Recent Posts ctfisherman.com en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 05:03:13 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm 5 connecticutfisherman@gmail.com https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860923#Post1860923 MikeV
on: 10/15/26 09:17 PM

Bill,

That's a great day. Great catch. Just be careful, most launch ramps will be very slick at times. Might be a good idea to use a wading staff so you always have two points of contact
when moving around.

MikeV]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:17:47 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860923#Post1860923 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860864#Post1860864 cat_in_the_hat
on: 10/05/26 08:50 AM

Had not thought about selling the hi-lo rigs, I have 15 made, $3 each, 4 for $10, plus some extra 17 lb breakaway loops tossed in plus postage if mailed. I also have a quantity of my three hook porgy rigs available]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:50:33 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860864#Post1860864 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860845#Post1860845 trout tracker
on: 10/01/26 02:05 PM

Any word on when they will begin to lower the water levels and how much? Couldn’t find any info. TIA]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:05:17 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860845#Post1860845 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860834#Post1860834 Buck
on: 09/30/26 09:39 AM

For sure the weather and fuel costs are dampening the desire to run a boat this summer. Diesel was historically the cheaper fuel and it is one of the first derivatives to be produced at the refinery during the cracking process yet now it is much more expensive than gasoline. Functional pricing to the commercial trucking industry.]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:39:54 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860834#Post1860834 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860816#Post1860816 mikek06511
on: 09/22/26 07:39 PM

I seem to recall at a previous meeting hearing that the spawning marshes were reopened. So perhaps we should be getting some pike back in the river.]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:39:14 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860816#Post1860816 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860758#Post1860758 mattmann7
on: 09/17/26 08:38 AM

Fighting ignorance being taught by institutions of higher education since 9/11.

Bill Maher

https://youtu.be/I_uYEazBMy0

What exactly is ignorance? Ignoring facts and believing contrary to facts is ignorance. Ignorance is available for free and can be found on any form of communication on any platform. The fight to stem the ignorance of 9/11 will define the future of this country.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:38:06 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860758#Post1860758 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860715#Post1860715 Buck
on: 09/11/26 11:53 PM

Mike, thanks for getting the issues in front of her. A big meeting like that is really tough to get any kind of detailed message through. Maybe in a week or so you can follow up to see if she favors any specific proposal over the others. Between you and Pete sending her my email she knows what we are asking for. What would be nice is if we could get some allies with us from the other members of the FAC. Bill Hyatt would be a good ally if he could get on board. Pete worked for him and all of his promotions were when Bill was Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Natural Resources so he and Pete I would think are pretty tight. Now we need to know what Ct. is going to propose to the Atlantic Coast Fisheries counsel.]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:53:47 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860715#Post1860715 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860634#Post1860634 Gone Bunkers
on: 08/31/26 05:55 PM

If anyone has a weather report for the up coming weekend for offshore please post it. Thanks!]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:55:17 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860634#Post1860634 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860624#Post1860624 JMike
on: 08/29/26 10:18 PM

Mike, I remember Herman's well. It was the only store I was interested in going into when I got dragged to Westfarms Mall. Even bought a couple guns there! The other full service sporting goods store in West Hartford name slips my mind (long gone), was at Farmington and Prospect. True fishing and hunting stores. Today, well, the horrors of selling a gun in West Hartford, my goodness gracious me. Even Dick's got rid of all their hunting and shooting stuff in Canton. Gotta sell those soccer balls and football jerseys.]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:18:44 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860624#Post1860624 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860594#Post1860594 Buck
on: 08/25/26 09:42 AM

There are a lot of examples of lost species stocks and past blitzes that we enjoyed. Atlantic halibut were so plentiful when the pilgrims arrived that they were used for fertilizer too. They literally fished this species to death. Now an occasional halibut is caught on a party boat out fishing for cod but it is rare. The Fall blitzes in Montauk are not what they used to be nor the spring runs of yellow tail sea flounders and jumbo black-back flounders. In the 70s when I had a place out there I took a week of vacation time just to fish the migration blitzes in early October. Thousands upon thousands of sea gulls and other ocean birds hovering over the vast schools of bay anchovy, mullet, bunker, juvenile weakfish, spearing, sand eels, etc. with stripers and blues underneath pushing the shoals of bait up and out into the open ocean. I don't know that that happens anymore.]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:42:12 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860594#Post1860594