Hi, anyone doing any winter trout fishing? Going to be cold tomorrow but going to give it a try.
Hey Jim, Tried Strippers one time a few summers ago, had no idea what I was doing. Tried it in Waterford near the nuke plant with eels. All I got was crab. Fished the little river near the blackhawk. Going to try a small stream near the house for Trout, then if nothing happening there had to the Salmon river down in Colechester way which is only the next town down. Love to head to NY but that's not happening. I did get one day of Salmon fishing in up there this past fall, kind of got a handle on how to get those kings on eggs. Learned the hard way 6lb test was to light in my case. Lost around 17 fish before changing line. Bob
Jim, I'll let you know if I make it to the Salmon river. Going to his the Jeremy River first in Hebron. Last time I went there my brother in law was nailing them on Joe's flys, All good size brook trout, and a few brown. Last time I hit Salmon River was mid summer. Hell of a time trying to get to the trout with all the small salmon all over the place. But when We got to them nice size Rainbows.
Hi Jim the biggest I ever got was around 13" back 11 years ago. See most in the 4"-6" range. Got nothing today. Was so cold my reels grease became frozen. Then the lines started to freeze up. My buddy had braided line and ice got so thick on his pole he could not reel it in any longer. Learned one thing can't use braided line when its this cold. Not sure what to use to keep Reg line from becoming caked in ice. I know I will be taking my reel apart and replacing the grease with something better. I'm sure by now what ever is in there is way past its time anyway. The reel is over 20 years old. Bob
Yea I had to get out and clear my head. I have a son who is six years old with Autism. Not sure if you have seen the news about the scream rooms in Middletown or Not. But My wife and I are dealing with the results of one of those rooms in our Town. But in our town they call it a safe room. They placed our son in it one day the week before x-mas break. A week ago this pass Thursday my wife found him in his room trying to cut his neck open with a toy saw. We rushed him to CCMC in Hartford. While there he told the DR he wanted to die B/C he did not want to go back to school with the mean kids and did not want to get put in the small room the was like a closet. A year and a half ago the school choose to Main stream him and take away his one on one teaching. That's when he started to be bullied by the other kids, but the school would never hear us no matter how many times we told them its was happening. The DR at CCMC and his DR have wrote notes to remove him from the school. We don't live in MiddleTown, and this all happen before that stuff even hit the news. We are in a fight with a lawyer trying to get him help, the school would not do anything until he tried to end his life. So its not been so great around here, so I need a little time out in the wild to clear my head. Now I'm ready to start fighting again tomorrow. Bob