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Author:
PECo
Date:
Apr 11, 2012
Subject:
Connecticut River - South Windsor 04/11
Message:
I fished the Connecticut River from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. I launched in El Habaņero at the Vibert Road boat launch ramp:
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The sky was overcast, the air temperature was in the upper 40s and there was a slight north wind. As the day wore on, however, the sky cleared, the air temperature warmed to the upper 50s and the wind died down. After I launched, I paddled upriver to a submerged wall that runs out from the east bank to the center of the river. I threw a white four inch curlytail grub on a 1/4 ounce shakeyhead jighead at laydowns along the bank in the calm water downriver from the wall. It didn't take long before I got a hit, but as I pulled the fish out of the laydown, it broke me off. :x Sonofab*!@# That's what I get for not re-tying! :roll: I tied on a new grub jig, but didn't get any more bites along the bank. I decided to head across the river and fish the downriver side of the submerged wall as I went. I finally got another hit on the grub jig about an hour after I launched:
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It was just a little 14 inch schoolie striper, but it was a fish. Whoo hoo! :D I continued across the river to the east shore of the island that sits in front of the mouth of the Farmington River. I decided to drift downriver and enter the channel between the west bank of the Connecticut and the island. As I went, I threw the grub jig at laydowns on the east shore of the island and got another hit:
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It was another schoolie striper, but a 19 incher this time. I rounded the south end of the island and entered the channel. I planned to paddle directly to the mouth of the Farmington, but couldn't resist throwing the grub jig at laydowns on the banks of the channel. I got a hit right away, but this time from a 19 inch northern pike:
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After that, I threw the grub jig at every laydown I saw. That slowed me down a lot, but also got me a slightly better northern pike:
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Unlike the weather, which got better and better as the day wore on, the fishing didn't. :cry: I didn't get another bite after I caught the second northen pike at 10:45 am. I paddled 50 yards up the Farmington, before heading back downriver and around the north end of the island to the Connecticut. I crossed to the east bank and back down to the submerged wall before drifting down to the laydowns on the east bank that are just downriver from the boat launch ramp. I think that the current was a little stronger in the afternoon than it was in the morning and I probably fished the grub jig a little too far off of the bottom of the river. The next time, I'll tie on an even heavier jighead (i.e., a 3/8 ouncer) or maybe even a football head jig. I really want to catch some smallies. Oh, well, at least I got to enjoy a beautiful day out on the water:
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Author:
SAP284
Date:
Apr 11, 2012
Message:
Nice! I noticed the wind wasn't as brutal today. What brand grub jigs are you using just curious? I picked up a handful of them couple weeks ago and only used one so far which was a Gulp. Seemed to work well....
Author:
chud059
Date:
Apr 12, 2012
Message:
there are 2 islands on either side of the rt 291 bridge, in the summer it looks like a party out there! boats / jet ski's on those little islands....looks like a good time. Used to fish that area a lot as a kid on my Dad's boat....miss those days..
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