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MFF US Northeast => Connecticut => Topic started by: octanehi5 on Mar 29, 2014, 08:59 AM
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Its 3 weeks before the start of the 2014 fishing season,Weather warming up finally,putting the tip ups away. Getting all the soft water gear ready. Its time to reverse the braid on the reels or change your line all together . Ponds and lakes will be on the cold side. trout are being stocked as you read this.Very glad to see winter coming to an end
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I'm right there with you got all my flyfishing gear out and have hit my Rod and Gun club twice in the last week. Love ice fishing but there's nothing like that first trout of the year on the fly rod.
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I'm headed to upstate NY this Saturday, they open 4/1/14,target native brookies. real trout fishing
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What's with this trout fishing, I thought you were a walter guy? Shame! ;D
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Hey Newbie, welcome aboard, Seeing that Walter will not come into play for a month or more,My friend in Monticello knows some good trout streams,with natural brookies, I do not fish for them in Ct. I have contacted the hatchery on Oneida, its such a late ice out, the biologist told me the walleye may spawn under the ice this yr. It was this weekend two yrs ago I worked it they were done by 4/10/12. I was hoping to do it again.
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Too bad if you don't get to work at the hatchery. I gotta do that one day. And you gotta get your butt to Oneida on the ice with me!
Good luck with the squaretails. :thumbup_smilie:
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I thought I would have made it there this yr but with all the bad weather we had it just did not work out.I did get to modify a few of my tip ups to be like the Indian hill ones that Bugs has, they came out very nice. Saltenstall is rapidly reaching Ice out,I drive by it everyday That will be my first attempt at Walter on soft water,Bottom bounces in shallow water should do the trick early season
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Let's hit the water this summer Ron. Time for some saltwater action. I bet I can convince Gary as well.
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Yes we will have to hit the water this yr,fresh or salt, Ted and I are heading to Saltenstall opening day,maybe you and Gary can join? Gary in 2015 is coming with me to my fly-in in Quebec, He told me he's packed already lol. Bottom bouncers and jigging will be the order of the day . With long island souind being so cold it will be sometime before the bass show up
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https://earthdata.nasa.gov/labs/worldview/ Here is a very nice site for satillite pics of anywere in the world, You can check for ice out anywere, Our northern lakes and ponds still have ice , southern one are ice out. No wasting gas to go check
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The results of the trip to NY was not that good, water very cold ,snow on the ground,caught a few suckers, Big bald eagles nest high in the trees near the lake, awesome watching them fly around. They had suckers for dinner. A bad day of fishing is aways better than a day at work
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9 days out to open the season,Saltenstall is looking Good
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Saltenstall opening day water temp 46, every boat was rented, Bass guys did ok from the fish we saw. Walleye guys zero walleyes one, At those temps Walter was in spawning mode,a few were spotted in the river coming in the north end conferming this. My guess things are about 3 weeks late. Three to four weeks to catch Walter.
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Hi Ron , sorry Salty was a dud but it will turn on. Me , I was lazy . Fished at Mohegan park trout pond, coaght 10 or twelve mini trout in an hour. Did see a roughly16" walter in the shallows at Gardner lake yesterday chasing a perch. Later.
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Opening day is two weeks away, Water will be very cold,maybe with ice on it.I'm going to wait this yr for saltenstall to warm some at least near 60 to target Walter, First light will be best seeing you can not fish there after sunset. Maybe go for trout opening day any suggestions?
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Welcome to Myfishfinder Weneric
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Good to see IS guys coming over. Who's gonna post the first softwater action photo? (https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emoticonsfree.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fcharacter0052.gif&hash=dcc62809e18c4608275dac7db9c0c9d7) (http://www.emoticonsfree.org/free-emoticons-characters.html)
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thank you very much. just picked up my new kayak this morning.
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I hope it has a tow hitch on it so you can tow me around the lake?
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sure. mount a couple of rod holders on your ice fishing sled. you can troll while i paddle.
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We have to hook you up with trolling motor
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i guess we will use my jon boat, if i can figure out how to get it registered. cant find the title, and the guy i bought it from moved to florida. cant even remember his name. dont really know what im up against.
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i guess we will use my jon boat, if i can figure out how to get it registered. cant find the title, and the guy i bought it from moved to florida. cant even remember his name. dont really know what im up against.
Best of luck vs. the CT DMV. I have no suggestions, beg for mercy. And bring $, CT likes that....a lot.
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Your best bet is ,if the old numbers are on the boat,they should be able to look it up. Ct is real anal about that stuff
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Hi guys just came over from ice shanty yesterday. Thanks for the info Eiderz Looks like a great site.
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Welcome onepin. Looking forward to a warmup, we're all rarin' to go.
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got boat out of snow , charged batteries , now to do tune up. Bring it on ;D
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going to dmv tomorrow octane.hopefully i can get the boat legal soon. welcome to the site one pin
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good luck with the boat. Welcome one pin :thumbup_smilie:
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someday I will figure out how to poste pictures here :(
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(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1210.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc411%2Fbugchazer1%2FPB270188.jpg&hash=b62c18b38c60bbd909c45e5511f07ba5) (http://s1210.photobucket.com/user/bugchazer1/media/PB270188.jpg.html)
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got it I hope :clapping:
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still cant get my avatar I , oh well ;)
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wow!!! beautiful. congrats.
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Last year on Niagara river. :o
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For the avatar click on the "direct" line, second from top in the photobucket.
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Oh yeah, nice fish Gary. ;D
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Thanks Stew , I finally got it :laugh:
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Thats a nice fish Bugs, anyone have ideas for opening day?
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Thats a nice fish Bugs, anyone have ideas for opening day?
Rivers and streams are predicted to be crowded.
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I'm not into combat fishing
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I'm not into combat fishing
You don't strike me as a ninja warrior type,
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ok, ctane and eiderz. its 6:18, and i finally got home from dmv. it all started at 1:30 this afternoon. sat for hours waiting to see if i could get the boat registered. it almost broke the bank. $13.65 for a year. so i can really tow you octane. 6 hp evinrude. youll have to hold on tight.
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ok, ctane and eiderz. its 6:18, and i finally got home from dmv. it all started at 1:30 this afternoon. sat for hours waiting to see if i could get the boat registered. it almost broke the bank. $13.65 for a year. so i can really tow you octane. 6 hp evinrude. youll have to hold on tight.
Glad to hear the fees were reasonable, too bad you can't charge them by the hour for the wait.
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who cares, im so happy tonight that everything worked out so well. the lady that took care of me was fantastic. its the system, not the people.
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Glad you got the boat registered. Now I look forward to cruising behind you getting pics of you towing octaine
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Best offer I have yet, Now where are we headed?
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Big time rain early this morning,taking away alot of ice. The snow here is gone.I just may have to go after some cold water species with no crowds on opening day.
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Happy Easter