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Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 21, 2010
Subject:
Connecticut River 09/21
Message:
I planned to fish the mouth of the Farmington River from the Connecticut River at Linear Park in South Windsor, today, but when I got to the narrow road down to the park, it was closed for some utility work. I drove up the eastern shore of the Connecticut in search of another place to launch all the way to the Dexter Coffin Bridge, but the water is so low that it isn't worth launching up there. It's hard to see in this cellphone photo, but you could almost walk across the river underneath the bridge (check out how high the waterline is on the bridge pilings): [img:96a98132c2]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3134/20100921dextercoffinbri.jpg[/img:96a98132c2] After wasting more than an hour driving around aimlessly, I gave up and decided to launch from Wethersfield Cove. I ended up fishing the Connecticut north of the cove from 10:45 am to 2:45 pm. It was sunny, but nice and cool, with a slight breeze from the south that got stronger and stronger throughout the day. It got noticeably stronger around noon and was blowing pretty briskly by 2:00 pm. I would not have been able to handle the wind in my little sink today. I pedaled my Hobie a little over a mile upriver from the cove. Here's a map of where I went: [img:96a98132c2]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2466/map1l.png[/img:96a98132c2] I threw a Texas-rigged Ol' Monster worm for a while, but got no hits. I also threw a white spinnerbait and a Bomber 3 inch blue and silver lipless crankbait, and also got no hits. However, a wacky-rigged purple/emerald flake Senko dragged over the bottom near the east bank got me a 13 inch smallmouth bass: [img:96a98132c2]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3342/2010092113inchsmallmout.jpg[/img:96a98132c2] I ended up catching three more smallies, each of which was 12 inches long. The first two were caught on wacky worms, both purple/emerald flake and pumpkin/red flake, and the last was caught on a trolled Yo-Zuri 2-1/2 inch white lipless crankbait. The trolled white crankbait also got me my first ever striped bass: [img:96a98132c2]http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3364/2010092113inchstripedba.jpg[/img:96a98132c2] It was only 13 inches long, but it was my first. I got really excited when it hit the crankbait, because at first I thought it was a little northern pike. Shortly afterward, I caught my second ever striper, which was a little bit bigger at 16 inches long. Unlike the smallies, the stripers didn't put up much of a fight after they were hooked. But man, oh, man, did they hit the crankbait hard! I caught two little stripers and I'm already looking forward to striper season next Spring. I gotta get me a 40-incher! Pedaling my Hobie felt easier today than it felt last Saturday. I took two Aleve this morning, so that might have helped, but I'd like to believe that I'm getting into better pedaling shape. Salmon Cove, huh, Flipper? I just might hit that next.
Author:
Bluegill Terminator
Date:
Sep 21, 2010
Message:
Congrats Phil on the stripers they are a blast to catch.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Sep 21, 2010
Message:
Thanks, Pete. Spring can't come soon enough for me, now.
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