Colchester CT area Fishing May 27

This week I went to Mitchell Pond in Salem and Upper Moodus Reservoir. Mitchell pond did not work out wee. In about 4-5 hours fishing I caught 7 fish, a mix of pickerel and bass. I will try it again later in the year.

The next time I went out I decided to go to the upper Moodus Reservoir. As I went by the dam I was reminded that they are repairing the dam and the reservoir is about 2 feet down from it's usual level. The wind was blowing pretty good there, even though it was calm at home. Paddling against the wind, in low water and not catching any fish I was thinking about going somewhere else while it was still early in the day. Just as I was about to turn around I caught the first fish. I was using "Chompers" 4" Chartreuse Pepper skirted grub and caught 3 fish in the next 5 casts. The 5th cast was one of those long casts I use when I get a loop in the reel. I made about 5 turns on the reel when my pole bent into a big "U". After 5 minutes of fighting and 25 yard ride, I pulled in a 4 lb 3 oz largemouth. It's my first large fish of the year. I ended up with 14 fish for the afternoon, with the one big one.

May fishing Colchester CT area 2011

Man what wet and windy spring. Between the weather and work I haven't fished much this spring. Some of the days I did go fishing had marginal weather, but I was suffering from fishing withdrawal and had to go out. The lakes are still high and cold so I'm catching mostly (90%) pickerel. The best day so far was at Lake Williams when I caught 20 fish in the back Lily pads with a white and a green hula grub

The biggest fish so far are a 23inch pickerel and a 15 inch largemouth bass. I am using Yamamoto hula grubs and flukes like the one above. I've not had much success with flukes in the past but the ones I'm using this year are working pretty good. I'll write more about that in a later blog.

The fishing at Red Cedar Lake, Lake Williams, Gardner Lake and Pickerel Lake has been average for a late April early May. I did not catch anything at Ruby Cohen Pond. I plan on fishing Upper Moodus Reservoir and Mitchell Pond soon. I'll let you know how it goes.