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Author:
PECo
Date:
Dec 14, 2012
Subject:
Connecticut River - Haddam Meadows 12/13
Message:
After I had a relatively short outing with NWDarkcloud (aka Bob) the day before, I went back to fish the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant Canal from Haddam Meadows in The Other Woman, Too with TurtleKiss (aka Kira). I asked Kira to check out my bung hole before we launched, but she declined. :lol: We were on the water from 9:45 am to 4:45 pm. The weather was nicer than it was the day before; it was sunnier and warmer, and there was less wind. High tide was at 11:18 am, so we fished both sides of it. The water temperature ranged from 37 degrees to 39 degrees and then back to 38 degrees through the day. Once again, the water was murky, probably from the incoming tide. I started out throwing my minnow jig, which is a Pearl Silver 2-1/2 inch Berkley Gulp! Minnow on a 1/16 ounce round jighead. It didn't take long for me to boat a couple of yellow perch: [img:161b830bac]http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/4866/img4289cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5654/img4290cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] Meanwhile, Kira (whom I think still hasn't filled her prescription for ADD medication :lol: ) threw at least six different lures, including her sperm chandelier: [img:161b830bac]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2618/img4291cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] As you can see, the full sun and lack of wind made it a terrific day for fishing, so nice that Kira had to take off her heavy Winter coat. We worked our way up into the canal and through the big laydowns, where I boated a couple of more yellow perch: [img:161b830bac]http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5113/img4292cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/6581/img4294cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] Kira switched over to a white spinnerbait and, while casting it toward the west bank, she finally hooked a fish. It was a sweet, 17 inch, two pound, 10 ounce largemouth bass: [img:161b830bac]http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5008/img4295cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9093/img4297cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] It had a huge lower jaw, almost like the hooked jaw on a spawning salmon. After Kira's bass, my next yellow perch was a little bit anticlimactic: [img:161b830bac]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8098/img4299cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] We continued to move up the canal to a spot that I know always holds black crappie. I don't think I've mentioned this, before, but I've been hoping to catch a 15+ inch crappie for a while. Well, at the crappie spot, I finally got one: [img:161b830bac]http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/814/img4300cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6572/img4301cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] It's my new personal best crappie! Whoo hoo! :D After Kira's excitement over the crappie subsided (okay, that took about 10 seconds :roll: ), we decided to head up to the cove at the end of the canal. Although we saw bait fish rising all around us and occasionally saw a splash or swirl from a larger fish, we didn't get any bites up there, although we did enjoy a little bit of shelter from the north-northwest wind that rose up and blew straight down the canal. We decided to start drifting back down the canal with the wind and the tide, and, yes, I caught another yellow perch and another crappie: [img:161b830bac]http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8328/img4304cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/8148/img4305cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] But then I caught a 15 inch largemouth bass: [img:161b830bac]http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/6792/img4307cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/614/img4308cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] Like Kira's, my bass was caught off of the west bank of the canal. I asked Kira whether she thought the bass were sitting along the west bank or it was a coincidence. She began throwing her spinnerbait along the west bank and, only four minutes later, what might have been a coincidence turned into a pattern when she caught a 14 to 15 inch bass: [img:161b830bac]http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1543/img4309cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] As we continued down the canal, I caught another yellow perch: [img:161b830bac]http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3958/img4310cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] After I broke off my minnow jig on a snag, I tied on a white 1/16 ounce marabou jig. I had never thrown one before, so I told Kira I was going to find out whether crappie really do like them. As we drifted past my crappie spot, I found out that, yes, they do: [img:161b830bac]http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/234/img4311cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] [img:161b830bac]http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/487/img4313cropped.jpg[/img:161b830bac] We reached the mouth of the canal as the sun dropped below the treeline to the west. Although it was hard to leave without having caught a northern pike or a bowfin, I had to be home by 6:00 pm, so we headed back to the ramp after several "last casts". :lol:
Author:
Michael
Date:
Dec 15, 2012
Message:
Awesome crappie Phil! Nice jawbreaker bass Kira! And yes Phil, all panfish love ultra light maribus. I've hit crappie, yellows, rock bass, gills, and even trout and largemouths many times with white maribus. Some even like a brown or orange color imitating a crayfish.
Author:
NWDarkcloud
Date:
Dec 15, 2012
Message:
funny how just the littlest things change the fishing around . The day before you had to work real hard to get a calico bite ,I guess just a little warm sunshine helps alot
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