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jimbojonez
Joined: 04 Feb 2012
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Location: Berlin/Kensington
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 Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: Cornfield point/ Hens and Chickens |
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| launched from Great Island ramp at 7pm or so. headed straight for Cornfield where there were shad jumping. not as crazy as the last time i was there. landed a small blue and a shad with Kastmasters. lost a bunch. we went to Hens and Chickens around dark and chunked the shad and the blue. There wasn't a lot happening there. We had a few takes and landed a giant dogfish just under 4ft long. is there a better way to catch these shad in the open ocean?? i don't have much experience with them. |
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knowfish
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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Location: Meriden
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| I've never encountered hickory shad in open water but used to catch a lot of them in the CT river. I used red and white shad darts, small spinners and small jigs. I found them to be aggressive when feeding and you can catch a bunch in a short time. |
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madkey
Joined: 13 Jun 2011
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Location: Torrington,CT
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:53 am Post subject: |
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I ran into them out in Saybrook and foun throwing a shabiki rig with a 1/2 oz weight woked pretty good
Rich
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madkey
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Location: Torrington,CT
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:56 am Post subject: |
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When you use one of the shabiki rigs reel it in nice and steady,try to keep it up high. that was working for me.
Rich
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jimbojonez
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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thank you madkey i will be looking into this rig  |
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