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.

Fishing Red Cedar Lake Lebanon Ct Aug 27 2010

Finally, after a week of rain, work, wind and family I got to go fishing today. I didn't get out until 11:30 but the temperature was in the mid 70s. From the boat launch I went along the right shoreline with senkos and grubs. When I started the wind was low and the water was clean. I was catching fish with the smoke grub and smoke senko. When the wind picked up and the power boats started, the water got murky. They stopped hitting that combination, but I caught a few fish with the green/lemon senko. In three hours of fishing I caught 9 fish. Four of the fish were 2 lb bass, two 8" bass, two 18" pickerel and a 5" perch. Should be able to get a couple more weeks of fishing in before turkey season starts.

Fishing Red Cedar Lake Aug 7 2010

Matt and I went to Red Cedar Lake in Lebanon, CT today. It was dark when we got there and the lake was smooth as glass. The temperature was around 58 degrees, a welcome change from the 85 - 90 degrees we've been having lately. I caught my first bass in less than 5 minutes. As usual this time of year we were fishing senkos, throwing them out and letting them slowly sink. By 9am Matt had 3 more fish than I did and we were on our way back. Then I caught 4 big fish in a row including this nice 4lb 11oz monster. Thanks to Matt for taking the picture, I owe him one.

Fishing Red Cedar Lake July 22 2010

Matt and I went to Red Cedar Lake in Lebanon, CT yesterday. As you can see from my photo below, we got there early! Fishing was slow, but steady. We couldn't find any Senko they really liked until in desperation I put on my last choice, a pearl white one. I caught 3 bass on the next 5 casts. You never know what they are going to like. Most of the fish were caught in the middle of the lake. The north end that was so good last time did not bring in any fish and we both lost gear on stumps there. We fished the west bank on the way back to get out of the wind. I caught a couple nice ones under the docks and off the shoreline. Unfortunately I got a phone call half way back to open a house for an appraisal and had to quit for the day. Matt caught 7 bass and I caught 17. Five of the fish I caught were in the 15 - 17 inch range.

Fishing Lake Williams June 25 2010

I took Matt to Lake Williams in Lebanon, CT for his first trip there. It was tough fishing into a 5-6mph headwind and the fishing was sluggish. I caught a couple of fish by the campground and a few more fish further up the lake. By the North end lily pads I did pretty well with the Senkos. Matt was getting a lot of hits with the jigs, but wasn't having much luck hooking or landing them. I spent some time with him teaching him how to fish the senkos, but by then the fish weren't hitting them anymore. By that time it was almost 11 and we had to leave. Matt caught 2 small bass and a pickerel. I caught 13 bass and pickerel. Three of the bass were 17" long; one of them is pictured above. It is nice fishing with someone that can take pictures. He took a pretty good photo for his first time with a camera.

Red Cedar Lake Fishing May 11th 2010

Red Cedar Lake, Lebanon CT

The office had no meeting or tour on Tuesday, and it wasn't raining. Lately, if it's not raining, it's a good day. The wind was 10-15 mph, but it was pushing me down the lake at a nice pace. In the first two hours I caught one fish. By that time I was down by the lilly pads. I changed from the jigged grubs to the topwater weedless setup. I had a lot of fun for the next couple of hours catching bass and pickerel. Two of the bass and one pickerel I caught were 15-16" long, the rest of the fish were average, 12-13" long. I caught a few more on the way back to the boat launch for a total of 15 fish.

Fishing Lake WIlliams May 7 2010

Lake Williams, Lebanon CT

To use a football analogy, "I took what the defense gave me." In this case, the wind (15-20mph) was from the Northwest, so I fished off of the North shore. Fishing was slow, but fruitful. I caught crappie, perch, pickerel, sunfish and large mouth bass. The 4 bass I caught were in the lilly pads and were about 12-13" long. I used some big single tail grubs, fished weedless on top of the water. There is nothing I like more than seeing a fish hit a bait on the top of the water. I ended up catching 20 fish in about 5 hours of fishing. Most of the fish caught were on the small to medium side. The wind pushed me back to the dam at a good clip. That was really appreciated because I was very tired by then.

Fishing Red Cedar Lake September 22nd

I had a break in my calendar and went fishing this morning. I went to Red Cedar Lake in Lebanon, CT. The early morning was dead calm and the temperature was a comfortable 57 degrees. The lake has definitely gotten colder, but not pain full wading out to launch the kayak. Fishing was not good. By 9 am I had only had a one fish hooked. A small pickerel that got off before I got him to the boat. Then I got a real estate call and decided to go home. Fishing my way back I caught 4 bass. One about 9" and the others were 12-13". Two of the fish were caught on on a Yamamoto Senko and the others on a Yamamoto Creature.

