CT - Windsor

[RemyL]

Water's still cold and obviously isn't going to improve much for a bit, but I caught my first bass (maybe first ever, honestly don't remember if I caught any as a kid, I caught all sorts of stuff but was never really after bass specifically). Washington Park in Windsor, CT on Friday. I was the only person there all morning and I caught a nice 2lber on a black and blue Zman Chatterbait with a Strike King Halfshell trailer in Sexy Shad. He was out a bit from the bank but still fairly shallow given the temps. I don't know, maybe he followed it a ways before hitting. I got a few other nibbles but nothing else caught other than a sunken log that snagged me briefly.

 

Pretty pumped about that catch. Until that one all I've caught since I got back to fishing has been blue gill. They're amusing but not really what I am focused on. Tackle worked great, it was also my first ever catch on casting gear rather than spinning. I'll figure out the pic later. I have one but not downloaded to my office computer and don't want to mess with it right now. (added pic)

Edited March 25, 2020 by RemyL
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[RemyL]

Two more visits, nothing landed. Some nibbles and what may have been bite and let go hits or could have been random mud covered rocks or weeds that didn't leave any evidence later, but no fish caught.

 

The weather's been weird though, and it went from murky to stained to murky... No clue what's going on with the fish in there. The turtles were active the second trip.

 

I did "yell" with a guy who has fished that pond and he agreed that it is very hit or miss but has some decent fish. He also told me about another pond in Windsor he had some luck at, so maybe this weekend I'll try there.

 

Funny story. Apparently throwing a texas rigged craw needs very different thumb action and spool tension/brake than the same setup as a worm or other denser setup. I freakin tangled that reel up five times in half an hour before I got it figured out. I wanted to smack myself once I did, but I'm still new at this stuff and the wind resistance of the claws just didn't register for me. My fishing partner was laughing her butt off at me.

[Weeds]

I would have never expected Washington Park to have Bass in it.

[RemyL]

Yup. I've got no idea how many, but I saw another one over the weekend, but couldn't catch him.

So far I've seen several bass, including a tiny one a friend caught, catfish and some panfish.

 

At this point I'm basically treating it like a challenge. The place is too convenient and I know there are fish, so now I'm determined to figure them out. Folks seem to do ok with live worms so maybe I'll try those synthetic egg strings folks use for trout.