1st Striper of the season

[wdmso]

lite rain not bad caught around 6 in 18-20in range I am sure they are hold overs and saw 1 Tog swim by.. But what surprised me was the amount of bait I saw swimming by me little School after school of pods with 25 to 50 fish 1 to 3 inches It was hard to tell in the low light what they were. But i have also seen the 6 -10 cormorants pushing bait with gull's in the mix..like I have seen in the Fall .. But Never this early .. cant say what it means but I am thinking things may be a bit early

[Nebe]

Nice!it has begun!
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[BigFish]

I have heard good things.......but go easy on the smalls kids! I will wait a few weeks!

[niko]

I'm taking the kids out tomorrow afternoon down ur neck of the woods - checking out a few new spots
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[Got Stripers]

You need to hold those farther away from your body when snapping those photos, then even the micros begin to look like they could put a bend in your rod.

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Got Stripers

You need to hold those farther away from your body when snapping those photos, then even the micros begin to look like they could put a bend in your rod.

My phone does horrible Selfies .. and these fish were caught on your green and yellow curly tail grub and lead head

[Clammer]

wrong color ??

[Jim in CT]

Hope you get a ton more!

[Clammer]

We went out for a early supper , I stopped on the way home to take a few casts .... cast on the 2nd ..no camera .I used the phone ........I have no clue on how to get it out from there

[wdmso]

nice

[Clammer]

F UUUUUUUUUUUUUKI wind .........wait for the time for the tide to flip ............. 10.35 it sarts going out tonight .by 10.40 its coming straight down the pipe @ 10 -12 by 10.50 its 15 to 20 .............WTF back home .is this the kind of year its gonna be .#^&#^&#^&#^&i n uo diggin /now fun fishin

[piemma]

Well, I just looked at the weather for the coming week and the boat is staying in its house. Nothing above 60 with most days 50-55 and that's NOT on the water. Figure 5 to 7 degrees colder on the water and I'm not doing it.
As I get older my body rebels against being beaten to a pulp for schoolies.

[Clammer]

Paulie, catching from shore is not a beating , But I,m getting real tired of the boat beating .seriously looking at other options / its getting not to be Fun anymore .........I,m going to put out feelers on what I could realistically expect to get for my rig & my much desired [Multi-Purpose ] commercial license . already more expenses this week .Hoping JR finds the 182C . mine crashed last week & the only unit they can transfer the [spots] is another 182-c

[Got Stripers]

Mike I'd say pick up freshwater fishing out of your tin boat, but it can be painful; here is how my Friday went.

Sometimes the fish can turn the tables on you and with a flip of their tails, your the one getting caught. For me it's always been two species that do me in, pickeral mixed with three hook floating rapala and smallmouth bass and a black jitterbug. I was out this week on my favorite spring spot, with light winds, 60 degree water and I had all day to explore. I was surprised at the slow bite with the conditions and warm water temps. Just before lunch and after just a few small bass and pickeral, I peddle up to a guy in a Basstracker to ask if he too was having a slow bite. We talk for a while and then as move away I hook up with a pickeral of decent size, just large enough to cause you trouble, so I reach for my fish grip (ironic I know) to avoid the trebles. Well pickeral as many know aren't very cooperative about opening wide to help your cause and with a sudden jump, the front treble goes deep into my right thumb and yeah I'm a righty.

So I reach down immediately to immobilize him with my left hand and even though I now have him firmly behind the gills, in his head I know the slimmy MF'er is thinking; I finally caught me a keeper. Well he trashes wildly an now catches my right thumb with the middle treble and now I'm thinking, OMG this is my worst nightmare. I'm lucky I hadn't moved far from the fellow angler and call him over to assist and in trashing more, the first treble is now driven back up through the flesh of my right thumb, which actually probably made hood removal easier in the end. As the angler moves close on his trolling motor, I see his yellow lab getting a bit excited pacing back and forth on the bow and I'm thinking please don't jump over to say hello. I instruct him to grab my pliers and just rip hook number two out as it had just grabbed a part of skin and wasn't past the barb and while doing that, the fish finally shakes herself free and I can finally focus on just getting myself unhooked. I'm thankful my pliers had a wire cutter and that the hook bard was now exposed and he was able to cut point and barb off and I was able to painfully back the hook back out.

Ironically the last time I got snagged by a pickeral, it was the same time of year, same body of water and yes; the exact same three hook floating silver Rapala. Even though I was tempted to throw a bandage on and keep fishing, I opted to call it and head home to give the thumbs a good cleaning. Luckily the lure was brand new and I'd had a tetanus shot in 2012. The only other time the fish got revenge was a nighttime excursion on the Braintree reservoir, back in 1979 I believe, as it wasn't exactly legal to fish and I loved to hit it with a float tube in the summer. I was having a banner night with large and smallmouth to 4 lbs and hooked a nice 3-1/2 lb smallmouth on a jitterbug and while I thought I had a good grib on her, one more thrash of the tail set her up and down on that same right thumb. I had fun trying to get her off as the hook keep going deeper and remember sitting in the SS Hospital ER that night getting some strange looks while I'm holding that black jitter bug in my now swollen bloody thumb.

Can't wait for the schoolies and single hooks and plastic

[Clammer]

Bob, I want to , But there are like 3 ponds in RI that will allow motors over 9.9 .. Right now I,m kicking myself , for moving up to a bigger tin boat when were were having fun witht he holdovers & also westport ..the 14' with the 8HP & the trolling motor was just right . Now this one has a very limited use >< It gas a combo Garin color on it with less than 5 hours on it

[spence]

Originally Posted by piemma

Well, I just looked at the weather for the coming week and the boat is staying in its house. Nothing above 60 with most days 50-55 and that's NOT on the water. Figure 5 to 7 degrees colder on the water and I'm not doing it.
As I get older my body rebels against being beaten to a pulp for schoolies.

Don't say I've never solved and of your problems. You and clammer could even share a ride.

http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?...av_GID=1630%20
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[piemma]

Originally Posted by Clammer

Paulie, catching from shore is not a beating , But I,m getting real tired of the boat beating .seriously looking at other options / its getting not to be Fun anymore .........I,m going to put out feelers on what I could realistically expect to get for my rig & my much desired [Multi-Purpose ] commercial license . already more expenses this week .Hoping JR finds the 182C . mine crashed last week & the only unit they can transfer the [spots] is another 182-c

I hear ya Mike. I'm real busy around the farm anyway. I'm getting a lot done that I put off when I worked. It is actually fun clearing land and rebuilding old stone walls. Besides, I'm staying very fit as I've been averaging over 5 miles a day in the woods with piling brush, moving rocks and stacking cord wood. I hope you find a 182c

[piemma]

Originally Posted by spence

Don't say I've never solved and of your problems. You and clammer could even share a ride.

http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?...av_GID=1630%20
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Trout Ponds in CT have nothing to do with 21' CC on the Bay.

[JohnR]