Connecticut fishing reports 2010

[DarkSkies]

WTG, Roddy!


Got OTW at 7:30pm,tide was perfect,water was clear.
put on one of my 5 inch blue/white Rip-Splitters.
slung it out to the slack water between rips and hit a fish second
cast,small fish that got off.

casted a while with nothing doing,went out front and slung out a 6 inch
a-shad in black/silver/5/8's oz leadhead,third cast hit a small fish
about 20 inches.
few casts later had another fish slam it but,no hook.
fished another 30 minutes with nothing so,I headed in back.

Threw the same rubber across to the far side of the second rip,let it
drop on a tight line and BAYUM,rod bends over,drag slips and I am into a
heavy,hard fighting fish.
it was around 8 pounds or so,in the current it felt like 2wice as
much,nice & fat.

I cast into the deep hole and drift for almost an hour,nothing doing.
I reel in slow and it gets slammed by a small fish about 2 pounds.

I cast into the hole again and still nothing.a few drifts later as I was
reeling in I hit another fish,fat and strong around 5 pounds or so.

NOW,I am casting into the hole and nothing at all,I get a bump but,no
hook.
I decide to head home as it was quiet.
I decide to stay another half an hour and cast some of my small wood.
I put on a baby Rip-Runner in white gold with light blue stripe.I
hammered the choppers on it mid october.
it's pretty beat up and I re-coated it with epoxy.

I go to my rock and stand on shore next to it.
I me 3 casts and on the fourth cast,it gets SLAMMED!,,,20 feet out,I
send the VMC's home and it's REALLY heavy,it digs down and heads out
towards the first rip.
I lean on it to slow down,the 666-a6's drag slips a little but,holds it
good.
the fish surfaces and thrashes like hell,it goes down and comes right
back up in an explosion and I add more drag and it is coming to shore.
I grab the 80 pound leader and slide this thrashing monster to shore.
I say "Holy ****!".
I didn't bring my lipper with me as the fish were not so big but,i
needed it for this baby.
SO,the stats are:
43 inches long,26 pounds!

I woke up my wife to take this shot,she was in bed and heard me coming
and made room in the cooler for the fish,,she is so great!

5 fish landed,3 pix taken,will send them in sequence!

can I get a Hell Yeah?????,,,,

[DarkSkies]

Excellent reports and pics bro!
Congrats to Sandy on her fish!!



Got OTW at about 8-pm,tide was ebbing.
very quiet and no bait around.
Had my wife with me to practice her fishing skills.
her stick is an old but,new daiwa Regal-Z-Strike spinning rod with a
stingray aqua-40 saltwater reel on it. quite a nice setup.

we casted small wood and rubber for like 2 hrs.once the tide reached
it's middle and slowed a bit did I get a hit.
I took a short break to pee and lit a cigar then checked my line for
frays.

Suddenly,my wife cries "Honey,,,oh my god!,,I got him,I got him."
I spin around to see the rod bent over,her leaning over and drag
slipping.
I tell her to take it easy,let the rod beat the fish.
she puls up and reels down,doing a great job.
she slides the fish up the landing chute and she has it.
I was impresse,Sandy did a great job of it and was smiling wide!
I must admit,I had gotten bummed that she didn;t get anything and that
she would not get any this year.Now she has.

Later I got a total of 4 fish and suddenly,she is leaning back,rod bent
and drag slipping,she is into another fish.
I was like no way!,,shes on again!.
this fish was about the same and she was shaking with happiness.I was
proud of her staying out there in temps too cold for most women to even
think of fishing in.

I have several shots of her and the fish to share,I shall send them to
you guys.
both caught on saltwater assassins.


Can I get another Hell yeah?,,,,,,,,

yeah,I'm a proud husband!

[DarkSkies]

OTW at about midnight,TOF was at 9:40.
fish wee breaking all around,one here,another far away as I could hear
them.

using small wood I did 3 fish and lost 1,did another 2 on rubber and had
several bumps.still there are some nicer fatties around,I hit 3 of them.
I didn't do TOF on purpose since the last time the bait was waay up and
didn;'t come out till later on in the tide.

did some drifting and had only one bump so,that means the fish were
upriver too.
will try again tonight.
I took 3 pix.

[DarkSkies]

Way to get out there in the cold, catch em up!






after doing my radio show,I saw that it was cold but,not windy,it may
have been blowing about 5 mph.
so,I decided to try one of my late season spots,tide was an hour 30
minutes before full flood.I got there and was watching,listening to the
3 rips.
I heard several smashes then saw 3 nice busts.
I had a beat up saltwater assassin that I had to cut the front quarter
off because it was torn up by fish a few weeks earlier.
I just put it back on the same leadhead.it went from 6 inches to 4
inches.
I slung that out,let it drop some and bayum! I had a fish on.
to shorten the story,I got a nice fattie that was about 8 pounds and 4
slinkers[fish 16 inches or less].
it got cold fast,my thumb was frozen and my levelwinds line guide had
icedust collecting on it.several times I had to clean it off.
anyhow,I had fun doing a few but,damn,it was cold.
took a few pix[7-8 pounds].

[rockhopper]

WTG, Roddy!


43 inches long,26 pounds!

I woke up my wife to take this shot,she was in bed and heard me coming
and made room in the cooler for the fish,,she is so great!

5 fish landed,3 pix taken,will send them in sequence!

can I get a Hell Yeah?????,,,,

Thats an awesome fish big guy!
Something too be proud of!
And you get your wife to come fish with you? That must be pretty awesome too!

[seamonkey]

I'm assuming you guys are fishing the tidal rivers? Looks like you have more fish than we do right now. Most of our fish are about a mile off the beach. Congratulations.

[wish4fish]

ripdude 26 pounds is a nice fish rite now from the beaches, we have a lot of small fish so ill def give u a HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

[bluesdude71]

^What he said. I have fished the CT shores from land and boats for awhile, and can't remember the last time I have seen a fish that nice gotten on arties this late in the fall. Great catch.