Connecticut fishing reports 2009
Rip-plugger Aug 30, 2009
Sunday
"got OTW at 5:40,tide was flooding hard,top of the flood is around 9:15.
I'm slinging a 9 inch super rip-runner[red with pink sidebands/gold
sparkles] out and winding it back with the tide.
after about 15 minutes I switch to an oddity of mine,don't have a name
for it but I'll attach a pic.
it's orange with a yellow top has a wide wag about it,not one of my
faves but,it has caught fish before.
4th cast with it and it gets smashed hard!
I am using the heavy stick and I hit this fish hard and bear down on
it.
it digs in and there is no slip of my drag,I locked his *** up!
he was trying to get me over a pile of oyster shells,thats why I ,locked
him up.
I land him a nice,fat chopper about 10 pounds[pix].
I put on the super-duper rip-runner[chartreuse with pink sidebands,5-3/4
oz!@10 inches].
I cast about 5 times and I see a huge swirl behind it,the fish did this
2wice but no bite.
after about an hour and several plug changes,no more action so,I packed
up and headed for the chuck wagon!
thats it for now.
action shot to follow.
cheers
Heavy-Hooksetter"
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R-Ps Sat morning 9-26 report
Posting this for Roddy, nice descriptive report, man! :thumbsup:
got OTW at 6,tide was still flooding a little bit.
met malibu kenny there.
weather is wonderful,sky was black shading into white,no sea-eagles to
attack my surface swimmer AND no one around,we have run of the place!
I put my custom modified Daiwa Firewolf rod into action with my
ming-Yang CL-70[blue] and 30 pound mono.
I cast for about 30 minutes with no action.
the tide turned and just a few minutes after it started moving out I get
hammered by a big,fat bluefish,smashes the calm surface.
I slam some steel into it and its a bulldogging fight,digging down
taking a bit of line,reverses and comes 4 feet in the air,slapping my
big plug side to side and throws it 10 feet to my right.
ok,an ,kenny hits a nice fish on a smiling bill and is into a heavy
fight.
mean while I put on a 7 inch Rip-Runner-Pro series[yellow/orange sides]
swimmer and sling it out into te current.
I bring it back slow,on top wagging like a dog,I am not watching it and
suddenly SMASH!,I get snapped back to this world with an "OH ****"!.
I hit it hard and it's thrashing the water into suds.
I can feel it's a heavy fish.
I land it and release it to swim again.
I switch to my 10 inch rip-runner in pink/yellow sides.throw that
monster out there and alllow it to ride the rip.
I crank it slow with it's wide wagging action.
it crosses the second rip and is in the first rip and SMASH!,,I give
this fish a face full of VMC's and it rolls and tries to take off.
I hold it still and it thrashes and flies out of the water and the plug
shakes free,I swear I can see it's face is all cut up from the hooks
but,it's swimming away.
I put on a 8 inch RR[slim style] in pink/light grey sides and sling it
for a while,no lookers after 20 minutes.
I put on an 8 inch RR-pro series[wide body] in pink/ligt pastel blue
sides and sling that out there,Kenny hits a nice fish on a Capt Bills
atom jr in parrot color after he was just saying he wanted to catch a
fish on it,2 years and no fish ever hit it before.
I put on the big RR-pro in orange/pink sides and cast that for a while.
we were talking about quitting and it gets smashed,I hit this fish
hard,it's trying to take line but,the MY CL-70's drag is awesome,holding
it there and it got off,I pull the plug in and see the middle and tail
treble are bent a bit.
pliers fixe that.
after another 40 minutes of plugging with no action,we head for the chuck wagon.
it was fun,great action,great weather and beautiful water and NO DAMMED
BUGS!
cheers
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