#663544 - 02/04/0302:49 PM
12 months in a row ! Stripers in the Housi !
Frank
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Registered: 06/06/01
Posts: 10391
Loc: Shelton, CT
Mission accomplished! YA HOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!
After countless trips to the Housi in over the past several years, I have finally managed to catch a striper for 12 months straight. I've enjoyed each and every trip, many with site members, over the past year. Plenty of skunks but LOTS of fish.
I managed 2 fish today, 23" and 26". Both were caught on 3" pearl shad bodies on a 1/4 oz jighead.
Here is a photo of the 26".
For you other guys with some goals out there that I know of, RiverRat(ice species), Blaine(Norwich ice? you nut)), DonP(50+), John from Madison(tuna on the Icarus), and many more I forgot to mention fish hard and most of all, enjoy the ride !!!!
Way to go Frank!! Just think, come June we could use fish like that for bait!!
I can't wait to check out that river with you during the run. Wait till you see some of the stuff I am making for plugging and jigging.....
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#663546 - 02/04/0303:35 PM
Re: 12 months in a row ! Stripers in the Housi !
RiverRat
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Registered: 02/20/02
Posts: 2014
Loc: CT
Congradulations Frank. That is an accomplishment that I hope to fullfil sometime within the next few years. Your example/feat is a very tough one to follow! Congrats again I'm glad you did it! How about doing two years in a row??
Hey Frank-Are you fishing from shore? At the Derby dam? My fishing goal for this year is to finally catch a striper on a fly rod. I have caught a few stripers on conventional gear in salt water, but I really don't know anything about catching stripers. Can you catch them wading in the Housatonic? I don't have a boat. I now live about 5 minutes from the Derby dam, so I want to give it a try.
:p
MAN!!
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