Connecticut fishing reports 2009

[DarkSkies]

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"

[DarkSkies]

"Got OTW @ 5:45-am.tide was kinda low but,still ebbing.
saw a smash waay out.drifted medium rip-runner out there,it gets
smashed 2 times,the first I felt the fish,it missed and second I felt
nothing.

Saw a bunker shooting along the far shore,I sling my plug over there and
I bring it back,SMASH!,,it gets hammered I lay into it and muscle it to
shore.a fine sized,fat chopper gnawing on my plug.I release it.

I put on a white/blue sidebands rip runner and it gets hammered but the
fish misses the 2 hooks[no tail hook].
I hit a fish on the next cast and it comes in way too easy,I wonder
why,,I leader it and it goes crazy,I stay away from it and it comes off
and flops back in.I'm glad.
10 minutes later,I sling out a plug that neve swam,it gets bashed.I
fight with this fish and bring it to my feet,it's hooked on the single
tail hook[thanks SurfRat] straight through the lower lip.

I switch to a special plug,one that I was inspired to build by a
snake,the copperhead[blue/black and still bloody] to be exact.
I liked the shape so much,I made it's baby too.
I sling it out there and after 2 casts it gets pounded on shore.I drag
the fish on the sand and take a picture[attached].

after several smashes but,no hooks I try more plugs built, it gets quite
so,I head to the backside and sling out an odd swimmer that orange with
yellow top.
it kinda reminds me of a shoehorn in t's shape.well I sling tat out a
few times and it gets bashed,knocked 5 feet away from where it was.I
keep cranking and smash,I'm into a good sized chopper.
I land it and release it.
after I let got of it my friend comes up with his son and crowd me out,I
was ready to go anyway.
oh yeah,I ask him f he got any fish this morning,his reply was,"I went
all over looking for fish but,saw nothing".what the heck is that?,,you
get up waay early go in your car,burn fuel and look,never wetting your
line!
I told him he was crazy,why waste your time if you're not going to
fish?.

so,thats my morning,got my line stretched and landed 4 nice choppers all
on my creations,whats better than that?

a few more pix coming after this."

cheers

Heavy-Hooksetter

[DarkSkies]

"Got OTW at 5am.
took my heavy stick with me,a tica UEHA 9 foot heavy power-2-6 oz mated
to an Omoto 777-s3[black] full of 30 pound mono,I am loaded for bear!
began drifting a chartreuse/pink 7 inch swimmer waay out.
second drift it gets slammed hard,I hit the fish and fight for just a
few seconds and it's off.
5th drift I get creamed again but,missed due to slack line.
it's quite for about 15 minutes then I hear a crash to my right,a fish
is chomping on a bunker.
6am,I get slammed again but,was a miss on the fishes part.
as it gets lighter out,I switch to a new plug,just finished 2 days ago.
it's 10 inches long,pink body with yellow sides and gold sparkles,made
of some type of pine and it's not real heavy but,it's big.
I sling it out there and drift it out then hang it in the current,it
gets bashed like a bomb blew up.
I slam the steel to it,it's off,trying to fly.
my buddy John,his son and Baddog23 are there.
I was giving lessons on plugging with large wood.
I take some action shots and release the fish.

john's son Ralphie comes over and casts where I was,I go to where he was
and he said to me,hey,thats my spot.I sling it out,,,,smash!,I hit a
good fish in his spot.
I take some action shots and release the fish.

I say,anyone want me to slam another one,they all say,yeah do it again.
I sling it out and smash,I miss,I keep reeling and smash I slam the
hooks to it and it's a good fish.
airborne,thrashing,rolling and I take some shots and release it.
by now,it's nearing the end,no one was hitting any fish.
I take a break while all of them cast.

I stand up,freespool and sling it out,drift a bit,a and engage the
reel,I start to bring it in and just as I was gonna burn it back to cast
again,I get hit hard,I swing on him and he shakes free.
I cast again and drift,as I start to reel in SMASH!,,a fat heavy fish
has my big wood across the mouth,front hook is on one side,mid hook is
in the other.
this one tries to shake free but,no dice,snake eyes,I take some shots
and release the fish.

So,my super-duper rip-runner took all the money honey,they just stood
there mumbling!!

I have a few shots."

Heavy-Hooksetter

[DarkSkies]

got OTW about 5-am,slung out some wood in the dark without any results.
no hits,smashes or swirls,just current and my plug dancing on top waay
out there,,,somewhere.

I was drifting the plug far and close and about 6:18 I get a swirl
behind the plug.
i start reeling and SMASH!,,I hook up and fight for a short while then
it was gone,split ring failed,center hook gone[remember those that like
remove that hook?].
then Baddog23 shows up,he brings Big Larry with him[posted a shot of him
on SAA].

he casts it out there and there were some smashes after bunkers but,they
didn't look at big larry.
then Johnny ashtray show up with his kid.
John casted only like 3 times and then he just watched as I hooked
another fish then hit one and it missed,then I hit another.
he just could not believe how I was hitting fish after fish.even
Baddog23 was like what the Hell!.
any how,I ended up with 4 fish landed and 1 that took the center hook
plus 3 others that slammed me but,no hook.
I bet they believe in xtra large swimmers now!

attached shots to come!
cheers

Heavy-Hooksetter



^^Sounds like a good time was had by all, pic is below.

[gjb1969]

now see thats what i need big blues way to go rich

[DarkSkies]

G, that was Rip Plugger, I just posted what he e-mailed me. They're here in NJ, we're hittin it up this week, maybe tonight if ya can stay out late, call me.