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#5281 - 05/21/05 05:13 PM fishing derby great hollow lake
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took my daughter to the fishing derby on great hollw lake in monroe.was fishing with gold blue fox spinner&gold pheobe did not get a hit. tried worms powerbait everything.did not have one hit nore did my daughter olivia. i had two rainbow trout roostertails first cast had a nice 2 pound rainbow trout until i went to lift it into the boat and i came off. tried again with the same lure but nothing.hey it was nice to be out with my favorite fishing partner.
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#5282 - 05/21/05 08:42 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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Registered: 05/09/03
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Loc: seymour,ct.
BRING HER TO SOUTHFORD FALLS,JUST STOCKED AND LOADED WITH FISH THAT BITE.
ROLLCASTER,flyfisherman,golfer,horseshoes,tied some flies and manage to catch some fish.remember the housy back in the seventies,remember the golden trout they stocked,, many memories,,few dreams
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#5283 - 05/22/05 12:50 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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thanks for the tip.can you launch a johnboat with electric motor on southford.
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#5284 - 05/22/05 01:00 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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Loc: seymour,ct.
nope its a troupark,,nice place for kids ..plenty of room for shore fishing and picnics,stocked evry week..
ROLLCASTER,flyfisherman,golfer,horseshoes,tied some flies and manage to catch some fish.remember the housy back in the seventies,remember the golden trout they stocked,, many memories,,few dreams
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#5285 - 05/23/05 12:36 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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Registered: 08/27/02
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Great Hollow is fine. Just stocked last week also.
Michael SW-Ct and I did a short trip Friday-lots of fish breaking (first time I didn't connect with a trout there this year). I stopped by Saturday morning. If I were a trout, I'd have headed for my fallout shelter.

I didn't realize the derby was going on-boy what a crowd. Looked like they were having fun, but if you like fishing in quiet, it was not the place to be. Too me it is difficult to catch a trout when there is so much noise.

Anyway I figured I let the kids fish, and not squeeze in somewhere-I had only a few minutes left there anyway after experienceing no fish on the Far Mill-(the other guy there quit before I did).

Michael SW-Ct has caught scores of fish at Great Hiollow this year. On the other hand Southford Falls and I haven't connected well-in limited trips (once for 15 minutes this year).

So Southford to me is no different from Great Hollow, it's a matter of knowing how to fish either one-and being there at the correct time (whatever that is).
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#5286 - 05/23/05 12:37 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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BTW-were there prizes-if so what won?
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#5287 - 05/24/05 12:39 AM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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If you want to fish great hollow try to the left of the boat launch all the way in the corner and fish just to the right of the pole sticking out of the water with meal worms. I took my girl friend there and the only reason we left is because we went through 2 dozen meal worms small trout but she had a good time
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#5288 - 05/24/05 04:22 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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hey everybody it seems all the fish seem to love the beach area were you cant go fishing. on saturday saw alot of shiners swimming toward the beach area. here is a little tip, were the river comes into the lake at the end of the beach go over the bridge and fish that little cove. use a rainbow trout roostertail or the rainbow trout bluefox minnow spin witch is part spinner with a small trout imitator. good luck
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#5289 - 05/24/05 05:09 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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Registered: 08/27/03
Posts: 145
Favorite fishing partner?? I thought i ranked up there. See what happens when you sell a 24ft hydra-sports, nobody wants to be your fishing partner! LOL Hey Bro next time get a net! LOL
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#5290 - 05/24/05 06:50 PM Re: fishing derby great hollow lake
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Registered: 09/17/01
Posts: 16283
Loc: Bridgeport
Steve, I'm very familiar with Great Hollow Lake and know what I'm doing there. There's a few spots where I always get pretty lucky. I also broke my trout record there last month. My original record was 13 trout. But now it's 14. Welcome to the site Steve.
If bluefish were to grow as big as giant bluefins, then there would be nothing left out there except for blues!

I LOVE MY BLUES!
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