Connecticut fishing reports 2010

[DarkSkies]

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[DarkSkies]

on sunday April 4th,2010 at 3:23-am,I made a cast with my long,light
stick[St.Croix] mated to a shimano Catala-301-a.
attached was a 3/4 oz smiling bill tipped with an 8 inch white
curlytail.
I casted for about 40 minutes and then,,,BAYUM!,,I was into a fat
schoolie!

20 minutes later,I hit another fat schoolie,good fighter too!
then at almst 4-am,I slammed into a fat bass again!,,,this one took some
drag[15 mono].
I fought with it and had to do some dancing to land it because of where
I was fishing.
still,I land it and it was 26 inches.

so,I guess I broke the ice early!
yeah baby!
forgot the cam,saw the water temp is 48 so,I went,I casted,I caught!
also,I heard 2 fish smack on top somewhere far out.


Heavy-Hooksetter

[albiealert]

Ripplugger thanks for getting out early in the cold water. That inspired me to start using bucktails more. I have been out a few times in the last 2 weeks. 2 times I got fish, 2 times I didn't . I'm fishing in a river near me. The bucktail and curly jig is a great combo, it really works well Rip. I also used a schoolbus bomber to get one bass around 25", but the bucktails definitely work better. The only problem is I lose 1 every time I go, time to stock up.

[DarkSkies]

Here's some he sent me, him and Malibu Kenny's fish...

[DarkSkies]

Malibu Kenny's fish

[DarkSkies]

Damn if he didn't set out to do this Dangle Method
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ead.php?t=5562
and it worked...
So he only caught a few schoolies, at least it was action, and showed that something different is worth trying.

Here's his report:


got OTW about 4:20am.
wrong tide for my usual fishing style so,I tried a spot I know of fished
by an old friend,"No *** Eddie".
this place is a bridge and about 300 yards north there is another RR
bridge thats old.
there is strong current down the center of the river with slacker water
on both sides.
This guy Eddy fishes a ballon/eel in this spot a lot or with a fresh
bunker fillet.
I told myself that I can use my D method to fish some rubber in that
spot the same way.
so,I set up my rig.100 pound mono througjh the tennis ball,barrel swivel
on each end,tied to that is 8 feet or so of 50 pound mono with a 6 inch
sea-shad on a 3/4 oz leadhead and blue backed shad.
first sling I let it drift out to te area and let it hang in the eddy.
I cannot see it well but see the wake the ball is making.
I am holding the rod and looking around and wham!,,I get hit hard.I set
the hook and wind in a fat schoolie about 6 pounds.
I actually felt it more than saw the ball go down.
after thtat I missed 1 fish,my mistake not paying attention.
I get it again and the line was tight,no slack,I hit it hard and dragged
in a fat fish about 26 inches.

now I can see the ball better.
I drift out again and the second it set up near the eddy,the ball
sinks.I swing and miss,I drop the rod and the ball goes south again.I
hit it and brought in a small fish all of 16 inches,I don't know how he
got to the hook.

I drift out again and while it was getting close to the spot the ball
bounces,must have been a hit.
I didn't swing on it.
it got into position and BAM!,I have a fattie on again,it got off while
I was dragging it in.

it was crazy,as it got lighter out they started to hit faster,I was
getting hits while it was drifting out,,,I ended up with 4 small bass
landed and missed 2 or so with 1 that got off on the way in.

once it got light out I saw a few fish breaking and soon after that they
stopped.tide was still strong but,they stopped.
I headed for a stack of flapjacks,,,
had fun,nice weather and cool temps.
I can't wait till the end of this week to do it out front on the mud
flats.

Heavy-Hooksetter



WTG, Roddy!

And the name for your fishin buddy, no-Azz-Eddie, is classic.Wonder what Eddie looks like?