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Michael
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 Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:50 pm Post subject: New Personal Best CT Keeper |
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Monday I decided to sleep into the afternoon and then check on the latest NWS forecast. They were originally talking about 15mph NW winds until I saw they changed it to a steady 10mph east. I decided to head down to the striper spot and spend the rest of the evening there depending on the bite. Arrived around 4:30pm.
Setup was the Okuma/Penn Fierce and lure was the pearl grey shiner FLR-10. Retrieve was a slow steady.
First spot didn't produce anything after 10 or so casts.
Moved over to another spot and after 5 casts I set the hook. I felt lots of weight which meant do that second hook set. Once I did that second hook set it started running. After getting it in closer to shore, it took 2 more short runs before it quickly tired out.
Once I landed that striper and noticed the leak I covered still had a bit open, I decided to give both spots another 10 to 15 casts and if I don't get into much then head home seeing I already had the keeper and not wanting to be in the water much longer with the leak.
Never got another hit so hit the road around 5:30pm.
Got home and measured and weighed the catch, resulting in a new personal best CT keeper going 36" 17 pound 7 ounces. Amazing how a small 4" Rapala can still catch you a big fish like this!
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dunkercrusher28
Joined: 18 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:50 am Post subject: congrats |
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| congrats on the fish man, real beauty for this time of year - if you're fishing the short beach area PM me i go pretty often. |
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mikeyinstfd
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| I think the best part of the story is that he rode the bus home with that! |
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mikeyinstfd
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:36 am Post subject: |
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| I think the best part of the story is that he rode the bus home with that! |
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Jeff
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| no wonder the stripe bass is going extinct! nice fish tho! |
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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" Whenever I keep a legal striper I always make sure it's no bigger than 35" and that it's a chunky one.
I feel as if CT should go back to the reg they used to have bout 10 years ago."
Sound familiar?
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Crest Daddy wrote: | " Whenever I keep a legal striper I always make sure it's no bigger than 35" and that it's a chunky one.
I feel as if CT should go back to the reg they used to have bout 10 years ago."
Sound familiar? |
Forgot the measuring tape and estimated it to be 34 or 35"  |
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fishfinder
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Location: Naugatuck, Ct.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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1 at 32" not 1 at 36 1/2" ! 
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CPollnow
Joined: 30 Jul 2012
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Michael,
Out of curiosity, why do you only use Rapala lures?
Nice fish by the way!  |
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Michael
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| CPollnow wrote: | Michael,
Out of curiosity, why do you only use Rapala lures?
Nice fish by the way! |
Go onto the General Discussion forum and look for the topic titled "ATTN Michael". That has the whole story with a number of replies showing how successful I've been with Rapala lures. |
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fishingkid
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice fish. |
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DEdgeAFVet
Joined: 25 Jul 2012
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Location: Orange, CT
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| Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Nice catch, Michael!
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kjud29
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 1:51 am Post subject: |
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Definitely a nice fish Michael, but as a few others have said, this fishery is disappearing, watched a few people take stripers out of the ice this year at wethersfield cove and it just killed me. Certainly Michael taking this one fish is not doing much harm but something needs to be done or we will all be posting reports soon talking about trout!   |
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ny to ct
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Nice fish Michael congrats I read all your posts.
I actually had my second personal best in the housy last night.
39 " 22 lb |
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CPollnow
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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Respect for using what works for you.
Have you caught any stripers over 30 pounds on a Rapala? |
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