Fishing Memorial Day Weekend 2012

Saturday I went out to Amston Lake. There was a steady breeze from out of the west 5-7mph, but the fish were biting. They were hitting a Zoom Red Shad Ribbontail and Yamamoto Root beer hula grub. In a half day I caught 30 fish, mostly small to medium bass and pickerel. The biggest fish caught were 24" and 18" pickerel. Monday I fished Red Cedar Lake in Lebanon, CT. The weather was perfect, but the fish were not very interested in the stuff I was throwing out there. I only caught 8 small to medium fish in a half day. The highlight of the day was on my way out; I met another fisherman that had visited this blog site. Sorry I didn't get your name. Send me a comment; let me know how you did Monday.

Colchester Area Fishing July 18th

This was a very hot week, with temperatures in the 90's every day. I fished Red Cedar Lake, Amston Lake, Powers Lake and Savin Pond. Fishing was less than average with no big fish caught.
Matt and I fished Red Cedar. We fished from 5:30 to about 10am. He caught 10 and I caught 13 fish. Almost all the fish I caught while using the Baby Bass Senko fished wacky style.
Amston Lake fishing was good. I caught 19 fish with a combination of senkos. By 9am they weren't hitting the senkos so I started fishing deep with jigs. I usually don't have much luck with deep water, but this day was different. I caught 8 more fish bouncing the jig on the bottom.
On Saturday I went to Powers Lake. I had 3 bites right in a row witht the baby bass and promptly lost it on the 3 bite due to a faulty knot. Tying a bad not was bad enough, but I was really upset with myself when I discoverd that was my last baby bass, I forgot to restock them. It gets worse, they would hit any other senko I had. They wouldn't hit the spinner bait either, so I went to the jigs and caught 9 with that. Most were 6-8 in bass. The biggest fish was a 16" pickerel.
Sunday I went to Savin Pond and did not do very well. I caught 5 small largemouth and a 15" pickerel. I sure hope this heat wave breaks soon.

Colchester Area Fishing July 11th Week

Good weather for fishing this week. On Monday Matt and I went to Lake Williams. It was the first fishing trip of the year for Matt and he made the most of it. He caught the first fish of the day and had a real hot streak going with a red senko. At one point he had 7 fish to my 3, but when they stopped hitting the red, he lost momentum. Matt ended up with 9 bass and I caught 16. I got the biggest fish, a 2lb 14oz bass.

On Wednesday I went to Red Cedar Lake and caught 16 bass, pickerel and perch. I have been trying out the crank bait lures and they accounted for the perch and pickerel. Most of the bass were caught on the smoke senko, but none of the bass were big.

Friday was the day I went to Amston Lake. Using a mix of senkos I caught 24 small to medium bass. They were not interested in the crank bait lures.

Sunday was spent on Powers Lake, it was very crowded. There were at least 6 fishing boats/kayaks there besides mine. The fishing wasn't very good, all I caught was 7 small fish using crank baits and senkos. After a week of use, I am going to put the crank baits away and try deep jigs and spinner baits next week. As the summer is really starting to heat up I need to go into deeper water.

Colchester Area Fishing Week of July 4th

Lake of Isles
I spent most of this week fishing, including the Lake of Isles Lake near the casino. On Monday, the 4th of July I went to Lake Hayward, because I didn't want to be bothered by water skiers, jet skiers, power boats, etc. It was a good idea and many had the same idea as well. I was the second person out of the boat ramp but within 2 hours 13 more boats launched from the ramp. The lake was too crowded for me and after caching only 2 average size fish I quit and went home.

Tuesday I spend with my family, and Wednesday I went to Red Cedar Lake. It never felt like it was good fishing, but by the end of the morning I had 14 fish. One was 17", two were 15" long and most of them were caught using the Baby Bass Senko. It was a good day for equipment too, I didn't lose any jigs, hooks and only used up 2 worms. I am almost fishing exclusively with senkos now. I am getting no action on the hulas, grubs or power worms.

Thursday morning was spent fishing Amston Lake, it was very good. Using a combination of the smoke/pearl senko and a converted grub I caught 25 small to medium bass and pickerel. I had a Yamamoto (Watermelon w/red flakes) "Creature" with two long fins in front, small paddles in the back and finished with a hula skirt. I haven't caught anything with it, so I cut off the big fins and fished it with the 3 inch body, paddles and hula skirt, 8-10 of the fish were caught with this grub.

