Thursday, April 26, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Opening Day!
Today April 21, 2012 was the opening day of trout season in Connecticut. Last year we were fishing in cold temps with hand warmers. This year was a complete 180, i got a sun burn. Images of people lining the banks in darkness to start fishing promptly at 6am is what opening day is all about. Busting out the Weber Smokey Joe to make breakfast sandwiches is also a common opening day tradition. Yesterday Jan D and i were discussing our plan of attack for this morning. Jan went the extra mile and scouted the rivers out. Currently, Connecticut is in drought conditions, and the water levels are low, really low. Thankfully some much needed rain is on the way.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Disaster of a Morning
Being I have today off i decided to do some fishing. Not much out of the ordinary there, but today i was going to hit the salt for the first time. I do believe I will catch my first bass of the year with in the next week, but it would not be today. Low tide was at 10am and decided to fish a small tidal pond until low tide.
The first blunder of the day was no COFFEE. From here it kind of went down hill. I was running a little later than i wanted so i did not turn the pot on. I figured lots of people go about their daily lives with out coffee so i don't need it, I DO. The other events that took place were due to the lack of coffee. The second blunder of the day was i locked myself out of my mom's house when I went to let her dogs out. Not a big deal but it set me back 5 minutes. The third blunder of the morning was i left 3 new flies i wanted to test out at home. Again, not the end of the world. Lesson of the day was always make coffee!
Today's conditions sucked. Last night was cold making the tidal pond water cool. The wind was cranking out of the south which turned up the water making it look like chocolate milk. Dis colored water and cold air temps do not bode well for early season fishing. I did not catch any fish today. Today is March 28, 2012 the water temps in the sound are 45+. Even though it is early in the year for fish there is no doubt in my mind that bands of schoolies are roaming open LIS. I am sure the fishing around the big rivers in Eastern Long Island Sound like the Housatonic and Connecticut rivers is a little better. I am also sure that fish are also dumping out of the Hudson and i will get a fish any day. I just need better conditions and to keep work and life out of the way.
The first blunder of the day was no COFFEE. From here it kind of went down hill. I was running a little later than i wanted so i did not turn the pot on. I figured lots of people go about their daily lives with out coffee so i don't need it, I DO. The other events that took place were due to the lack of coffee. The second blunder of the day was i locked myself out of my mom's house when I went to let her dogs out. Not a big deal but it set me back 5 minutes. The third blunder of the morning was i left 3 new flies i wanted to test out at home. Again, not the end of the world. Lesson of the day was always make coffee!
Today's conditions sucked. Last night was cold making the tidal pond water cool. The wind was cranking out of the south which turned up the water making it look like chocolate milk. Dis colored water and cold air temps do not bode well for early season fishing. I did not catch any fish today. Today is March 28, 2012 the water temps in the sound are 45+. Even though it is early in the year for fish there is no doubt in my mind that bands of schoolies are roaming open LIS. I am sure the fishing around the big rivers in Eastern Long Island Sound like the Housatonic and Connecticut rivers is a little better. I am also sure that fish are also dumping out of the Hudson and i will get a fish any day. I just need better conditions and to keep work and life out of the way.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
JAWS and Some Needed Speed
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