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Author:
jbrown815
Date:
Oct 18, 2011
Subject:
Skunked at Wintergreen 10/17
Message:
Hit up Lake Wintergreen in Hamden again after work today. Normally I at least catch at least a couple short LMBs but today I got nothing. Tried both wacky and texas rigged senkos. Got a couple stories though. There was a middle aged guy trying to teach her daughter(~7 I'm assuming?) how to use a spinning reel. That was interesting to see. He ended up coming over and asking what I was throwing. He had never seen a senko before so I showed him different ways to rig them. Said he'll pick some up and try them. Good luck if you're a lurker! There was also another guy who was just pulling in his new inflatable raft when I got there. Said he was out there for a little bit and got nothing as well. Ended up bringing up CTFishTalk and he admitted he was a lurker. He asked me if I knew PECo. You're famous PECo! He says hi. Told him he should quit being a lurker and join. We'll see what happens. Then as I left there was a guy drop-shotting. He showed me his rig and gave me a few yards of trilene to use as a leader off my braid and showed me how to tie it on. Thanks for the tips man. All in all it still wasn't a bad trip out. Was there for probably an hour and a half or so. Met a few interesting people, learned a couple things. Can't complain. Here's to next time.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Oct 18, 2011
Message:
Yeah, if the largemouth bass aren't biting close to the shore in the shallows, tie on a few feet of fluoro leader to your braid and use a drop shot to fish further from the shore and deeper. Right now, I can't recommend a big spinnerbait enough. Fish it slowly with a steady retrieve near the bottom.
Author:
jbrown815
Date:
Oct 18, 2011
Message:
Yeah, I thought I had one...turns out I don't. I'll run to Dick's at some point this week and pick one up. Drop shotting was interesting to see. I had read about it but have never seen it in action before. With the fluorocarbon leader tied on it killed my casting distance. Need more weight I guess.
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