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Elixir
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Location: Danbury, CT
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 Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:01 pm Post subject: Danbury Area Action? |
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| Anyone had any luck going on around Danbury? Its all fishing from land cause we have paper thin ice if any. Just curious. |
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Michael
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Location: Bridgeport
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Before the ice started forming, I was fishing from the pier at Squantz on the evening of 1/7.
Casted a size 4 Rapala Jointed Shad Rap out from there and caught a perch and 14" 1 1/2 pound brown. That was the evening bite before sunset.
Walleye then moved in and you could hear some splashing sounds on the surface at night. Only got 1 short walleye on a medium shiner. |
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perfect hook set
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Location: Danbury
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| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Try the pond in front of the elderly homes near rogers park school.
By try I mean check the ice it might be safe.
Caught some bass there last year.
Go out from the parking area toward the middle
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Elixir
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| was just out and it didnt look super frozen and the bridge across underneath wasnt frozen at all. but thanks for the tips on squantz |
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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ah. you wouldnt be fishing toward the bridge or the drain on the left.
Last year there was 4in of ice in the middle and about 1 under and around the bridge...
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Elixir
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| Havent been able to get out fishing anywhere recently and there is so much open water now. Im itch to get out and get my first real fish of the year. Gotten skunked, kicked out and frozen lol... Hopefully I get out with my Dad this weekend and go to Hartford for the Expo... |
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jomonkey527
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Doesn't Squants have a closed season? |
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PECo
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Location: Avon, CT
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Yeap, Squantz Pond will be closed from Sunday, April 1, 2012, to Opening Day at 6:00 am on Saturday, April 21, 2012:
Here's a link to the 2012 Connecticut Angler's Guide:
http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/fishing/anglers_guide/anguide.pdf
It's a good read. 
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jomonkey527
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Great! Thanks for the response. If we get any more nice days before the 1st I'll sure be tempted to go out on the kayak. |
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Elixir
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if the LMB in Kenosia are kickin yet lol |
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perfect hook set
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Guess what bro, YOU are going to find out if they are lol!!
Try both sides and let me know
Try the little bridge area WALK all of the way around from the small white sand beach around the rocks to the corner
THEN go to the recreation beach and walk all of the way around that lol
Try green / white senko OR red/black
Small rattle trap
Jerkbait
spinner bait
shad colored swimbait if you have one
if u buy spikes aka maggots try them like I did with a bobber and some sort of flashing lure
IF YOU DO go let me know how you make out =)
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Elixir
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| perfect hook set wrote: | Guess what bro, YOU are going to find out if they are lol!!
Try both sides and let me know
Try the little bridge area WALK all of the way around from the small white sand beach around the rocks to the corner
THEN go to the recreation beach and walk all of the way around that lol
Try green / white senko OR red/black
Small rattle trap
Jerkbait
spinner bait
shad colored swimbait if you have one
if u buy spikes aka maggots try them like I did with a bobber and some sort of flashing lure
IF YOU DO go let me know how you make out =) |
 LOL I suppose its my turn! I will get out there at some point this week (with Advent probably) and see what bites. I always use mealworms on my lures and at kenosia the fish love day old dead nightcrawlers. Shhh.. The catfish there go nuts for the crawlers though... |
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jomonkey527
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:49 am Post subject: |
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So I was thinking of the post, and was wondering what the 3 week basically, closed fishing time is for? To protect spawing fish? |
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jomonkey527
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah I love reading the anglers guide, I for wehatever reason have an aversion to reading it online. I'll grab an actual copy when I go get my licencse. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:13 am Post subject: |
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I don't really know why they close some lakes for just a few weeks each year. I'm pretty sure that it doesn't have anything to do with the largemouth bass spawn, because that occurs much later in the year than the closures. Perhaps to give new stockies time to acclimate and move away from wherever they were dumped into the lake? Are there any fisheries guys out there?
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