Friday I took a trip to Amos Lake. I only got 20 minutes of fishing in before it started raining. So I sat in my car for an hour until the rain stopped and went back out. It is a big, beautiful and deep lake. At one point I tried to test the depth of the water, but my (30')anchor line ran out before the anchor hit bottom. This being the first time to fish this lake I fished the edge of the lake for most of the shoreline. I caught 6 small (6-8") bass using senkos and had no luck with the hulas or grubs. It is a very nice lake and I do plan on going back soon.

On Saturday I went to Lake of Isles and Avery Pond. Lake of Isles is very pretty with its golf course and it's rock crusted islands. The water is moderate to shallow with a lot of weeds. I only able to catch a couple small bass in the lily pads. I did see another boat catch a couple nice sized pickerel. I was finished by 9:30 and went to Avery Pond. It is a nicely sized round pond with mostly shallow water. The wind was blowing 10-15 mph by then and the water was pretty murky. Again, I was only able to catch a couple small bass.

Sunday was my first time on Powers Lake. I really like this lake. Other than the Yale "Educational Center" (complete with cabins, beach, slide, kayaks, canoes, raft, pavilion)there are no camps on the lake. It seems to be moderate depth along the edges with patches of lily pads along it's shoreline. I did not fish the middle, so I don't know how deep it goes. By 9am I had caught 10 (8-10") bass in the northern section. As I moved to the southern part, there were no more bites. I put a small crank-bait on one of my poles and started flipping it under the overhanging tree limbs. A sunfish hit it while it was still on the surface. So I started fishing for sunfish that way. I would throw it out and count to 5 while it laid on the surface, then I would retrieve the lure. By the time I caught 10 more sunfish, it was noon and I was getting hungry. I was worth the extra drive and I will go back.

Fishing Amston Lake June 15 2010

Between work and family commitments I was able to get in a couple hours of fishing yesterday. There is a lot of real estate going on so I wanted to fish close to home and fished Amston Lake. I started around 10am and the fishing was real slow. The first 3 fish were an average of 6" long and took an hour to catch. It took a while to find the right pattern but once I did the fishing was slow and steady. Most of the fish were on the small side, but 3 of the bass were in the 11-12" range. The best fish of the day was a 18" bass on a senko like the one pictured above. By mid afternoon the wind was picking up and I had places to go. The final count was 16 bass, pickerel and a crappie.

Fishing Amston Lake June 2 2010

After catching 6 fish at Gardner Lake on Monday I needed a boost, so I went to Amston Lake. The night before I decided it was time to cut back on all the excess plastic bait I have. I threw out a bunch of stuff that I wasn't going to use and put some aside to try one more time before getting rid of them. I like to change up my bait and fishing style once in a while, especially when I feel like I'm depending too much on one style or pattern too much. So on this day I put away my grubs and senkos and went with Zoom's Chartreuse worm, Berkley's Swirl tail and Ribbon tail. The results of the day were pretty good. I caught 16 fish including bass, pickerel, perch and crappie. I don't know if was related to the different bait and patterns, but a lot of the fish were caught in places where I haven't caught fish before. There is a concept in this that will require more thought. The biggest fish was a 21" pickerel caught on the red swirl tail. The next time I go out I will try these baits and patterns to see if this is a fluke, or a lesson to be learned.

Amston Lake May 2 2010

After a week of chasing turkeys in the Berkshires with my dad, I got a chance to fish on Sunday afternoon. Not want to take a chance on not being to find any parking I went to Amston Lake. The wind was high (10-20mph) on the lake but the weather was warm and sunny. At one point I had to paddle across the lake to get to the lee shore. My Wilderness Pungo is very stable and made the trip without trouble.

I hit a few hot spots and ended up catching 20 small fish, mostly pickerel. This is the first time I've caught crappie there. Jigging soft plastic works well, but I am really looking forward to dropping some senkos if and when the wind stops blowing. Hopefully I can get ahold of some of the big bass hiding out there.

Amston Lake Fishing April 21 2010

Took the kayak out to Amston Lake today. Fishing was good, as usual. I caught 20 fish using jigs and single tail grubs. Most of the fish were small (11-15") pickerel with a couple of small bass thrown in. I ended up with 3 tail-less grubs and 2 other so beat up that they barely stayed on the jig. Water is still too cold for the bass to get going I guess.

