Just curious but where are you guys catching fish???

If you can't say I understand! Not trying to steal a spot! General location is good, thames river?

Anthony, I believe that would be the boat ramp in downtown Norwich.

sorry guys...(obviously) didnt make it.....


how did you make out??? it sure looked like a beautiful day here...:( :( :(

I didn't get a chance to talk to JohnS before he left, but I do know he got a 32 inch fish which gave him a good fight. John I hooked a 20 lber on a live hickory shad almost in that same spot you were sitting at the end of the day. The warm weather really had the fish spread out, so I did some running around to get my 40 fish and Drew got about 15 or so. I think Schoolie ended up with 15 or so as well.

Nice Fish Bob
 

That was it for me. One bite that I actually felt on a horizontal presentation.

I like how you motored up to me and said "do it like this" and proceeded to catch one :) .

I had a couple of bites verticle jigging in that same area but thought I had a bite, and came back in with the rubba pulled down. I have had better hits icefishing!

Nice to meet ya Bob, you got 40 you outfished me by 39!
Well least that one I got pulled my drag out anyways.
Before I left the channel side, I would mark small pods of fish but couldn't coax any bites. Guy I was talking to as I hooked up said he got 20 on that side in the morning. Guess I picked the wrong spot. I had no clue that the deepest water I would find was 47ft.

JohnS

I was somewhere between 10-12... I tried to trace back thru on my long drive home, but I really zoned out or in a few times out there. I pretty much stopped counting when I knew the "plastic" man was out of reach. You know Bob, you had 10 when I got there, so you only beat me like 30 to 10 this time. Uh, huh... your day is comin'.

What a fantastic day! Fishing in a t-shirt in December? I even had a bit of sunburn on my face.

I didn't move around as much as Got Stripers... I kept expecting the big school to pop up where I was, but it never happened. I just picked one up here and there. Got a couple a bit larger this time... maybe 4 or 5 pounds. No bad on light tackle.

I lost 3 darn shad at the boat while hoisting them in. Those were the ticket to some nicer fish as GS showed at the end of the day with a bass around 20lbs. I believe that was the only shad he had. I guess I shouldn't have been so non-chalant. I should've given them the bassmaster's classic treatment and whipped 'em across the top of the water and into the boat.

JohnS, I should've introduced myself... i was in the aluminum with the green hull and merc outboard. GS told me you were there, but I wasn't sure who he meant. Then I read the posts today and it all made sense.

I think I'm done for '01. That trip blows a whole day and I only have 2 more weekends till going back to PA for the holidays. I'll take a day like that to wrap up my 2001 fishing season.

Hey Schoolie no biggie, I think I know which one you were your boat about 16 footer? I was gabbing a little bit with a guy from NY who also had a smaller green boat. As a matter of fact the first few boats in the water were all out of state. I went freshwater yesterday it was nice out again. Flat as glass.

JohnS

He would have been the guy cursing himself for dropping all that live bait :).