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Saturday, 8/14 A saltwater trip with Steve & Dave wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad, either. After hooking up with a triple of stripers on our first drift we thought it was going to be gangbusters. But but things quickly settled down to a slow pick of stripers and blues, plus a sea bass and a porgy, [...] Saturday, 7/3I joined Steve and Dave heading out of the Connecticut River for stripers, with a backup plan of fishing for fluke if the stripers weren’t hot. A couple schoolies on a jerkbait before leaving the river, then we each got a decent one early when we found them pushing bait under birds on a reef off Clinton. View the entire post — Independence Day Weekend Went out striper fishing on the CT River. Fishing wasn’t nearly as good as yesterday. I only caught two good fish, and broke off another two. Broke the knot joining the leader to the braid both times, and both times on the rod that I put together last night to sub for the one a bluefish ripped out of my grasp yesterday. View the entire post — That fluke’s a fluke! Went striper fishing in the lower Connecticut River this morning. The topwater bite on the outgoing tide was great, but there were quite a few blues up to the 12~14 pound range mixed in with the bass. I’ve got nothing against bluefish. They bite aggressively, pull hard, and are more prone to an aerial battle than the stripers. I don’t even mind the number of lures they destroy or bite off. Fair trade for the sport they provide in my book View the entire post — Why do bluefish hate me? I’ve decided to ride this striper topwater action in the CT River for as long as it holds out. By all accounts, that’s probably this weekend. But you never know. My son-in-law, Jim took one of his 3 times a year fishing trips with me today, and got his personal best striper. View the entire post — Obsession? Maybe, but it’s a good obsession. Couldn’t find anyone to join me for an early morning trip on the river this morning, so I went alone. Put the boat in at 5:15, and pulled it out at 9:00, so I was out for just under 4 hours. Knock off the idle time between the bridges, and I probably had 3 hours of fishing time. 2-1/2 hours round trip driving time for 3 hours of fishing might not sound worth it. But it definitely was. View the entire post — Early morning attack on the river. I know I’m supposed to be a fresh water bass fisherman, but with this top water type action in shallow water going so strong, how can I turn my back on 30″ to 40″ stripers? It’ll be over before we know it, and I’ll be back in the sweetwater where I belong. In the meantime… Steve, Paul & I hit the lower CT River early today, and had as much fun as 3 guys in a boat are allowed to have with no women aboard. View the entire post — These @##$% stripers won’t let me go bass fishing! I’m missing some of the best bass fishing of the year, but I know these stripers will only be in the rivers for so long, and the fishing is just too much fun, and too good to turn my back on. Back to the Connecticut River this morning, this time with Steve. View the entire post — And one more for the road. With stripers still in the Housy and Connecticut Rivers, and still apparently willing to hit a big soft bait on top, I couldn’t resist one more weekend after the linesides. Fished the Connecticut today with Alex. View the entire post — Back to the River Fished the lower Connecticut River yesterday with Steve & Dave (Double Header and This Side Up). Steve caught 2 on a hard bait (Tackleman jerk bait) and one on a Zoom Super Fluke. I tried a SwimFish on a 1/2 oz head, and caught a 3# bluefish on my first and only cast with that. The [...] Reports of big fish in the Housy kept me away from the inland bass waters today, as Alex and Steve and Dave and I all decided that the river needed one more visit. We had a gorgeous day weather-wise, which brought out the wanabes, pleasure boaters and jet skiersin droves. But the power company never [...] Steve & I went out on the river today. Brutal post frontal conditions, with high winds, and a mile high barometer. Water temp in the river up over 51 degrees. We caught 90-some-odd between us (with Steve catching the lion’s share, as I got only 38). The warm weather all week, prior to this front, [...] |
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