CTFishTalk.com: Upper & Middle Bolton Lakes 07/13 - 07/14 - Connecticut Lake Reports ( CT Lake Reports ) - A Community Built for Connecticut Fisherman.

Zaxx · Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Posts: 16 Location: Tolland County

My go to spot in a canoe, but since I am sans transportation for it I have been hitting these places from the shore right near the boat launch.

Fished from 7-9pm starting out on the Upper side with a chartreuse Scum Frog popper and got nothing. Switched after an hour to the Middle lake throwing the frog, some Texas rigged Watermelon seed Yamamoto's and a generic spinner (that I lost on a rock ).

Right around when it started getting too dark to see anything however, everyone else left so I threw my frog back in right in front of the boat launch and proceed to get 8 hits in about 10 minutes. Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful in setting any of the hooks (any tips on using the scum frogs would be extremely helpful!). I had to leave shortly after because the amount of mosquitoes out and about was horrendous and my bug spray was completely ineffective. Still, it was nice to get ANY kind of action.

DV · Joined: 05 May 2010 Posts: 229 Location: East Windsor

I've never had too much luck at lower bolton for bass in the past.

Keep your rid tip up when fishing the frog and lower your rod tip and reel to the water when you get a strike and then set. Basically give them some time to inhale it before setting.

Zaxx · Joined: 15 Jul 2015 Posts: 16 Location: Tolland County

Thanks for the tips! So I've been back to Middle Bolton but on the other side of the lake. Ive been going out onto the dam and having GREAT luck. Ive caught 3 solid 14" LMB.

Each was caught on a differnt bait/lure: live crawfish, rubber craw, rubber worm. The live craw bites were immediate and hard: first and second casts I was getting hammered. Only trouble is it takes me 45 mins wading around in a creek to catch enough to use.