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fishingmaniac12
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Location: Enfield CT
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 Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject: Winchester |
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| Headed out to winchester on sunday at 7am with two of my buddies. Hoepfully going to catch a big pike. Anyone else want to join us feel free. the more tip ups the better chance of catching a monster!! |
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PECo
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Use pike resistant leaders and dead bait on the bottom. Good luck!
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flyorice
Joined: 21 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:26 am Post subject: Winchester |
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| Maniac, I'll see you up there for a little pre-Super Bowl fishin'. Will you be near the boat ramp? |
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roofman
Joined: 11 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:18 am Post subject: ice at winchester |
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| How's the ice?Is it safe?I was there 3 weeks ago 6-7"but with the warm temps i think it got thinner.Anyone fished it lately? |
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icefishingnewbie
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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Location: Haddam, CT
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hows tyler and anybody wanna join me saturday or winchester saturday super bowl is to big of a party to even miss an hour of  |
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x182dan
Joined: 19 Mar 2009
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Location: Seymour, CT
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| I've never been there before and I'm thinking of going up on sunday before the superbowl. Anything I should know about the place? Any inlets or outlets I should know about, known weaker areas etc... Not looking for exact spots to fish but just general areas to maybe stay away from on that lake. I like to keep it safe! |
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fishingmaniac12
Joined: 14 Jan 2010
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Location: Enfield CT
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| We want to head for the stumpfield at the other end of the lake br we may stay closer to the boat ramp. Not sire of we wanna make the hike all the way across the lake. |
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PECo
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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I had very little luck in front of the boat launch ramp and dam the last time that I was there. I promised myself that the next time I go, I'll head into one of the two big coves on the left (i.e., west) side of the lake. Last Summer, I caught a 35 inch northern pike with a big buzzbait in the back of the first cove.
A CAES survey map with some bathymetric data shows that the deepest spot is near the dam. When I was there, I measured the depth in that area at 18 feet. Here's a link to the map:
http://www.ct.gov/caes/lib/caes/invasive_aquatic_plant_program/pdfmaps/winchester_lake.pdf
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