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Author:
PECo
Date:
Oct 14, 2010
Subject:
Connecticut River - Keeney Cove 10/14
Message:
After freezing solid and catching only three tiny largemouth bass at Silver Lake this morning, I headed over to the boat launch ramp on Point Road in Keeney Cove. DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) had mentioned that he might be able to squeeze in a little fishing during his lunch break from work today. Unfortunately, like Kira, Derek never showed. :( The place was packed with cars and lunchtime shore fishermen. A couple of guys told me that they were onto a school of yellow perch with nightcrawlers. It was nice and warm, probably in the middle 50s, with very little wind. The water temperature was about 59 degrees. I think that I caught the slack high tide. Water was flowing out of the culvert that runs under Point Road from the middle cove, but the water level was higher than I had seen it at any other time earlier this year. I launched my Hobie into the lower cove at 11:15 am. I let the current take me toward the Connecticut River and pitched a little white crankbait, a big black spinnerbait and a wacky five inch green pumpkin/red flake Senko along the way. I didn't get any hits and saw only one small school of baitfish swimming over some submerged grasses as I drifted by them. When I got to the Connecticut, the water was like glass and there was very little current. I trolled the spinnerbait across the river to the western bank and began working my way downriver. I pitched the spinnerbait, the crankbait and the wacky Senko at the bank, but didn't get any hits. I trolled the crankbait back over the river to the wooden pilings on the eastern bank. Again, I didn't get any hits. So I pedaled back into Keeney Cove. At this point, I figured that if I weren't going to catch anything, I might as well explore the middle and upper coves. I retrieved the wheels for my Hobie from the car, crossed over Point Road and relaunched into the middle cove. It's surprisingly deep in the middle cove by the culvert, where I saw 20 foot depths. I worked around the cove for a while, but didn't get any hits. So I finally decided to check out the upper cove. When I got through the culvert to the upper cove, I couldn't believe how big it is. It's several times the area of the lower and middle coves combined. I pitched the wacky Senko at the shore just inside the cove and finally landed a tiny eight inch largemouth bass. I thought, "Phew! Now I can leave without the skunk on my boat." By this time, it was 2:00 pm. I had to get off the water by 2:15 pm, so I decided to take only a quick pedal further into the upper cove before heading back in. I soon discovered that the average depth around the south end of the cove is two and a half feet. Now, it might get deeper further in, but pedaling a Hobie through weed-choked two and a half foot deep water is tough going. I decided to leave any further exploration of the upper cove for another day and headed back through the culvert to the middle cove. After I passed through the culvert, I pitched the wacky Senko behind me at the rocks that line the channel into the culvert. I felt the hook snag on a rock. You know the feeling. I thought, "Nice going, Phil!" But then the hook pulled free. And then I felt some weight on the line, like I was reeling in a good-sized clump of weeds. And then the weeds pulled back. . . hard! :o Whoo hoo! I landed a 16 inch, two pound, three ounce largemouth bass: [img:c7b504e15e]http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/8564/2010101416inch2pound3ou.jpg[/img:c7b504e15e] On the final cast of the day, I caught the lunker! :D I headed straight off of the water, went home and got my kids to the orthodontist's office right on time. That last fish will make the next two days of crappy fishing weather [b:c7b504e15e]a lot[/b:c7b504e15e] more bearable.
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Oct 14, 2010
Message:
Glad to hear you caught something. I have to check my post but I thought I said Friday at Keeney not Thursday ;) Either way tomorrow isn't looking too hot for fishing weather. I found that the upper part of the cove was pretty shallow too when I was there...and it was super muddy cloudy water.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Oct 14, 2010
Message:
The water was clear in the upper cove, but my boat stirred up clouds of crap from the bottom. I think I spotted a carp swimming past me when I landed the eight incher, but I lost it in the cloud that I made.
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