Fisher’s Island Sound Blackfish and a trip to the race for bluefish and striped bass Yesterday Brian and I joined Greg, a lifetime saltwater fisherman in Mystic for a shot at the sounds triple crown, blackfish, bluefish and stripers. We got on the water around 7am and headed out of Mystic on Greg’s 26 foot [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 1, 2008
CT fall fishing is upon us and largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing has been slow at best lately. I have seen reports of people working hard for every bass they catch, with most success being found using spider jigs, tubes, and jig and pig around structure in 5-8ft of water. I wasn’t planning on [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Location: Long Sand Shoal, Eastern Rip, Outer Hatchetts Reef Date: 9/21/08 Since the season was winding down on Cedar Lake we decided to take the boat out of the water last weekend and make a trip to the sounds for some striper, bluefish, and porgy fishing before we dropped the boat off at the marina to be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
This past week Kate and I took a well deserved vacation to Riviera Maya, Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. While there we spent some time in Playa Del Carmen which is just South of Riviera Maya. We decided to do some deep sea fishing while we were there, and hired a panga boat captain from [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 6, 2008
Dock fishing was calling my name last night when I got home after getting my hair cut. I had bought some Kinami swimming senkos a few weeks back but never really gave them a chance. I texas rigged one with a mustad 4/0 bleeding hook and starting fishing around the buoys and docks on [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
After struggling to find fish the last few times out on the lake in the normal places, I turned to a different strategy yesterday morning. Instead of fishing the usual rockpiles, and submerged weed beds that have been productive all year, we started fishing the shaded side of the numerous docks lining the lake [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Kate, Sally (our maltese) and I decided to do a little fishing last night since it had been a while since either of us had gotten out. The weather was beautiful, the sunset was spectacular, the lake was crowded, and the fishing was terrible. I decided to fish a couple spots that I normally don’t [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 17, 2008
After a long day at work today I though it would be fun to take my mom out for a little fishing. We got my jon boat ready and were on the water by 6:45pm. We started throwing dark colored senkos, my mom had a wacky rigged black and orange on a 3/0 octopus circle [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Last night I decided to do a little fishing to see how the fireworks display on Cedar Lake affected the bass. As it turned out, I think they had a major impact on the fishery, at least in the short term. However it is hard to tell whether the fish were sluggish because of the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 8, 2008
INLAND REPORT TROUT Rivers & streams - Anglers are reporting good to very good early summer trout fishing. Water temperatures are moderate, flows are mostly clear, comfortable and fishable, although anglers may find variable conditions in some areas due to the continuing and frequent, but localized thunderstorm activity, that the state has been experiencing. Good [...]
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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