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SaTP
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Location: Rocky Hill
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 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:09 pm Post subject: 1860 Reservoir 10/30 |
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| Me and my 2 friends fished the reservoir in Wethersfield. I used rooster tails and they used worms. I got a solid 12 inch largemouth on my third cast. My two friends caught a bunch of sunfish off the worms. About an hour later I got another largemouth off a black rooster tail. We then moved down to the bridge where my friends both got nice sized largemouths off worms. Overall a good day on the water. This is a great place to take a kid. |
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angry john
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| supper to see someone out. I thought about telling the wife that i was going out, no power no problem, but i did not want to deal with the aftermath!!!! |
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PECo
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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No black crappie? That's all I could catch the only time I was there. It looked like a good place to go panfishing through the ice, to me.
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pikePERSUADER1
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:49 am Post subject: |
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No icefishing allowed at the 1860 res., banned by the town due to inconsistent dangerous ice, that pond is spring fed and has thin ice in certain areas  |
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SaTP
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| No PeCO, no black crappie. Although one sunfish I caught looked like it could have been a cross breed. It was definitely a sunfish but it had a black crappie's design on its scales. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| pikePERSUADER1 wrote: | | No icefishing allowed at the 1860 res., banned by the town due to inconsistent dangerous ice, that pond is spring fed and has thin ice in certain areas |
Thanks for the heads up, Dan.
Spring Pond is like that. It really is spring fed, so the ice isn't consistent. There's even a sign posted at the pond that says "No. . . Ice Fishing Allowed". However, since I used to be a lawyer, I looked it up and there's no town ordinance prohibiting ice fishing. I also spoke with the Director of the town's Recreation and Parks Department, who told me that he's told the Police Department to not enforce the prohibition. Last season was a bust, but I didn't see any signs of ice fishing there other than mine a couple of years ago. If it freezes up this season, I'll be out there. 
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angry john
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| i thought you would get the ice breaker attachment for the front of your boat, need cool toys!!! |
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sbehuniak09
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Location: Seymour, CT
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| SaTP wrote: | | No PeCO, no black crappie. Although one sunfish I caught looked like it could have been a cross breed. It was definitely a sunfish but it had a black crappie's design on its scales. |
Bet you it was a Green Sunfish.
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SaTP
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| No Green Sunfish. All pumpkinseeds except one bluegill. |
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Michael
Joined: 28 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I find pumpkinseeds more fun than bluegills. Pumpkinseeds have the biggest variety of diet out of all 3 usual sunfish here in CT. More aggressive than bluegills but not as much as a redbreast. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| SaTP wrote: | | No Green Sunfish. All pumpkinseeds except one bluegill. |
Were any of the pumpkinseeds bluegill hybrids? Here's a pic of what they look like.
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SaTP
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes Michael at least 10 of them looked just like that. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| All across the country you find many bluegill hybrids. I've caught many bluegill/pumpkinseed hybrids and have also seen pics of bluegill/redbreast hybrids in the Northeast and pics of bluegill/green sunfish hybrids down around the Southeast and Midwest. |
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