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DCAJ
Joined: 04 Jun 2012
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Location: Berlin, CT
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 Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:03 pm Post subject: CT River 7/12 |
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I decided to take a half a day off from work and do a littte fishing. So I got a hold of bowhunter and we headed down to the canal on the CT river.
We fished from 7:15 until about 10:30. There were no other boats at the Salmon river boat launch and no other boats in the canal while we were there.
The water is also still a little on the muddy side which may have effected the bite a little bit.
We did manage to pull in 6 bass on everything from spinner baits, frogs, senkos , and super flukes but nothing of any great size. The biggest around 14 inches.
But bowhunter was able to get a 22 inch pike on a spiinner bait
I wish we had more time to fish, but still better than work |
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RTownsend
Joined: 30 Jun 2013
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| Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Nice catch!  |
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avidangler
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Location: Forestville
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| Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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Way to go bowhunter.Congratulations on the pike.
I love those times when there isn't anyone else out there.
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bowhunter095
Joined: 20 Jan 2011
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Location: Berlin, CT
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| Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:41 am Post subject: |
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| I rarely ever fish waters with pike in them. With that being said, I had never caught a pike up until this year. The first one was by accident when I was striper fishing in the river which wasn't very big at all. So when DCAJ invited me to go on my first trip to the canal I knew my goal would be to catch a bigger one. I have heard of people doing well with spinner baits so from the beginning I tied on a steel leader with the biggest spinner bait I had. I casted into every nook and cranny all the way up the canal. I didn't get the monster I was hoping to hook into but its a start! I'm definitely excited to try my luck again. |
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Michael
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice catch BH! Congrats! |
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bowhunter095
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Location: Berlin, CT
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| Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! Now its time for a bigger one  |
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dogfishhead
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Location: Cromwell
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pike man. Even the smaller guys can put up a good fight on light tackle.
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bowhunter095
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| Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks! This fish honestly didn't put up that much of a fight until it got to the boat. Then it went nuts! It might have had something to do with the insanely high water temp. |
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