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Author:
PECo
Date:
Nov 08, 2010
Subject:
Manitook Lake 11/07
Message:
Daryl (aka Daryl), Fishface (aka Tim) and I fished Manitook Lake after giving up on fighting the wind [b:dbc19afd9c]and[/b:dbc19afd9c] the current in the Farmington River. Daryl paddled my new kayak (aka El Habanero): [img:dbc19afd9c]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9880/manitooklake008cropped.jpg[/img:dbc19afd9c] Tim paddled his kayak: [img:dbc19afd9c]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9857/manitooklake013correcte.jpg[/img:dbc19afd9c] I pedaled my Hobie (aka The Other Woman). We launched at the south end of the lake at 10:45 am, into the brisk north wind. The air was in the mid 40s when we launched and, despite the steady 10 mile per hour wind, rose to the low 50s by the time that we left at 3:00 pm. The water temperature ranged from 47 to 49 degrees. It was beautifully sunny the entire time that we were out on the water: [img:dbc19afd9c]http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6044/manitooklake005correcte.jpg[/img:dbc19afd9c] We paddled/pedaled directly to the north end of the main body of the lake, in order to get out of the teeth of the wind. I tied on a River2Sea Bottom Walker 100 S25 Stock Trout that Phish (aka Jed) had given me to try out: [img:dbc19afd9c]http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1009/river2seabottomwalker10.jpg[/img:dbc19afd9c] I casted it to the south, parallel to the western shore on the north end of the lake and about 10 feet off the tips of some laydowns on the shore. After a particularly long cast, I felt a very slight tug on the line about 50 feet from the boat. As I reeled it in, it started to pull toward the shore. When I got it within 20 feet of the boat, it started to pull really hard. When I got it to the surface next to the bow of the boat, I saw that it was an 18+ inch largemouth bass, and yelled to Daryl and Tim that I had a good fish on. But, [b:dbc19afd9c]sonofabitch![/b:dbc19afd9c], it spit the hook at the boat. I have no idea how it was able to spit the humongous exposed hook on the lure, but you can bet that I'm going to chance ripping the lips off of the next one that I hook! Unfortunately, Daryl and I ended up getting skunked. But Tim caught three largemouth bass by throwing a wacky Senko and a perch crankbait at laydowns and docks on the western shore. I think that his fish were 13-1/2, 15-1/2 and nine inches long. Here's a photo of Tim with the lunker: [img:dbc19afd9c]http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/134/manitooklake018correcte.jpg[/img:dbc19afd9c] Now I can't wait to get back out on the water. I can't decide: Should I go to Cabela's in East Hartford or the new Dick's Sporting Goods in Danbury, today? Hmmm. . . .
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Nov 08, 2010
Message:
Nice job Tim. Phil if I was you I would go to Cabela's. Driving to Danbury sounds like a bad idea...especially when you can just go to the Dick's in Canton ;)
Author:
PECo
Date:
Nov 08, 2010
Subject:
Hey, Dawg!
Message:
Yeah, I'm draggin' my a$$ today. Dick's in Canton it is, then. Here's what I've come up with for my new boat: [img:ee8b31b6f5]http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/8518/elhabanero.jpg[/img:ee8b31b6f5] Nice, huh? :D
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