all who showed up and to James for getting the guys from CT Fish Finder. All except for my son and Phil entered both optional pools. Phil forgot the item for the overall length pool, however I guess he could still give Mark a lure next time they go out.

Now the weather called for 70% chance of rain, a possible thunderstorm, and winds sustained 12 MPH with 25 MPH gusts. Well from years of doing outdoor activities have have learned one thing not to rely on the weathermen that much. I check the hour by hour reports and the radar which I did and knew that the rain would be light for the most part and come and go and I was right. My concern was the thunderstorms and the wind.

So I arrived a little before six to meet Phil, but got a message that he was running a little late. When I arrived there was only a light wind and no rain. After that people began to show up. After check in, rules and waiver we hit the water. I fished the lower Moodus all day and caught lots of fish, however they were not bass. Lets just say my son only fished for 1.5 hours and caught five fish two were bass.

Now at 1:00 PM everyone returned to the launch and I began checking the pictures in total 52 bass were caught about 100 pickerel, a few crappie, sun fish and perch.

The winners of the lunker pool which should have been $110.00 dollar was Phil with 18.5" fish..

The overall length winner was Phil so he did get the 1st place trout May 1, trophy Rolling Eyes

but did not enter so Mark won the bag of unopened tackle.
1. Phil 82"
2. Mark 68.5
3. Dough 62
4. Kyle 59.25
5. James 55
6. Dan 26
7. Cameron 18.25
8. Kira 16
9. Bill 13.5
10. Alan 11
11. Stephan 8.5
12. Chris 8

All in all it was a great day the sun came out for a spell then the rain again. lots of fun, good people and great food.

So Phil said the food was all set that I did not have to do anything or worry about it. At about 10:30 AM I get a call from my son who was back at the car. He told me Bob and Jason were there with the food and were headed to DD for some donuts. SO when I returned to the launch and found Bod and Jason there with Bob's truck and Phil Vermont Castings grill from home I knew we were in for some good food. Beef Tenderloin cut up grilled and put on bread. Jason brought chicken marinated with Lemongrass and Curry, and Bob cleaned Steamers that were cooked with onion and tomato and other spices. There were donuts and Doritos and the spread was awesome. Thanks again guys.

coastieyaker · Joined: 27 Jan 2013 Posts: 282

Alan,
You are absolutely right about telling someone if you are not coming.
I am one of those that did not call and I apologize.

It looks like it was a blast and thanks for organizing it.

Thanks again and sorry for the no call.

Pete

Mase2020 · Joined: 15 Jun 2012 Posts: 228

PECo · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 5203 Location: Avon, CT

So, I see that Cameron outfished you, Alan. And in only 1-1/2 hours, no less. Laughing

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Mase2020 · Joined: 15 Jun 2012 Posts: 228

mep21 · Joined: 01 Mar 2011 Posts: 65 Location: West Hartford, CT

What a great day out there. First and most importantly, thank you Alan for organizing the whole thing. Everything went incredibly smoothly. Second, congrats to Phil and thanks for not throwing anything into the lure pool. I know you said you didn't have anything unopened, but we all know you have to have at least ten bags of senkos on your boat at all times. Very Happy

As for my day, I caught 7 bass in total and at least as many pickerel. Most of the fish came on the frog, with 2 on a spinnerbait (One white, One Black). I'll definitely be going back to Upper Moodus for some frogging soon,.As you get further back in that lake, the surroundings tend to get more wild. I even spotted an Osprey on my paddle. For me, it doesn't get any better than that. I prefer to fish places where even if I caught nothing, I could at least enjoy the paddle.

One more final thought. For anyone that might have been hesitant about joining in with this group since it was a "tournament", don't let that stop you at the next event. This was a very chill, easy going group of people and the whole thing was a blast. Nice to meet everyone and I hope to run into many of you out on the water this year.

JJay · Joined: 23 Sep 2011 Posts: 113 Location: Farmington, CT

Thanks Alan for organizing this event. It was great, especially the food!
Nice group of freindly kayak/canoe fishermen.
Hope to fish the next one soon.

RobO · Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 285 Location: South Windsor

Great job Alan...

Now if I can only get you go fishing with an old buddy of yours from the Cub Scouts!! LOL.
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