Fall CT Chunk

[Tokyo Tony]

Hey guys,

Went out to my favorite lake with fishizzle yesterday (10/25/09) for a few hours. It was a chilly, windy day, with wind out of the northwest, and surface temps at 52-54. We started out on a submerged roadbed (same one where I caught my last nice fish), with no luck. The roadbed is an awesome piece of structure, which, at the current water level, is 6 feet deep on top, dropping to 12-14 feet on either side, with large chunk rock scattered throughout. As I've been doing lately, I stuck with a black/blue jig with a Ragetail chunk trailer of the same color.

We scanned some dying weed clumps, picking off a couple small bass and a couple pickerel, then headed back to the roadbed for another shot. Nothing for a while, until I got this one on a 1/2 oz Manns' Stone jig, right off the end of the roadbed where it drops to about 14 feet. Felt a little tap, set the hook, and the fight was on. She was a bit sluggish due to the cold water, so she didn't jump, but she did pull nice and hard, especially boatside.

After this, we snagged a couple more shorts, then called it a day. All in all, a very slow day, but this fish turned what otherwise would have been a bad day, into a decent one. I'll finish with a couple pictures of some nice New England scenery :-)

[Tin]

Nice fall fish. The jig bite is always the best this time of year imo.

(I'm 21 in 3 weeks, almost time we all meet up at Foxwoods lol)

[-HAWK-]

Great fish and Pictures. That scenery is amazing.

[Tokyo Tony]

Thanks guys.

Tin - do you play poker? I used to go to the casino a lot for poker, but haven't been in a while. I remember one day in 2007 I called out of work, took my float tube out to Wyassup Lake (10 mins from Foxwoods'), caught over 20 bass, then played poker for three hours, made $330.00+, and got home at the same time I would have gotten home from work. Calling out that day was one of the best decisions I've made  8-)

[Grey Wolf]

Thanks for sharing those great pictures.

[Big-O]

WTG Tony, Your photo's are AWESOME too....cold water and jigs go together like warm gloves and cold fingers 

www.ragetail.com

[Craiger12]

That is some gorgeous scenary. Where in CT is that?

[chubaka]

Nice fishes, and nice scenery.

[looking4structure]

Really nice pics.Pretty Bass.Keep them coming.

[Tokyo Tony]

Thanks guys 

Craiger, it's in Tolland/Ellington.

[Tin]

Thanks guys.

Tin - do you play poker? I used to go to the casino a lot for poker, but haven't been in a while. I remember one day in 2007 I called out of work, took my float tube out to Wyassup Lake (10 mins from Foxwoods'), caught over 20 bass, then played poker for three hours, made $330.00+, and got home at the same time I would have gotten home from work. Calling out that day was one of the best decisions I've made 8-)

Yup, can't wait to play there.

[roadwarrior]

Nice fish, great pics!

8-)

[Culln5]

Great catch on a beautiful backdrop!

[is300n8]

would that be the snip by chance?? i live in tolland so you were in my neck of the woods.. where are you from ?