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iversonbaby
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 Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:26 pm Post subject: Ct river Cow |
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Fished the mid section of the river at 8pm till midnight. was usuing freshly caught shad chunks on 2-3oz of weight on 4/0 hooks
action was fine as we caught an 11 pound 30inch striper and released it for another day. caught a few catfish up to 7.5 pounds and I got into a monster bass that measured 41 inches and 25 pounds. (see Photo) after 20minutes in the water trying to revive this fish she did little more than lift her side fin up a few times. so unfortunately we decided to harvest the dying (dead) striper. the fish gave a great fight on my 7 foot medium action rod and gave me 3-4 good runs on my okuma 45 baitrunner with 25lb braid. great fight and really wished we coulda watched this one swim away.  |
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FishOn860
Joined: 04 May 2012
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Location: Hartford, CT
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish man i caught one around the same size last week on the shad too. How big are the chunks your using? I usuallly use 6/0 i figured it would be kind of hard using a smaller hook but maybe thats the ticket since you been doing good all season.
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iversonbaby
Joined: 22 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm using large 1.5 inch thick chunks I do not use the lower meat only upper back meat I despise throwing " doughnuts" |
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anointed130
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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Are you catching your shad first with darts? Or do they sell the chunks
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iversonbaby
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| im catching my shad with darts earlier in the day. they cannot sell them as they are concidered a sportfish however you are allowed to catch them yourself and use them how you please as long as you are not netting them |
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dogfishhead
Joined: 18 Mar 2013
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Location: Cromwell
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish!! Some jumbos have been caught in the Cromwell area the past few days, think that maybe the big girls are dropping down from Enfield...
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Redneckangler
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Location: Meriden, CT
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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The herring are moving back down. There should be some fat stripers in their wake.
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iversonbaby
Joined: 22 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| dogfishhead wrote: | | Nice fish!! Some jumbos have been caught in the Cromwell area the past few days, think that maybe the big girls are dropping down from Enfield... |
idk about yet I'd say when water temps hit 67 those big girls will head down river from enfield area this hot weather today thru Wednesday will not help keep these bass around |
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice catch! WTG! |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish! I just released a 40"er and I had a hard time reviving mine also but she eventually finally swam off thank God.
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linesider21
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Location: CT
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| Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:53 am Post subject: |
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And here's where I come in with a dick comment about being a bait chucker. That is all. Oh ya nice catch bro! 
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iversonbaby
Joined: 22 May 2012
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| Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| linesider21 wrote: | | And here's where I come in with a dick comment about being a bait chucker. That is all. Oh ya nice catch bro! |
hey give me credit I spent 5 hours just to land 4 shad for the evenings bait  its hard work being a chunker plus I did USE a lure to catch the shad (darts) so im not really chunking then I suppose |
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linesider21
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I was just breaking balls haha. I've been thinking of going for shad in the morn and chunking at night. I'm a little sour after being out from 9-2am last night on my buddies boat. I threw everything I had, tons of bait in the water, no stripes. I only saw 2 big top water attacks though. We we launched at the Bissell and fished the bridge pilings for an hour (thats where all the bait was) nothing. Went to move south and the GPS/Sonar went haywire. I advised against going south because the water is low, and I'm not familiar with the river between the bissel and charter oak. AND we were on a 20' wellcraft that he just bought. This week is really going to have the bass on another good(or bad depending how u look at it) move. So I think Ill be targeting Rocky Hill (where i origionally wanted to launch last night) to the mouth from here on out.
@ iversonbaby- I've seen u around a handful of times I believe, u drive a red GLI with VT tags right?? PM me if u ever wanna fish, I have 2 good buddies with boats & I need to get my girlfriend to start coming out more, as yours does!" Nice fish for real man, you put the time in and got the results.
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iversonbaby
Joined: 22 May 2012
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Where abouts have you seen me? I've deff put a lot more time in this year vs last spring and its paid off but gas is exspensive lol |
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linesider21
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| Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 7:56 am Post subject: |
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I saw you at joes bait in Windsor Locks a month or so ago, I've seen ur car parked at some spots in that neck of the woods, do you live in VT?
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