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Author:
PECo
Date:
Mar 11, 2012
Subject:
Farmington River - Farmington 03/11
Message:
[size=18:947a6b7eb3][b:947a6b7eb3][color=red:947a6b7eb3]**** URGENT UPDATE ****[/color:947a6b7eb3][/b:947a6b7eb3][/size:947a6b7eb3] Bluegill Terminator (aka Pete) let me know that I read the Farmington River regulations wrong before I set out, today. It's [size=18:947a6b7eb3][color=red:947a6b7eb3][b:947a6b7eb3]CLOSED[/b:947a6b7eb3][/color:947a6b7eb3][/size:947a6b7eb3] until Opening Day from the Route 177 bridge in Unionville downstream to the Rainbow Reservoir Dam. :oops: Thanks, Pete! [size=18:947a6b7eb3][b:947a6b7eb3][color=red:947a6b7eb3]**** URGENT UPDATE ****[/color:947a6b7eb3][/b:947a6b7eb3][/size:947a6b7eb3] I carried El Habaņero down to the Farmington River at Tunxis Meade and paddled into the quarry pond from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The sky was sunny, the air was warm and there was a steady five to 10 mile breeze out of the west. The water level was slightly high, so access to the pond was very easy. As soon as I entered, I knew that my chances of catching anything were slim, because the water was [i:947a6b7eb3][b:947a6b7eb3]very[/b:947a6b7eb3][/i:947a6b7eb3] murky. It looked like watered down milk and visibility was less than a foot. I threw a chartreuse two inch curlytail grub on a 1/16 ounce round jighead, a white Strike King Red Eye spinnerbait, a big white suspending/rattling Husky Jerk, and both chartreuse and white four inch curlytail grubs on a 1/8 ounce shakeyhead jig head. Unfortunately, I got what I expected, which was absolutely nothing. :cry: Well, come to think of it, I also got a really pleasant paddle for a couple of hours :D : [img:947a6b7eb3]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1751/img1696cropped.jpg[/img:947a6b7eb3]
Author:
slim2043
Date:
Mar 11, 2012
Message:
You did get a very nice panoramic photo ;) Never saw the water murky there, that's a bummer.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Mar 11, 2012
Message:
It looks like the quarry operation has been in full swing. There are huge piles of material on the shore. I think that might have caused the murkiness.
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