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		| CT_BASSman 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:23 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | PECo wrote: |  	  | Only one pound, three ounces?!?! Wow! If anyone really wants to get a State Record fish, head up to East Twin Lake and target rock bass. There's a State Record in there, for sure. | 
 
 Funny you mention that, I have been saying there's a state record pickerel in there too!
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		| jimbojonez 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:01 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Rock bass are good to eat.  i guess i just don't fish anywhere where rock bass are living these days. |  | 
	
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		| NWDarkcloud 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:42 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| PECo caught a real nice 1 friday big Fat pikeral funny thing was even though it was 26 in long and fat there where fresh teeth marks around its whole back side like something tryed to bite it in half....... |  | 
	
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		| Michael 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:13 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Plenty of new state record pickerels in West Twin that can beat the current record that came from there. 
 Ever heard the old story about what the state did around the time they started stocking trout in East Twin?
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		| CT_BASSman 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:23 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Michael wrote: |  	  | Plenty of new state record pickerels in West Twin that can beat the current record that came from there. 
 Ever heard the old story about what the state did around the time they started stocking trout in East Twin?
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 What's the story?
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		| Michael 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:24 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| East Twin used to be much more weedy and held plenty of chain pickerel. 
 The state decided to hold a special chain pickerel tournament at East Twin to get rid of most of the pickerel so they could kill off the weeds and start stocking trout.
 
 The tournament wasn't a c&r. They kept any keepers landed so they wouldn't have to worry about losing trout due to the pickerel that used to be in there.
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		| CT_BASSman 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 11:11 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Maybe a CTFT sanctioned event should be in the works, head up there, rent boats, target pickerel and try to break the CT state record! |  | 
	
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		| PECo 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:57 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Gee, thanks a lot, jimbojonez.  You jinxed me into rock bass purgatory!  I spent two days on Batterson Park Pond catching 12 rock bass to only one largemouth bass.  _________________
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		| hila2006 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:17 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Nice post men, yes Phil rock bass are good eating for sure.  Gotta try the baby brush hog myself.  I've had a package of green pumpkin somethings for like 3 years.  I just suck at changing things up I guess. |  | 
	
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		| PECo 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:18 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Try a big curlytail grub, John!  _________________
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