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therieldeal
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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Location: Thompson, CT
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 Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:12 am Post subject: Quaddick 2/1, first fish of '12 finally! |
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Hit the same spot on Quaddick yesterday afternoon, Baker Rd. around the bridge. There was less ice than when I was there 12/27! Tried out an old johnson silver minnow (spoon) that my dad gave me a while ago, I heard they are popular for pike. Used a green/white ribbontail worm as a trailer. Finally managed to catch my first fish of 2012, another small pickerel.
Shortly before the pickerel, I did have what appeared to be a huge pike follow the my lure all the way to the bridge, and then turn around at the surface and head back into the depths! So they are there, I just need to figure out how to catch them. I should really just take everyone’s advice and buy some big pike minnows at the bait shop! Last spring I caught a ton of creek chub in one of my carp fishing spots (on my carp bait), so I might try them out as live bait too. Hmmm carp fishing Saturday, pike fishing on Sunday? Sounds like a good weekend to me, we need a few more of these 60 degree days!!
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:15 am Post subject: |
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Nice. Bluegill Terminator always says that creek chubs are the best northern pike bait.
No good ice in the northeast corner, huh?
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therieldeal
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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Location: Thompson, CT
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:31 am Post subject: |
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Phil that’s great to hear! They annoyed the heck out of me last spring while trying to carp fish, now I can put them to good use  .
No solid ice around here at all… I posted a good ice report a few weeks ago for this exact lake/spot, it didn’t last long though with all the rain and warm weather. Quaddick is probably ~40% open water from what I could see yesterday, and the remaining ice is pretty thin and slushy. The pond where I carp fish was ~75% open water on Tuesday…
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| White suckers and pond shiners are also killer live baits for pike. Perch and bluegills in the 4 to 8" range are good too. |
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