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Jeff
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 Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 5:04 pm Post subject: Naugatuck River 5/13 |
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I went down to the Naugy from 3:30 - 5:30 today to see if anything would be biting. I threw a gold and silver phoebe as usual.
It was a rather slowish day but I did manage to catch 1 small SMB, and 2 fall fish. I lost a nice, estimated 2lb smallie  As soon as he hit and made a run, I knew it was going to be a nice fish. He took a jump about 5 feet in front of me and spit the hook. I also managed to spook a nice size salmon as I was wading through the river....it's the first time I've come across one in the Seymour stretch.
Does anyone know if it is eel breeding season? I nearly stepped on a group of about 6 of them and it scared the bejesus out of me. They were all over the place! I noticed a lot of "beds" in the middle of the river and saw them hanging out by or in them. They put me on edge the rest of the day in fear I would step on them and they would attack me like snakes on a plane
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Jeff
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Now that I've looked into the eel species of the river....could it be a possibility that these "eels" were actually big sea lampreys? They did seem to almost stick to the rocks now that I think of it. I wish I could've snapped some pics but I didn't want to get anywhere close to those things. |
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KurtyTyson
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if sea lampreys are common around here, but its funny that you thought of them because I just watched the newest epsiode of River Monsters where Jeremy Wade gets bitten by two lampreys. Very weird fish. I wouldn't get anywhere near them.
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jimbojonez
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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those were lampreys they are common everywhere around here all the way up into small brooks and even landlocked in ponds and lakes
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jimbojonez
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| Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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american eels are nocturnal and spawn in the sargasso sea
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Jeff
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| Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| jimbojonez wrote: | | those were lampreys they are common everywhere around here all the way up into small brooks and even landlocked in ponds and lakes |
Interesting. This was my first time ever seeing one. |
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LUNKERBASSERFISHING
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| Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Been fishing the Naugy for over 30 years. Its loaded with eels ! |
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