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.

Red Cedar April 24 2010

The customer never showed up for todays showing. I consoled myself by going fishing. Red Cedar Lake in Lebanon, Ct was crowded , but I was able to get the last available parking spot. It was sunny, windy and the temperature was in the mid 50's. Fishing was slow and I ended catching 10 fish in about 4 hours. One of the pickerel was about 15" long and 2 of the bass were 12-13". Due to the wind I am still jigging single tail grubs.

Lake Williams April 15th

It was one of those days when I just had to go fishing! My schedule was open for the day and even though the wind was 10-20mph I didn't care. So I went to my favorite lake and the wind was whipping down from the North, the whole length of the lake. After much paddling in the face of the wind I finally got to the far end of the lake and out of most of the wind.

Fortunately the trip was worth it. I caught 20 fish, 17 pickerel, 2 bass and 1 perch. All the fish were small to average size and were caught jigging single-tail grubs. By the 20th fish I was exhausted and ready to quit. The trip back to the dam was greatly assisted by the wind at my back.