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Chris
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Location: Trumbull
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 Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:35 pm Post subject: Pike! |
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I normally fish salt, I decided to take a break and fish some fresh glad I did. Fished Wednesday from 5-8pm at a local lake in Shelton. I normally use only plugs, today I used live bait.
Caught a bunch of smallies, switched spots and hooked into my first Pike.
36" 15 lbs,caught on a 4 6" trout pole with 4 lb test and no steel leader after a long fight over 15 minutes. I was fishing from shore-normally im in the water, This fish took more drag than almost any fish ever including salt. I had to walk and move alot trying to keep this fish from breaking under lots of structure, boats , docks, rocks. that were around. |
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RTownsend
Joined: 30 Jun 2013
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Nice looking catch! I've never hooked a pike and hope I do soon, check out those teeth  |
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anointed130
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Location: Hartford,Ct\Springfield, MA
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That is a great catch for sure, we're you using shiners?
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avidangler
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Location: Forestville
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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Nice going.Congratulations on your first weed wolf!A keeper size at that.
That's quite an achievement on 4 lb test and no leader.
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x182dan
Joined: 19 Mar 2009
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Location: Seymour, CT
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| Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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nice pike? What lake in shelton has pike in it?
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stripertime
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| lake housy is the lake in shelton with pike the river is loaded with pike from up in mass down to the lakes behind the dams even below the derby dam i have seen pike caught |
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avidangler
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| Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| stripertime wrote: | | lake housy is the lake in shelton with pike the river is loaded with pike from up in mass down to the lakes behind the dams even below the derby dam i have seen pike caught |
Lake Housy....just what i was going to guess.
As for below the Derby dam.Saw a 38 incher pulled out of the cove by Sullivan's last spring.Guy was targeting stripers with soft plastics on jigheads and surprise,surprise a pike.Everyone thought it was a big striper before it came up to the surface.
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StinkyMatt
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Great looking fish, congrats.
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x182dan
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Ohh ya I knew they were there just wondered what lake it was.
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Wanna Fish
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While I was at Lake Housy yesterday I spotted a Carp that was freshly torn to shreds. I guessed a Pike had a hand in it. I saw picture from July that a couple guys took of Pike they took there.
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