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Author:
PECo
Date:
Apr 02, 2012
Subject:
Connecticut River - South Windsor 04/02
Message:
All of the recent talk about stripers in the Connecticut River made me want to check out the boat launch ramp at the end of Vibert Road in South Windsor. I didn't have much time, today, but I went, anyway. I've always loved the sign at the head of the road down to the ramp:
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Yeap, you have to be really careful to not drive into the river! :roll: As usual, the ramp was a muddy mess:
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Although it was a sunny day, the north wind was blowing down the river at a steady 15 to 20 miles per hour:
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I launched in El Habaņero at 9:15 am. I had two set-ups with me, and trolled a Natural Shiner patterned soft plastic Sebile Magic Swimmer and a Silver Rapala Shallow Shad Rap SSR7 across the Connecticut to the channel between the west bank and the island that sits in front of the mouth of the Farmington River. I didn't get any hits on my way across. It was nice to get into the channel and out of the worst of the wind:
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I paddled and trolled up to where the clear water flowing from the Farmington meets the murky water flowing from the Connecticut without any hits:
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I stopped to throw the Magic Swimmer at a laydown on the shore near where the two flows of water meet. I had the hook weighted, so that I could work it close to the bottom:
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As I slowly retrieved it, I idly mused that I was waiting for the thump-thump of the strike about which flippy (aka Jim) always talks, when I felt a single thump. I set the hook and horsed the fish to the surface. I saw that it was a two pound smallie before it shook itself free. Sonofab'!@# :x After I pouted for several minutes, I paddled up into the Farmington. I continued to throw the Magic Swimmer as I approached Hobbiton:
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When I felt another thump, I set the hook like I wanted to rip the fish's lips off :wink: and boated a nice two pound, 16 inch smallie:
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Whoo hoo! :D I went about 100 yards up the Farmington before I had to turn around and head back to the ramp. I trolled the Magic Swimmer and a white four inch curlytail grub on a 1/8 ounce shakeyhead jighead as I paddled around the north end of the island and into the main channel of the Connecticut. The wind whipped up whitecaps as I paddled downriver. Halfway back to the ramp, I swapped out the grub for a Silver Rapala Clackin' Rap, but didn't get any hits before I got off of the water at 1:00 pm. I [b:5d67944fcb]love[/b:5d67944fcb] river smallies! :D
Author:
perfect hook set
Date:
Apr 02, 2012
Message:
Please no more reports!
Jk you are working the river hard!
Author:
PECo
Date:
Apr 02, 2012
Message:
I think that the clear water of the Farmington helped get my two strikes, today. Murky water sucks! I really like the Sebile Magic Swimmer, because the hook is buried in the soft plastic body of the lure, so it's almost snag free. And with the weighted offset shank EWG hook, I was able to keep the lure close to the bottom, despite the current.
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