Recent Topics ctfisherman.com en-us Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:31:15 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm 5 connecticutfisherman@gmail.com Out of State Reports Out of State Reports https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/images/general/default/rss_icon.gif https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm The Great White Fisherman https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860302#Post1860302 Buck
on: 07/09/26 11:08 AM

Whitefish are delicious eating. When I used to go on my annual spring fishing trip to Quebec for walleye and pike the lakes we fished had decent populations of whitefish so if fishing got slow mid-day we would switch to small spinners or maribou streamers and catch lake whitefish for dinner.
Lake whitefish are a big commercial industry on the Great Lakes along with yellow perch and walleye. One of the best fish to smoke. Best as a fish fry for a shore lunch. Better eating than trout.]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:08:06 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860302#Post1860302 Lake Erie Walleye https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860135#Post1860135 Buck
on: 06/18/26 09:48 AM

Nice trip and catch. Lake Erie is the best walleye fishery in North America. I have fished it out of the Buffalo area when I lived there and out of Ashtabula Ohio. We would motor out to the international line and then put it on auto pilot to slow troll. Wherever there was bait there was walleye.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:48:00 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860135#Post1860135 Maine -- Long Pond in the Belgrade lakes area west of Augusta https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860170#Post1860170 Sebecsalmon
on: 06/24/26 10:48 AM

Love the smallies ! digging digging digging then out of the water and flip your lure one way and they go another. fun...]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:48:56 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1860170#Post1860170 Sebec Lake Maine Memorial day weekend 2026 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859989#Post1859989 f250
on: 06/01/26 12:57 PM

Very nice time for sure. Reminds me of our trips to East Grand Lake for salmon.]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:57:38 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859989#Post1859989 2026 CTF Bass mainiacs May16-23rd https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859941#Post1859941 JohnS
on: 05/28/26 04:11 PM

Nice slabs.]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 16:11:57 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859941#Post1859941 New Indian River FL Report https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859617#Post1859617 Buck
on: 04/26/26 11:18 PM

I have caught a few tarpon while fishing for trout using 3 and 5 inch silver flecked Keitechs retrieved near the bottom and Gulp white curly tail grubs fished the same way on light jig heads. The best spots were compression points between two pieces of land like between shore and an island. The tarpon liked the moving water.]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:18:43 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859617#Post1859617 Mackinac Island fishing https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859605#Post1859605 mikek06511
on: 04/24/26 01:10 PM

Originally Posted By: bk
Never heard of the place. Just curious, where is it?


Bruce it's at the very tip of Michigan between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
Got one day to try fishing with my brother in law while the wives are sightseeing and shopping.
Apparently I'll be fishing for Lake trout, steelhead and possibly big brown trout.]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:10:55 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859605#Post1859605 Vero Beach Florida Indian River https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859515#Post1859515 Buck
on: 04/15/26 09:40 AM

Too bad snook have such a tight slot limit, they are great eating but remember to skin them after you filet them because I have been told that if you cook them with the skin on they taste "soapy". I have always skinned them so I have not had that problem and I can't confirm the soapy issue but I have heard it more than once. When the weather calms down and the wind subsides if you want to learn Sebastian Inlet I have a spot that produces mostly over-slot snook and reds. I had a YouTube station at one time and there is film of me and my friend Art on his boat out there and I caught an over-slot red that was huge and broke the net even pulling straight up.
There is also a very good flounder bite in the Fall when they school up to go offshore for the winter and again in the Spring when they come back in for the summer. Fish for the flounder starting on the West side of the bridge on an incoming tide and drift in towards the inter-coastal fishing the edges of the channel. Flounder follow the channels to get to their summer locations. Fish one pole in a pole holder "dead sticking" a fresh mullet strip bait on a tog jig just touching the bottom or a foot off of it and then cast to the channel sides and drag a second tog jig off the slope with a baited mullet strip bait. That is what we do up here in NSB when we target flounder which is not that often since we like the sheepshead bite better.
The bridge pilings have lots of nice sheepshead in the spring too so that is another option. If your tackle shops have fiddler crabs that is the best bait for sheepshead or go to the beach and rake up some sand fleas. There are some very good video segments on YouTube on how to spot sand flea colonies before you rake and then how to be stealthy in your approach so that the sand fleas don't "feel" you coming and dig into the sand below the rake level. Watch a few of these videos and you will be a sand flea expert. They are free and will catch whiting, pompano, mangrove snapper, black drum, redfish, and other species. Not good for trout and flounder and other bait fish feeders.
My friend from Melbourne Beach does the same thing by putting the fish in the live well before releasing so that the fish recovers and he can move away from the dolphin. I agree with the mangrove snapper as a number one eating fish. My problem is I can never catch anything over ten inches. Supposedly, they run better in the summer than now. Off shore they get rather large so these fish are in the Lagoon to simply stay alive and grow.
Have a safe trip back in May. I may try for walleye again in Zoar in early May. The herring are spawning and the walleye come shallow at dusk to feed on them in sandy or gravel bottom areas.]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:40:53 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859515#Post1859515 New Smyrna Beach Fl. 2026 https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859419#Post1859419 bk
on: 04/01/26 05:50 PM

Sounds like a good trip. 24" is a great trout.]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:50:33 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859419#Post1859419 Vero Beach Florida Indian River https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859309#Post1859309 OldSchool
on: 03/22/26 08:13 AM

Very nice!]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:13:16 EDT https://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1859309#Post1859309