Chris Finch
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so we have been drawing down the lower marsh at haddam to get the juvenile pike. the numbers were good but the pike were extremely small (avg ~90mm) (somebody is going on vacation and wont let us run the marsh, but is neither here nor there).
so on the 5th day of the drawdown we were getting close the magical 28"mark, this is when the heavy pike flow is. the tide was coming up so we hopped to the marsh side of the weir to increase the outflow of the marsh. we stood there for 30 seconds to make sure no debris would get sucked into the weir, then headed back to our scooping post on the lower end of the weir. this is when all hell broke loose: the wier was completly filled. with what we didn't know. the creatures had a large head and a skinny body so we were thinking bullhead fingerlings. i grabbed a net and scooped as many could fit. even in my wildest dreams i never thought i would have a 40lbs+ net full of...
BOWFIN FINGERLINGS!!!!!!!!!
we estimated 40,000 were released. they are by far the coolest fish we have
i have aslo been getting into catfishing. our annual angler guide came out this year with a picture of me holding a 90CM channel. i say the pretty blond girl got the cover but i got the centerfold, HAHAHA.
here are a few pics of my last outing with my lady and her pup.
Nikki's first wiska puss
even a striper will hit chicken liver (we have actually gotten 2 stripers off of chicken liver)
so on the 5th day of the drawdown we were getting close the magical 28"mark, this is when the heavy pike flow is. the tide was coming up so we hopped to the marsh side of the weir to increase the outflow of the marsh. we stood there for 30 seconds to make sure no debris would get sucked into the weir, then headed back to our scooping post on the lower end of the weir. this is when all hell broke loose: the wier was completly filled. with what we didn't know. the creatures had a large head and a skinny body so we were thinking bullhead fingerlings. i grabbed a net and scooped as many could fit. even in my wildest dreams i never thought i would have a 40lbs+ net full of...
BOWFIN FINGERLINGS!!!!!!!!!
we estimated 40,000 were released. they are by far the coolest fish we have
i have aslo been getting into catfishing. our annual angler guide came out this year with a picture of me holding a 90CM channel. i say the pretty blond girl got the cover but i got the centerfold, HAHAHA.
here are a few pics of my last outing with my lady and her pup.
Nikki's first wiska puss
even a striper will hit chicken liver (we have actually gotten 2 stripers off of chicken liver)