Recent Posts ctfisherman.com en-us Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:31:29 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm 5 connecticutfisherman@gmail.com Bass Fishing Reports Bass Fishing Reports https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm Pachaug Pond 7/16/26 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860343#Post1860343 JerryinCt
on: Yesterday at 03:56 PM

Got up early and went for a stroll at Foxwoods. Got home and said let's rip in the boat. Water temp was 80 at 9 AM. A couple of boats out there. I just wanted to concentrate on one technique. So I was just flipping a jig everywhere I went. Docks, swim platforms and points. Place has changed a bunch since I was last there. Had a nice conversation with one of the lakefront owners. Off the water 2 hours later. .... no fish for me. Got home rigged up some other poles and maybe will get out there tonight when it cools down a bit. Still getting used to this new to me boat. Life is good.]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:56:05 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860343#Post1860343 Sunday smackdown on Lilly https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860338#Post1860338 JerryinCt
on: 07/15/26 05:24 PM

Was nice spending time with your son. Priceless in my opinion. Fish are optional smile1]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:24:45 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860338#Post1860338 Beach Pond 7/9/26 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860305#Post1860305 JohnS
on: 07/10/26 07:07 AM

Can’t hit a homer every time. Nice try.]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:07:44 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860305#Post1860305 Pattagansett 6/27 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860265#Post1860265 JohnS
on: 07/05/26 02:04 PM

Originally Posted By: duckhuntingfreak
What is the rate?
hope you’re sitting down….think it was like $400 a night. I wouldn’t recommend bringing a 20 ft bass boat. It was tight enough trying to park with a kayak hanging out of the truck bed.

It’s more of a get away spot. They do have kayaks you can use also here is the link:

https://share.google/UXUtnu12l1mbJseOM]]> Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:04:58 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860265#Post1860265 Amos Lake 7/3/26 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860255#Post1860255 mattmann7
on: 07/04/26 09:24 AM

Tuesday club was scheduled for a tournament there last week. Someone scouted and said it was loaded with dead weed snot from spraying. They switched to Coventry. Amos left to its own devices without nuking the weeds is my favorite lake. We put 10 boats on its 99 acres and without weeds its a crap shoot. Whoever bumps into a roaming pack wins. With weeds I progressively over 5 years dialed in spots after zeroing first 3 years. Then I could catch one, two..etc until I learned productive areas and spots to fill a limit. Problem aside from nuking weeds is everyone watches everyone else. The guys are not stupid and are happy to spot jump when its obvious when you camp for 6 hours guarding. There are sections of the lake I never go to. If I have weeds on my primary spot I'm almost always going to locate bass. Nuked weeds its a dead lake and not worth the half tank of gas to drive cross state from Strafford springs which is the general area for most of our club.

The stupid part about nuking is the snot ends up on the lawns and shores defeating the whole pristine lake spraying theory. Serves them right to suffer. Its like someone puked boiled spinach all over the shorelines. The Fing weed nuking was the primary reason for me taking 2 years off fishing in 2024 and 2025. I absolutely refuse to fish with the main pattern is bumping by chance into roaming fish. 35 years invested in learning how to master weeds on every lake I ever fished. I'm not interested in relying on luck.

End of rant]]> Sat, 04 Jul 2026 09:24:50 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860255#Post1860255 Lilly 6-27 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860208#Post1860208 Buck
on: 06/29/26 11:24 AM

Too bad your good spots would not work out but you still put together a decent bag.]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:24:38 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860208#Post1860208 Lilly6-20 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860162#Post1860162 Buck
on: 06/23/26 12:33 PM

My understanding of aquatic herbicide permits is anyone can actually send in a permit for approval. That means a lake association can send in a permit and it could get approved even though the general public is against it.
An example is a few years back New Fairfield had a proposal coming out of the Selectmen's Office to use a specific herbicide in Candlewood to see how it would work in conjunction with the grass carp that were already in the lake. The "theory" was having two solutions to combat the lake's weeds was better than one. Some of us forced a public hearing to get a vote on the proposal. All five towns around Candlewood had been against chemical use and the DEEP knew this. That did not stop the Selectman's Office from trying to force this chemical proposal through. At the Public Hearing the vote was over 300 No Chemical votes to only a couple (less than six) of Yes Chemical Votes for using chemicals along with the grass carp. That hearing alone showed the DEEP the general public's thinking about chemicals and this Candlewood permit request was denied.
As a veteran exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam which was only recognized literally thirty years or more after the war was over as causing a large number of health problems I have always been against using chemicals for aquatic weed control because we just don't know what the potential Ill effects are from being exposed to these chemicals. So one public control could be for the DEEP to require a public meeting and town vote when anyone, including lake associations, etc, apply for herbicide permits.
The town vote concept could be used for other issues too, like at Lakeville and Wono where the town unilaterally closed the boat launch due to the fear that hydrilla from East Twin could be brought into Wono. That decision was driven by a minority of the town's population that lives on the lake and would still have access while the rest of the population who are not a lake front owner and have to rely on the boat launch for access will now no longer have their access open. I think if closing the boat launch was brought to a public hearing it would not have passed. The issue is no different than other similar scenarios where the Constitution's 1st Amendment Right to Assemble was used to challenge the decision and the courts ruled that the Constitution prevails and access has to be provided.
If various lake stake-holders like Bass Tourneys and Bass Clubs wanted to challenge these chemical permits and processes this would be a good way to start by getting a nucleus of state reps to prepare a law that requires public reviews and town votes before aquatic herbicide permits can be approved. Then the wishes of a few lake front owners with deep pockets can't control the agenda anymore. ]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:33:06 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860162#Post1860162 Billings Lake 06/13 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860150#Post1860150 JerryinCt
on: 06/20/26 08:46 PM

Food and fellowship.I remember that tournie. Mattman didn't the fish trash one of your reels that day? Blue the food was the best. It was a picnic with fishing smile1]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:46:22 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860150#Post1860150 LillySat. 6-13 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860108#Post1860108 tommy
on: 06/15/26 05:04 PM

Originally Posted By: BlueFox
I thought you were winners with the first few words of the post.. "My son and I fished..."

Sounds like it got even better.


You're right, fishing with my son is a winner, cashing a check makes it even better.]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:04:06 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860108#Post1860108 Candy 6-6 Bantam 6-7 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860049#Post1860049 Don D
on: 06/08/26 03:04 PM

Another win for dad and son. You will get Candy back.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:04:17 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860049#Post1860049