Topic: CT River Stripers, 5/09 (Read 898 times)

Just4fun · « **on:** May 12, 2009, 06:50:25 AM »

I'm planning to fish for these guys as much as I can through the rest of this month,..so I'll just update this post with more pics as I get them!!

Got out yestarday and fished for a few hours without a bite. Then two guys in a boat came over to me and asked to borrow pliars because one of them had a hook stuck through his finger!

Well he was very glad to find that I also had both a "D-barb" hook snipper as well as some Lidocaine ointment to numb it (ask your doc about an Rx for some to keep on board

). After we got the hook out and him bandaged up,..they turned me on to a near by hot-spot where I caught 4 nice ones over the next hour or two. Best was this one,..29" and 8-9 lbs but the others were pretty similar!

JackJ · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2009, 07:47:29 AM »

Very nice!

Thank goodness my mother had lidocaine and a scalpel when my wife stuck a devils horse through my leg!

GMAN · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2009, 08:00:05 AM »

Nice catching. Wish we had those around here.

Buzzbait · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2009, 06:15:22 PM »

Nice ones J4! and way to be!

Just4fun · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2009, 08:45:14 PM »

After getting skunked in the morning, I had a couple of hours to kill in the afternoon,..so i shot back out to the river and was rewarded with this beauty. It went 31" and right around 13#!!

pondhopper · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2009, 03:09:30 AM »

VERY nice!

Waterwings · « **Reply #6 on:** May 17, 2009, 07:45:53 AM »

Excellent catchin' !

GMAN · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2009, 08:01:41 AM »

Wow, another dandy. Very nice J.

Joe · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2009, 01:06:07 PM »

Nice one!! It's the tail end here and I still haven't gotten out yet

I am thinking of heading out this week, although I think the larger 30-40+ lbers are probably gone already

Just4fun · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2009, 07:01:12 AM »

Yeah Joe,..it'll probably be winding down here also by next week after the warm weather that's predicted! My buddy & I are planning to go out at sunrise tomorrow for a few before work while we still can!

Just4fun · « **Reply #10 on:** May 22, 2009, 06:30:56 AM »

Went out for about an hour at sunset yestarday,...got 3 fish! First 2 were just below keeper size,...6-7 lbs and the last one was a good'un that went 32" and 14lbs!!

Joe · « **Reply #11 on:** May 22, 2009, 05:40:11 PM »

Nice ones, I got out tuesday, river was muddy coulln't catch any herring for bait, Lost my anchor

So I went and caught some white perch and tied off to a pier, fished for hours and caught 1 little guy around 5-6 lbs

pondhopper · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2009, 04:29:37 AM »

Nice catch!

Jig Man · « **Reply #13 on:** May 24, 2009, 07:46:16 AM »

J4 those are some nice ones. I fished the CT river for stripers one fall and never could get on to any. If I ever get back there, I may have to look up a guide.

Just4fun · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2009, 10:22:47 AM »

I've "heard" that they make a smaller run in the fall,..but I've never caught one in the river at that time of year either!!
Primetime for them (in the river here) is almost always the middle of May when they follow the alewife's upriver,... and the baitfish migration happens when the water temp hits about 55 and is just about completely overwith when it gets to 70. Before and after that,...the stripers will be found mainly out in the salt!

Just4fun · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2009, 07:18:59 AM »

OMG,..What a day I had!!
Since we're getting towards the end of striper season on the river here,..I decided to take an afternoon off and hit it one more time! Launched in the lower river and fished the mouth for about an hour, picking up a couple of schoolies (about 20") before deciding to make the trek upriver to my favorite spot.
Started fishing there and picked up one small striper and two bluefish pretty quickly before latching onto a "monsta"......turned out to be a real beauty at 36" but when I went to take a pic,..the camera batteries took that moment to die on me!!

I always carry some spares,..but this beast was just too large to get into my livewell even with the divider removed,..plus it was pretty well spent by the time I could get her into the boat into the first place,..so with some mixed feelings I put it back into the water and moved it back and forth for a few moments before it could gather the strength to swim off!

Well, I put some fresh batteries in the camera and got it all set up figuring that I was probably jinxing myself,..but what the heck! Anyway over the next couple of hours I proceeded to just hammer them! Totals on the day were 1 broken rod,..several shredded lures and 13 stripers with 6 of them topping 30"!!

Actually, I'm sure I could've stayed longer and kept catching more,..but I was just getting physically exhausted! Some pictures are kinda lousy because I was tired and I was trying to get the fish back in the water ASAP, since most could not swim off under their own power until I moved them around in the water for awhile! Anyway,..here you go! The last pic was my SECOND 36-incher!!

GMAN · « **Reply #16 on:** May 28, 2009, 08:06:47 AM »

Wow, nice fish J.

I'd like to catch some of those one day.

Buzzbait · « **Reply #17 on:** May 28, 2009, 05:25:52 PM »

Daaaangit son!

You smile much bigger and it's gonna go all the way around you haid.

good 4U J4!

Say, Just what are you catching them buggers on?

pondhopper · « **Reply #18 on:** May 29, 2009, 04:25:45 AM »

no wonder you were tired!

Jig Man · « **Reply #19 on:** May 29, 2009, 06:51:55 AM »

That is as good a bunch as I have seen. Just how long can Gman and I stay at your place while you take us with you?

Just4fun · « **Reply #20 on:** May 29, 2009, 08:48:41 AM »

Went back again yestarday after work with my buddy from work who has never had much luck,..so my main goal was just to put him onto a fish or two. Long story short,..it wasn't quite as good as the day before but we did end up with 8 between us,... 4 of them were keepers between 28 & 32". Here's my buddy Mike with his two best! The smile says it all!

Joe · « **Reply #21 on:** May 29, 2009, 09:18:27 AM »

Wow!!! very nice, topwater too? woohoo.

aggrivates me I totally missed it this year, these pics are salt in the wound!

Just4fun · « **Reply #22 on:** June 01, 2009, 07:18:25 AM »

Got out a few times over the weekend to wrap up the month,...first pic is my son's friend who is a very inexperienced fisherman. He was not expecting something to pull that hard and he really had his hands full trying to get it to the boat as my son & I were hooting & hollering!! Wish I would've thought to video the fight,..it was pretty funny watching the struggle!!

2nd pic was my last fish of the month,..right around 34 inches and somewhere in the 15-20lb range!

GMAN · « **Reply #23 on:** June 01, 2009, 07:44:10 AM »

man thats awesome. Looks like alot of fun!!

pondhopper · « **Reply #24 on:** June 02, 2009, 03:50:37 AM »

You are the man!

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