1'st Team CT Outing - Feb 8 - Sign-up/food.

[Trooper Bri]

1'st annual Team CT outing @ Wethersfield Cove. Feb 8, 2009!
This is an all day event. If the weather and ice are good, the cove will be busy. Get there as early as you want to get a good spot on the ice. Plenty of time to figure out a base camp location. Maybe someone will toss me a coordinate. We can make the official end around mid-afternoon. Plan for a group photo too in the early afternoon.

I'm going with this date for now, with rain dates for the following 2 Sundays (15'th and 22'nd) to make sure we can get this event in. We had a pile of rain last winter that wrecked the river.
This date will change if Mike G over on CTfisherman choses Feb 8'th for Iceholes. In which case i'll forward our event plan one week.

This even is open to any IceShanty member, not just CT. We welcome anyone from the area that wants to join in.

Wethersfield Cove is located at the end of Main St. in Wethersfield. You can catch it right off I91. Exit # to be posted when i remember. MapQuest or Google yourself directions if needed.

A big thanks to Connecticut Outfitters http://www.ct-outfitters.com for offering to donate small and medium shiners to the event 
They are literally 5 minutes from the cove. But since it's the river, pick up some big baits for the pike, stripers, and big cats too. They've switched over to winter mode, and have lots of swag.
554 Wethersfield Ave
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 296-0110

As stated, this is the sign-up and food thread. Keep an eye on this post for the list and updates. Lemme know who's coming. We have to pull a permit from the DEP, and a proper head count is appreciated.
If you're bringing food to share, let me know what you've planned. Please also supply the proper servingware for it (if needed). And also please have a garbage bag handy so we leave the ice the same way we arrived. Clean.

For now this is just a friendly gathering, but if you guys want to make a "tourney" out of it somehow, we can get some braggin' rights trophies made up easy and cheap. Just say the word.

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Josh B. -Tentative-
 With:
 Bringing: cooking supplies

miket.
 With: his brother Kenny
 Bringing: TBD

spanky1
 With: Trooper Bri
 Bringing: (Frank) either sausage&peppers or chicken parm

Romey
 With: TBD
 Bringing: grill, burgers, dogs, soda, water.

Keith H
 With: "a buddy"
 Bringing: portable grill & food

metalfish
 With:
 Bringing: TBD

Smitty0118
 With: duramaxdan "dead or alive!"
 Bringing: (Smitty) smoker and a whole mess of chow
 (duramaxdan)  soda & water

KAJ
 With:
 Bringing: soda or hot dogs

lets go fishing -Tentative-
 With: 1 or 2 others
 Bringing:

SeaDog1
 With:
 Bringing:

pooley -Tentative-
 With:
 Bringing: TBD

ctfishermanct
 With:
 Bringing: filling the voids

elcapitanmas
 With: possible crew
 Bringing: 2 pans of Shepards Pie

TeamRapCT
 With: +1
 Bringing: TBD

TCASS
 With:
 Bringing: TBD

andrew -Tentative-
 With:
 Bringing:

BURDCT
 With:
 Bringing: TBD

cloughrog
 With:
 Bringing: TBD

Geno -Tentative-
 With:
 Bringing:

FoxyCleo
 With: 1 partner
 Bringing: 12pk and some chow

BobB257 -Tentative-
 With: son and daughter
 Bringing: TBD

gboutdoors
 With: a few friends
 Bringing: a big stew or soup

craiger
 With:
 Bringing: Beverages

Velcro
 With:
 Bringing: TBD (casserole maybe)

SaxMatt
 With: couple family members
 Bringing:

(head count: 39)

[Josh B.]

Should be there, will have the cooking supplies so anyone is welcome to food!

[hrdwtr24]

I'm in Bri... I will be bringing my 2 sons as well.. i'm thinking a big pot of venison stew or chili is what i will bring ...Bob...

[spanky1]

I'll be sure to bring something Bri. I'll decide as we approach the date...either sausage&peppers or chicken parm.

[Romey]

im in bri!  im not sure how many are coming with me but im sure at least one... i will gladly bring food but don't know what yet!

[Keith_H]

Bri, I am more than pumped about it.  I will probably bring one of my buddys, a portable grill, and some food.

[metalfish]

Count me in. I will think of something to bring for food.

[Smitty0118]

I live about a block from the cove.  I may pull my smoker out on a sled and smoke up some bluefish my bro caught over the summer.  No worries, it was been in a deep freeze since.  I can also smoke up a pork shoulder and haul out some pulled pork for a little taste of summer BBQ out on the ice.  Might make good chum for the holes as well. 

[KAJ]

Sounds like a blast!!!
I can bring soda or some Hot Dogs.


