Housatonic River (CT) winter holdovers

[Jim in CT]

Did a charter trip with my 11 year old Sunday, just a quick 2 hour trip, on the Housatonic River in CT, looking for winter holdovers. Saw big, big schools all day, wasn't the non-stop action I was hoping for my son, we boated 7-8 fish, more than enough to keep him very excited, he wants to go back. Pretty stretch of the river, got a great look at a bald eagle for a few minutes.

Used captain Ian Devlin, nice guy, very thoughtful about nature. Perfect temperament for kids.

Good way to get him to get off the devices and get outside. He ate like a pig that night, slept like a rock.

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[Guppy]

Great job dad

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Guppy

Great job dad

i’m lucky in that two of my three really like to fish.
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[wdmso]

envious 1 your catching fish!! 2 your kids like fishing LOL mine like the boat ride

[JohnR]

Nice ; )

And that is not a small fish for the Housy this time of year ; ) - have caught some that were clearly locally spawned.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Nice ; )

And that is not a small fish for the Housy this time of year ; ) - have caught some that were clearly locally spawned.

when we first pulled up, we saw a guy catch a 30 inches from shore, i thought it was going to be a catch on every cast. it wasn’t that, but was fun.
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