April 2010 Amston Lake Fishing

It was of those gorgeous April days on Monday. High 70 degrees with a 5 - 10 mph breeze and I went to Amston Lake fishing. I bought a bunch of new soft baits for this years. This lake is very clean, so the exotic colors were pretty much ignored. I caught most of the fish on the standard green variations. I caught 2 yellow perch, 6 bass and 12 pickerel. The biggest bass was about 11 inches and the biggest pickerel was about 13 inches. Because of the wind, everything was fished with a 1/4 oz jig.

Bass Fishing Amston Lake September 14th

Between work, coaching soccer and bad weather it has been a while since I went fishing. I didn't plan on going today, but I woke up early this morning and went. I was planning on going to Red Cedar Lake, but that ment I would have to drive by the High School at the same time as the buses arrive. So I decided to go to Amston Lake instead. I caught 4 small bass and one 17" long. Not a lot of fish, but it was a great day to be out in the kayak. I tried a "Ribbit" frog for a couple of hours. I had a couple of hits, but didn't hook anything. Once again, the fish were caught on the Senko.

Fishing Amston Lake August 14th

Friday, August 12th I was able to spend some time fishing Amston Lake. I had to quit early and do some real estate work. The fish weren't aggressive, but they were biting. I caught a 17" and 9 other smaller bass. I tried other worms, but the only bites I got were on the Senkos. With this weeks warmer weather the fishing seems to have let off. It has been a wierd weather season and the fish don't seem to be following their regular patterns or in the usual spots. Oh well, that's fishing for you.


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Amston Lake Fishing August 3rd

After fishing Lake Haywood yesterday I decided to treat myself and fish Amston Lake today. The weather was absolutely perfect. The fish were biting, almost too well. I caught 15 bass, 2 perch, 2 sunfish and a pickerel. I had 20 fish caught and released by 8am. The pickerel was 15" and 3 of the bass were 12 - 13" long. Everything else was small. Once again, the Senkos and grubs were the bait of choice. I really hated quitting fishing this morning, but 20 fish is the agreement I made with my family.

Largemouth Bass Fishing Amston Lake July 29th

I fished Amston Lake today and caught 20 fish. There was one perch and the rest were largemouth bass. I had no luck in the lilly pads where I caught the big ones last week, so in desperation I started fishing the shoreline. Most of the fish were small, but I did catch three bass that were 17" long. I used a combination of Yamamoto Senkos and grubs.

Amston Lake July 25th

I fished Amston Lake today. It was a little windy and I have lost my anchor. I wasn't able to set up the way I would like to, for the big fish. So I hit the areas that were out of the wind and also did some drift fishing. I was able to catch 20 fish, mostly bass with a couple of pickerel and perch thrown in. I used a combination of Yamamoto Senkos and grubs to catch most of the fish. I caught one 15" bass and everything else was small (6 - 11").

Amston Lake July 19th Good Fishing

Another great day of fishing. I went to Amston Lake this Sunday, the weather was perfect and the fish were biting. I caught and released 20 fish by 8:30am. Most were in the 11-13" range with one 16" long. I had a 4 to 5 pound bass almost up to the boat before he slipped the hook. The fish were caught on Yamamoto's Senkos and Berkley's Turtleback Worm. The fishing seems to be at peak levels now, I hope I can get out more this week.

Fishing Amston Lake June 29th

I fished Amston Lake today. The weather went from cloudy and showers to sunny 70 degrees. I started fishing around 6:30 am and caught 20 fish by 11:15am. They were about half pickerel and half largemouth bass with a calico bass thrown into the mix. I had to use a combination of plastic grubs, power worms, diving minnows and shaky worms. All fish were small to average except for one 17” largemouth.

Amston Lake

A friend got me onto Amston Lake today, and the fishing was good. I started fishing around noon and it took about an hour to find something they liked. I caught most of the fish on Yamamoto Senkos, fished wacky style. For the first couple of hours I caught pickerels, then mostly bass. I caught 20 fish. I think it was 10 of each. The biggest pickerel was 20” and one bass was 15”. I promised my family that I will quit fishing for the day when I catch 20 fish. It is hard to believe, but they miss me.