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Wanna Fish
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 Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 3:43 pm Post subject: Candlewood Lake 5/16 |
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Arrived at the launch at 6:30am. About 40 boats in the parking area ready to launch. They were kind enough to let me launch in between. It was a club from the NY/NJ area. Real nice bunch. Idled out of the no wake zone and chatted with a few only to find out it was the second day of a two day tourney. I figured the lake got hammered the day before and didn't expect much.
Started out with the Heddon Spook One Knocker. My partner started with a Hula Popper red/white with a white buck tail treble. Right from the gitgo we started getting small blowups but couldn't hook up. About 30 minutes later I hook up with a 3lb Large Mouth. The wind started to pick up so I switched to a whacky rigged senko Watermellon Red Flake and snagged another 3lb Large Mouth. The bite started to die down so we moved to some rock ledge in the Danbury Bay. Hooked up with a small mouth bigger than the first two and it fought like a son of gun. Worked it to the boat and as my partner reached with the net the fish broke the surface and snapped my fluorocarbon 8lb test.
After that fished most of the small bays and picked up keeper size large and small mouths through the day. Water temps were 60deg by noon. Spotted only one nest that was empty. I think the temp drop the night before messed up the fish.
The spawn may only be in the beginning stages at this point. I would expect that with in a week the shallows will be loaded. All the fish caught today were in 12 to 20 FOW. The water was stained and difficult to see more that 5 feet deep.
Overall a decent day. Top Water is starting on the bigger lakes and the Whacky Rig is definitely a go to technique. The fish were inhaling the whacky rig and made hook removal a chore at times. Never felt the bite. Only saw the line go limp or move.
I had numerous follow ups with the Scatter Rap but no hook ups. Four of the fish caught had alewives tails in their gullet. Tried to match the hatch but no luck.
Didn't bother to take photo's. We've all seen 3lb fish before.
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Redneckangler
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 4:07 pm Post subject: Re: Candlewood Lake 5/16 |
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| Wanna Fish wrote: | | Didn't bother to take photo's. We've all seen 3lb fish before. |
Yeah, but nobody here can agree on what one looks like!  Nice report.
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rvolkers
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| nice report - every night i think i am going out and every night i say to hell with it I HATE WIND! heading up to maine for 4 days next weekend i will get plenty of fishing in then! |
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flippy
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Wannafish,, I just got back from Candy,,Spawning I saw was in full swing,,I had gotten sick of bed fishing,,slow rolling grubs in Danbury was HOT,,Echo Bay was loaded with spawners,,Milford arm was also loaded,we also did very well in Turtle Bay,,,We caught alot of fish today,,I even was catching them flipping,, |
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Wanna Fish
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| Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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The areas I fished were in stained water. Only saw that one bed and that was in the marina area to the right of Latin's Cove. Went as far up as the New Milford Arm. Hit almost every bay along the way and only saw that one bed. Didn't flip any jigs. Maybe I should try that next time.
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rvolkers
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| finally a typical winter and spring for a change - makes all the difference in the fishing! |
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flippy
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Wasnt flipping jigs,,I was flipping creatures in grass 8 to 12ft,,,Hint, Hint,,look a little deeper for those beds |
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Wanna Fish
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| flippy wrote: | | Wasnt flipping jigs,,I was flipping creatures in grass 8 to 12ft,,,Hint, Hint,,look a little deeper for those beds |
Yep! I was chatting with a buddy tonight about that. The couple decent ones I got were deeper at about 15/20 FOW.
Fishing Bantam Sunday. Gonna try a couple creature baits.
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Wanna Fish
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hey Flip! Hitting Bantam with creature baits "Ozmos" tomorrow. I'm gonna take your advice! If I win the big bag pool I'm gonna buy ya dinner! I'll let ya know how I did.
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