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nories
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| LOL..been fishing candy for years..many tournys..I even caught a 7 lb walleye. On the lake..all I can say is fish it..good luck |
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FishAllDay
Joined: 18 May 2011
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Location: Ridgefield, CT
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| Candy is amazing I'm graduating from college soon and plan to be out there everyday! Quick question: I've read a lot on pre-spawn jerk bait fishing for smallmouth but I'm a little hesitant. I feel like the lake in general is so deep that any sort of jerk bait would be suspended much higher than the fish are. Does anyone have any tips on lure selection, depth to fish it in, and structure (humps, docks)? I'd love to get into it I just have zero faith as of now. Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. |
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eatsleepfish91
Joined: 27 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Always wanted to go there, but it's quite the trip from where im at. Are there many public launches or mostly private access? |
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Wanna Fish
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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There are two public launches. Squantz Pond and Latins Cove. Certain times of the year you can launch out of Danbury but its closed to the public from April till September I believe.
The launch manager is pretty strict so I would hesitate using Danbury Park launch.
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damage inc
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Location: New Fairfield
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 8:53 am Post subject: |
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The state record for Walleye was caught in Candy. You have to put some time in To get consistent with this body of water. The biggest fish in the state are in this huge lake. 75% of the lake is in New Fairfield. 13 miles long. Covers: Sherman, New Milford, Danbury, New Fairfield, Brookfield. I generally stay away because of the intimidation factor of having only a row boat. If I go in my row boat, I stick to the causeway (Squantz/Candy)and always catch huge smallies and perch. Trolling for trout is my thing so I stick to Ball Pond and Mt Tom.
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AfternoonFisher
Joined: 17 Feb 2012
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Location: Torrington, CT
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 10:38 am Post subject: re: fishallday |
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In response to fishallday: I'm not much of a jerkbait fisherman, but wouldn't you try to get your boat in the depth or a little deeper than the depth the jerkbait dives to and just cast parallel to shore?
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AfternoonFisher
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 10:41 am Post subject: re: fishallday |
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In response to fishallday: I'm not much of a jerkbait fisherman, but wouldn't you try to get your boat in the depth or a little deeper than the depth the jerkbait dives to and just cast parallel to shore?
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Jjconnaire
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Hello all,
First of all thanks for responding to my original post! Learning a lot from everyone. I put my boat in the slip this weekend! I picked up some alewives from candlewood bait and had my aerator on overnight and my aerator died and all of them died lol... I was fishing with 2 other buddy's and we were fishing swim baits, crankbaits, and a jerk bait. We decided to throw one of the dead alewife on a extra rod and throw it on the rod holder just for sh*ts and giggles. Turns out 10 sec after the dead alewife hit the water, the rod was bowing in half and we pulled in a 20" 4lb smallie! Lol it was too funny. Our first fish in the boat and it was a doozey |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Jjconnaire wrote: | Hello all,
First of all thanks for responding to my original post! Learning a lot from everyone. I put my boat in the slip this weekend! I picked up some alewives from candlewood bait and had my aerator on overnight and my aerator died and all of them died lol... I was fishing with 2 other buddy's and we were fishing swim baits, crankbaits, and a jerk bait. We decided to throw one of the dead alewife on a extra rod and throw it on the rod holder just for sh*ts and giggles. Turns out 10 sec after the dead alewife hit the water, the rod was bowing in half and we pulled in a 20" 4lb smallie! Lol it was too funny. Our first fish in the boat and it was a doozey |
Candlewood and Squantz are loaded with alewives, so that's not a big surprise. Perhaps you should try throwing artificial lures that imitate distressed alewives. Crayfish imitations aren't bad, either. 
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Crest Daddy
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Jjconnaire wrote: | Hello all,
First of all thanks for responding to my original post! Learning a lot from everyone. I put my boat in the slip this weekend! I picked up some alewives from candlewood bait and had my aerator on overnight and my aerator died and all of them died lol... I was fishing with 2 other buddy's and we were fishing swim baits, crankbaits, and a jerk bait. We decided to throw one of the dead alewife on a extra rod and throw it on the rod holder just for sh*ts and giggles. Turns out 10 sec after the dead alewife hit the water, the rod was bowing in half and we pulled in a 20" 4lb smallie! Lol it was too funny. Our first fish in the boat and it was a doozey |
drop shot the dead alewives
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Jjconnaire
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| Oh yea? How deep? I was just breaking in my new yamaha f25 four stroke so I was sticking around chicken rock and deer island. I was marking 35-40+ ft around there. I plan to explore more of the lake when I break in my yammy |
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Jjconnaire
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| i have a picture... but how do i post it in here? |
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Wanna Fish
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Deer Island is awesome if you take the time to research it.
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Tonydee
Joined: 08 Apr 2014
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| Hope you are looking for big fish because Candlewood has got them. Fish are in pre spawn for the most part right now. I've been catching big crappies mixed with big largemouth and smallies. I've caught several crappie over 2lbs this spring with 2 being 2lbs12oz and one a little while ago through the ice at 3lbs even. Just caught my biggest largemouth this spring yesterday at 4lbs 12oz on a big crank. I've seen a couple smallmouth come out around 3.5-4lbs, but we have pretty much been targeting crappies. Just want to clear up the one report someone mentioned seeing lake trout that look like carp. I think you are referring to lake dwelling trout(rainbows and browns) because there are no lake trout in Candlewood. I just don't want there to be any confusion. |
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anointed130
Joined: 28 Apr 2009
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Location: Hartford,Ct\Springfield, MA
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have never fished candle wood lake before, is it worth taking the hour drive, I usually stick to the northern part of the state
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