My brother or my wife might tag along.

[lets go fishin]

I should be there, will be bringing 1 or 2 others

[Trooper Bri]

Updated!

I tossed myself in with spanky. I'll be bringing my Coleman stove to do up some breakfast sandwiches. Probably on hard rolls.

[duramaxdan]

I'm definitly in, only thing that will keep me from coming is death and if that happens I'll still make an appearance. I've played at the cove last two seasons and am getting to know it better each time. As for grub Sounds like we have it well covered I will bring some sodas and water. Should we cook some of our catch, can't get any fresher than just caught perchys or crappies.
see you then if not earlier.
DAN
Attending with older brother smitty0118

[Romey]

i will bring a grill and some burgers and dogs or something... along with some soda and water.

[Trooper Bri]

No worries Mike. Plenty of time to dive in. If we get 30 IS members on the ice, i'll consider it a successful outing.

[fishingman17]

i would go but  don't know where it is and  i don't have my license yet

[Trooper Bri]

The head count is at the bottom of the list of participants, and reflects the highest best guess. It will be updated everytime the list is.
That reminds me. Since we need a permit, i'll see what our limit for people (if any) applies for Wethersfield Cove.

I also expect "silly season" around the 2 week mark SeaDog, so your 10 day guess isn't far off. It's where people who have been sitting on the bubble for a month jump in, and sudden plan changes remove other attendees.

As far as food goes, bring enough food to feed as many people as you want. 5 or 50. For some guys, these types of gatherings are ways of showing off the grill skill on the ice. I've been organizing and attending these for years, and we have never come close to running out of food at any outing, ever! Smitty and Dan alone are looking to show up ready to feed the masses!
All i ask is that we all carry out what we carried in. If you're serving food, also have plates and sporks. Also have a garbage bag out for when they're done sampling.

[pooley]

i'll try to make it guys! i'll  bring food too.

[ctfishermanct]

i will be there bri no matter what whatever you need for food drinks beer whatever ill bring cant wait to get out there and meet some of the guys

[elcapitanmas]

see yall there 

E

[TeamRapCT]

Put me +1 down, it sounds like a blast.  Ill wait till it gets a little closer, to see what we need.  Im not much of a chef, but im willing to bring anything..

[P.Dona]

Put me as "Tentative" .  I've never fished the cove on the ice, so this should be fun. Food : TBA.  There won't be any jet sled rides will there ?

[Trooper Bri]

Alright pooley! I may have a reason to hold back on my bottle of Ice Hole this season. 

I wish i had room to put someone up for the night, but if anyone else is considering the long drive, there is a Holiday Inn Express on Brainard Rd. in Hartford. It's just around the corner from Connecticut Outfitters, and the same 5 minutes from the cove.

List is updated, and i'm awaiting a reply from the DEP to see what our limit is for people.

[spanky1]

Put me as "Tentative" .  I've never fished the cove on the ice, so this should be fun. Food : TBA.  There won't be any jet sled rides will there ?

LOL. My quad is too old and too slow so everyone is safe. Try to get there Paul, you'll love fishing the cove!

[rocklobster]

Would love to make it but will be up north for the Winni tourney

[Trooper Bri]

I don't think we're going to have any high speed Jet Sled rides in Wethersfield Cove. It may be busy, and it's close to Hartford. I don't want them city folk shooting at us.

Sorry we're going to miss you rocklobster!

[Romey]

i will be fishin this little tourney with one of my buddies from home!  How is it going to work? by species?  what do you think?

I cant wait!

[Trooper Bri]

I haven't thought that far Romey. Just wanted to get this rolling. But i'm sure with 25 or 35 of us out there, some cool stuff will come through the ice. Wethersfield Cove offers up a lot of species. I'm particularly interested in either bagging a real frippin' pike (if i don't by then), a striper,  or getting a carp since E is going to be there. Never caught a carp.

If you guys want to do a some sort of tourney, you have plenty of time to hash it out. Count me in. Even a blind squirrel gets lucky once in a while.

[FoxyCleo]

Most Likely I'll be there, little far off to be sure, I'll bring something along  TBD once it gets closer 8)

[Romey]

sorry just a little excited I guess! 
Striper through the ice is more fun than you can imagine!  I've gotten two out of that cove in the past two years!  one 26" and one 24"!  fought like all hell!

[KAJ]

Romey,
In 2 years fishing that cove through the ice,
I'm still waiting for that striper ..

A small  Bass from last year.


You can jig a ton of Spot tail shiners, the problem I have is  keeping them alive once I catch them.
I can keep them alive by drilling a livewell in the ice, but once I take them home they die...