I stepped into the river at 6 and caught my first fish of the morning on my 2nd cast, a spunky 12” starter with an attitude. I continued to pick a part that area and caught two more similar sized fish without ever taking another step. After a few minutes I decided I needed to continue exploring and worked my way out into deeper water where hopefully the bigger fish would be willing to play.
Steadily I picked up one here and one there all on top water, as I made my way along the channel, Some fish slurped in the bait and others exploded on it with violent hits. I also missed another 4 or 5 hits but you rarely get them to hit again once they go for it.
I ended up with nine fish for the day but no bigs, but I did land some solid ones that all fought great in the current and jumped like crazy which made it well worth the effort to get to them.
I covered about a mile of river today before it got hot and it was time to head out. It had been another successful, exciting and very productive top water adventure.
#1792772 - 08/04/2011:00 AM
Re: Dog Day Smallies 8/1
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MikeV
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Registered: 07/07/03
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Loc: Old Lyme
Great trip. Thanks for sharing details. You consistently do well. Interesting that you did very well with top water. I fished the CT north of the Farmington and have had little to show for it the last few trips. I fish the opposite of how you do. Fishing from a boat, I drift and try to focus on covering literally miles of water. Fishing this way, I only get a cast or two at prime structure and between the drift and my retrieve the lure is usually moving at a speed more suited to catch bonito than smallies. Doing the same thing each time and expecting a miraculous turn around is beyond crazy and just plain stupid. Next time out, I will follow your example. I will go to the area that I know holds fish and instead of working it like reading Playboy while my wife turns the pages, I will anchor up and work the area completely. The Windsor area has a ton of eel grass which should have some water over it by the weekend courtesy of Isaias. I will try fishing less water better and see how it goes. When we are safe Covid-wise, I will invite you to fish with me on the boat as you have got this small mouth thing down. Thanks again for the help your reports provide.
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