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Connecticut => Ice Fishing Connecticut => Topic started by: bugchazer on Feb 10, 2019, 12:49 PM
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Anyone been out on the lake, thinking of trying it Monday night. :tipup:
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Was out Friday and had 4 to 7 inches, whole lake locked up. It should be much better after the last cold nights. Fishing was sooo slow!
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I was there friday night too, lots of wind flags and perch. My buddy caught one eye, otherwise slow is an upgrade from what it was
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Thanks guy gonna try tomorrow nite. It’s always slow when I go there
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Wind flags were a killer. I love seeing the lights but that was cruel!
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I'll be there tomorrow night too, I'll be the guy in the Orange suit
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I’ll stop and talk
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I might join you, I'll have to see how today goes. :tipup:
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Another normal nite at Mash. for me. 3 early perch type bites then nothing. 5-7 “ good hard ice.good nite to look at the stars
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Curious if anyone's been using wheelers or snow machines on Mash
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No, ice has been iffy from those warm spells, but it's about 6" now
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Thanks WS60. shoe leather express for awhile longer i suppose
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It was good to see you bugchazer me and my wife got two eye 3 yellow. Flag was going up then it stop around 7pm then wife got bored and cold and wanted go home will be heading this Sunday night
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Was good seeing both deafice and woodstock60; Glad you caught something,I got the skunk. I will probably be there Sunday also :tipup:
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Are there any areas to look out for other than the obvious inlet/outlet for thin areas. The wife and I will probably make a trip Friday and or Saturday to there but I am unfamiliar with Mashapaug, only fished it once from kayak.
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Yes Bug, it was great to chat with you, I did ok. 1 eye, 1 yellow. But I did find a nice school of calico on the jig, got around 20 with some real slobs in there
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Has anyone been outside the boat launch cove towards the middle of the lake? And has anyone ever caught smallmouth in there? Looking at navionics (if it's right), there is some good looking depths and structure around those islands out in the middle.
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Has anyone been outside the boat launch cove towards the middle of the lake? And has anyone ever caught smallmouth in there? Looking at navionics (if it's right), there is some good looking depths and structure around those islands out in the middle.
What's a navionic? A phone app?
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What's a navionic? A phone app?
Ya, Navionics boating app
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webapp.navionics.com if you don't want to download the app. Great resource.
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Navionics is a game changer! 10 bucks for app for life.
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Anyone have a recent ice thickness. Planning on sitting around watching the lack of flags tomorrow.
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I plan to be there Sunday nite doing same thing, good luck ;)
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Any word on the ice ? Planning on going tonight for eyes , did well last time and got 5 walleye . My first time ever fishing for them
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I will post when I get there, waiting for my wife to wake up. We still might be there into tonight if she can hang. I’ve never ice fished there so I am hopeful we get something, anything...
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Use navionics . Location is key
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I have the navatronics, and have an idea of where to set up. But it is dependent on ice thickness of where we are going to set up too.
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Good luck. I’ll be there by 2 pm
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Any word on the ice ? I’m stuck at a side job or I’d be there already
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Ice is good. 7-8” to the point from the boat ramp. Didn’t go further but others are out further
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I’m on 7 inches out by the island just check it as you walk out found a few soft areas
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Good luck, we managed 4 flags and some action jigging. A couple pickerel and some yellow perch. Saw a couple trout on the marcum underwater camera, they were not having it though. Also, we saw a ton of small yellow perch 5-8” range cruising around in packs. Not a bad day, but not a great one either. We must have been in a bad location based on the crazy hot action I hear about there.
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Crazy hot action??
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Never had crazy hot action there in years. Maybe tomorrow nite the nite :-\ ;D
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Having a great night , 14 fish 4 eyes some crappie Perch and 5 bass
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Nice job!
You might need some oxygen after chasing all of those flags! :tipup:
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14 fish Nice !
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14! Must have hooked every fish in the lake. Lol
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People talk down about mashapaug but Everytime I’ve been there I’ve gotten a handful of walleyes and a group of other fish too.
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Anyone going tonight? I need a fishing partner, since my wife and son are staying home, and it is booooring fishing alone. Shoot me a pm.
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There should be plenty of guys on here fishing Mash tonight judging by this thread.
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I will be there late night around 1 am to 8 30 am
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Went out Sunday night it was pretty clear there was a busy weekend up there judging by the soda cans and dead fish iced on the end I fished.
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Not surprised it's every year
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Anybody been on Mashapaug lately? I'm considering heading up today because we've got open water down here on the shoreline.
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heading out sat afternoon. into the dark, most likely last time for me on Ct. ice
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heading out sat afternoon. into the dark, most likely last time for me on Ct. ice
Why? Looks like cold temps on the horizon to me. At the least Litchfield County will be building ice all next week
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I might tag along tomorrow. I haven't tried Mashapaug yet this year. :tipup:
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I’m heading down this afternoon should be on the ice by 3 . Hoping for another weekend like last weekend with plenty of bigger eyes
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How is the ice ? I’m heading up this afternoon
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I’ll be there tonight with octane, ice should be ok. Was there Sunday nite, good 8+ inches. Hasn’t been that warm up there. :tipup:
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Bug chaser we will be out by the small island by the dam
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ice is good just left there after being there from friday 7am. its average of 8 inches good solid ice.
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I didn't catch a thing last night. I'll try another location next time. Not sure if I'll hit Mashapaug again this season though, Bigelow is right there and has been more generous with the fish.
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Anyone fishing tomorrow ? I’ll be on the lake around 2pm-10 or so
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Pretty sure mashapaug is closed for fishing.
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The state needs to get rid of closed season on certain ponds. Open them all up. Especially Mashapaug there's going to be good ice there for probably a good month. Just get rid of the closed season already you aren't going to be stocking any fish until right before opening day which is a joke anyways. We pay good money to go fishing and extra if we want to keep a trout. Just venting but I know that there's a lot of anglers who feel the same way. I also understand that alot of people enjoy opening day as a tradition and something to look forward to. :-\
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That is so stupid . Also I drove down this morning and there were people all over the ice