Connecticut fishing reports 2009

[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.

[DarkSkies]

Got OTW at 6am,had my Tica UEHA casting rod mated to an Omoto Hubilie
777-s3[black,photo attached] filled with 30 pound mono.
put on my yellow/pink sides 9 inch Rip-Runner Pro-series surface
swimmer.
sling it out into the current,allow it to drift maybe 60 yards out and I
engage te reel.
I took 4 slow cranks and it gets hammered by a long,fat Bluefish that
wanted to take it with him.
I didn't check my drag well so,I had to add more drag and I stopped it
cold.
this fish was heavy but,I have to say somewhere in the area of 12
pounds.
it was kinda quiet after that but,the weather,calmness and solitude was
very nice.

I also had a smaller fish smash at it but,he must have known to abort at
the last inch because it saw my name on top of the plug head!

so,that was it,had fun and will try again soon,,,,

cheers


ps-more shots coming

Heavy-Hooksetter





"he must have known to abort at
the last inch because it saw my name on top of the plug head!"


Hey R-P, were ya wearin your "fish fear me" shirt today? (BTW, you need to change your camera to the correct date.)

[DarkSkies]

Posting this for Roddy, nice descriptive report, man!



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

[albiealert]

Wow it looks like rip plugger is a one man fishing machine. Nice catches there. Your reports inspired me to go out and fish this morning, though I have been busy with woirk and family. I got two small stripers to 24" on a white shad, and lost a few more. I am really out of practice, I need to get out more. Thanks for those colorful reports rip. It felt calming and was good therapy to get out there in the rain and fish.

[DarkSkies]

R-P's monday report

got OTW about 7:48,tide was just ebbing.
water looked fishy,overcast sky and me,full of energy.
I take off the cover from my Ming-Yang CL-70 full of sea-striker 30
pound clear which is mated to a customized daiwa firewolf planerboard rod modified to a casting stick by my additon of a trigger reelseat and some corktape.

I passed cadillac Joe on his way out, he did nothing,siad he saw nothing
too..
I knew there had to be some fish moving around with the tide full.
so,I a plug for 10 minutes and switch.
I casted and casted with nothing doing.
finally I am at the end of myselections.
it's a proven piece,the 9inch rip-runner proseries in white/yellow
sides.
I sling that out into the current and I am watching it waggle right on top.
I begin a slow bring back and I see swirl behind it,then another.
I get it close and pick it up.
I sling it out again and drift out to where I saw the fish.
I bring it back slow and SMASH,fish on!
it's diggin',trashing underwater,rolling around and then takes a small amount of line. It gets stopped by the great drag on the ming-yang.

with the low gearing I simply bear down and crank this fish in.
it's a fine chopper all of 10-12 pounds with my big ole plug hanging
from the side of it's face.
I grab the 80 pound big game leader and slide it on the shore as I hold it by the leader it begins to thrash and comes off,,,GREAT!,I allow it to find the water itself.

it hits the water and takes off like a striped *** ape!
I was happy to catch hm and he was happy to go ome.
fished another 40 minutes with noe action so,I headed for home.
had fun,stretched my line and had a blast watching this fish slam my
plug,,,

Heavy-Hooksetter

[albiealert]

There were a lot of blues last night. I walked away with 2 but caught 6. Winds were out of the w and I could see some bait. I used a bottle popper with an erratic retrieve.

[DarkSkies]

Rip Plugger report fri Oct 2, 2009


got back OTW about 6:00am.
took my Ming-Yang CL-60 chrome rocket coupled to one of my custom daiwa
firewolf planerboard stealth slammer sticks,25 pound mono and some large
wood.
I went out front.
the tide was at the start of the flood.
I put on one of my new pieces just finished on tuesday,sling it out,hits
the water and 11 cranks later it got slammed by a nice&fat chopper all
of around 10-11 pounds.
I showed him the iron and fought it to shore.
put the lipper on it.

after that it was several fish bashing the plug with no more hookups.
had one come inside of 6 feet to smash my plug as it swung back from the
shore as I took it from the water.
it hung onto the plug and thrashed a tiny bit then was gone.

did double duty today now time to sleep,had fun and love seeing my wood
get slammed!

attached pic

Heavy-Hooksetter

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