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SeaDog1
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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:10 pm Post subject: White Perch & Shad |
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Hi,
Anyone planing to fish for the annual run of White Perch in the Ct. River soon?
And the later Shad run in April?
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catch&release
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:33 am Post subject: |
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When do the white perch start running? I haven't caught one since I was a kid. I used to fish for them with my grandfather. Wouldn't mind fishing for them again
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| catch&release wrote: | | When do the white perch start running? I haven't caught one since I was a kid. I used to fish for them with my grandfather. Wouldn't mind fishing for them again |
Hi,
They should be starting now thru March.
Hope the lack of spring run-off doesn't affect the run, as that is what triggers it.
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AfternoonFisher
Joined: 17 Feb 2012
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Location: Torrington, CT
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:32 am Post subject: How |
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How can I catch a white perch there? Never caught one myself. My sister caught a few at Bantam on a phoebe while me and her boyfriend got skunked trying for pike.
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IceAddict
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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AF,
Very easy to catch. I get them all the time when Shad fishing. Willow leaf is what I use. |
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PECo
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hit the shallow coves off of the Connecticut. If you like to chuck bait, they love nightcrawlers and, especially, grass shrimp. A small jig works, too, but there's a technique to fishing it.
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asianfisher
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:23 am Post subject: |
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| yes there is....lmao... and its easy... cant wait... |
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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any spots near fairfield county that will bring in some catches?
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Michael
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Areas along the Housy from Route 8 down to Sikorsky can produce PHS |
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, whats PHS?
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PECo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Perch-Herring-Shad 
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PECo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| SeaDog1 wrote: | | Hope the lack of spring run-off doesn't affect the run, as that is what triggers it. |
Actually, it's rising temperatures that stimulate spawning, not spring run-off.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:29 am Post subject: |
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OK?
And what causes spring run-off if not rising temps which thaws the ground and melts snow -> add spring rains to this equation also ! 
Rise in water level + flows are also critical for many types of migrating fish to reach spawning areas. (Stripers - Herring - Shad - Salmon - etc.)
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PECo
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| SeaDog1 wrote: | OK?
And what causes spring run-off if not rising temps which thaws the ground and melts snow -> add spring rains to this equation also !
Rise in water level + flows are also critical for many types of migrating fish to reach spawning areas. (Stripers - Herring - Shad - Salmon - etc.)
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Rationalize all you want, Stephen, but with the lack of precipitation we've had this Winter, there won't be much of a run-off and the white perch will still spawn.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Hi Phil,
Never said they wouldn't -> Nature and the natural spawning instincts will still come into play.
The question is -> spawning runs can be impacted many ways by may different enviormental differences.
This has been found to be true when migrating fish can't reach traditional spawning areas.
Man-made dams and lack of water + flow is just one example.
I just brought the question up as an FYI because of this winters unusual Wx ...Not as a fact ..... as I'm not a fisheries biologist.
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