Fishing Lake WIlliams August 24th

This morning I fished Lake Williams in Lebanon, CT. I arrived before dawn and was surprised to find a breeze on the lake. Conditions were not ideal but I was able to catch 8 fish before I had to leave. I caught a few small perch, pickerel and 4 good (11-13") bass. They were not interested in the senkos today. I ended up catching the fish on a tequila colored power worm.


This property is for sale at Lake Williams. It is a house with beach rights.

6 Pounder at Red Cedar Lake Lebanon CT

It is a good thing that I am a morning person. For the last week the fishing is mostly over by 9am. I do enjoy being up before the birds start chirping and watching the skyline turn pink, yellow and then full daylight. Today I went to Red Cedar Lake in Lebanon, CT. I didn't catch a fish for the first hour and then I caught a 17" bass. The next cast I got one even bigger. He took me for a long ride in my kayak and I had to pull him out from under a underwater stump. But the bass was 21" inches long and had a 16.5 in girth. According to the formula the fish weighed 6 pounds. I "only" caught 11 fish for the day, but I did catch two more 15" bass before I quit for the day. All but one small perch were caught on the Yamamoto Senko. This year, it seems like I am advertising for Gary Yamamoto, but the darn things work.

Lake Williams July 17th Lebanon CT

Friday, July 17th, I went fishing at Lake Williams in Lebanon, CT. It was a beautiful day, no wind, clear sky and the clean air you get after a hard rain the night before. The fishing was very good. By 9am I had caught 20 fish and per family agreement, I had to go home. About 15 of the fish were 11-13 inch bass, the rest were small bass, pickerel and perch. I caught most of the fish on a Zoom U Tail worm. I bought those years ago, but never used them because they didn’t fit well on a size 1 hook and they were too light to cast. I took them out of retirement now that I am using the jigs. They work really well and it is something I haven’t thrown at these fish before. I’m going to go through my old worms and see what other stuff I can bring out of retirement.

Fishing Red Cedar Lake Lebanon CT

Red Cedar Lake (Lebanon, CT) was good to me today! I started fishing around 5:15 and had 20 fish by 7:50am. As usual, I was fishing 2 poles. One had a Yamamoto grub and the other had a black/blue laminate senko. I had the grub on a 1/8oz jig. I would throw it out, let it sink and then slowly retrieve it just above the weeds. About 60% of the fish were caught using the grub. Beside the largemouth bass, I caught a couple rock bass and 4-5 small perch. The highlight of the day was an 18” largemouth caught on the grub. I didn’t get a tow from the fish because I was anchored at the time. I don’t have a lot of confidence in those little jig hooks, but it held this fish. These fish were in the middle of the lake today. In a kayak, early weekday mornings are the only time I feel safe being in the middle of a lake that allows power boats.

Good June Fishing at Lake Williams, Lebanon CT

Finally got out fishing today, the weather has been so bad lately. I went today even though the forecast was for morning rain. They were right; there was about one hour of drizzle and rain. Lake Williams in Lebanon, CT was my choice today. The fishing was good. It took about six hours to catch 20 fish. Two were pickerel; a bullhead and the rest were bass. One bass was 17”, three were 15” and the rest were 11-13” long. Most were caught on Yamamoto Senkos fished wacky style. I don’t know what that bullhead was thinking!

Fishing Lake Haywood

Today I fished Red Cedar Lake (Lebanon, CT) and Lake Haywood (Colchester, CT). I started off at Red Cedar and caught 14 fish, one was 18”, and the rest were small. Most of the fish were caught using a Berkley Gulp Goby fishing the edge of the lake. Most of the fish were under the overhanging tree limbs. I got drenched by a 15 minute downpour that the Weather Channel did not see coming.

I went home, changed my cloths, ate some lunch and rechecked the weather forecast. That’s when I decided to fish Lake Haywood. This was my first trip there this year. It is a big lake, deep, very clean, electric motors only and the weather cleaned up nice with a light breeze. I usually catch 5-6 fish when I fish there, but today I caught 16 fish in 4 hours, mostly on the goby and swimsenko. The bass were all 12-15” but they were very energetic. Every one I hooked jumped out of the water, 4 or 5 jumped and spit the worm out.

Goby(s)

Lake Williams May 30th Slow Fishing

Saturday, May 30th I fished Lake Williams, Lebanon, CT. I started about 5:30 in the morning and fished to around noon. The morning was overcast and the sun and wind both came out at 09:00. I caught most of the fish before the sun/wind occurred. I caught 7 bass and 3 pickerel on a lot of different soft stuff. No big fish were caught.

Fishing Lake Williams in Lebanon Connecticut

On May 27th I fished Lake Williams, Lebanon CT. I fished from 3:00pm to 8:30pm. The wind was light, must there was a misty rain about 50% of the time and it was about 55-60 degrees. I caught 7 fish and then nothing for a couple of hours. At 8:00pm they started biting again and caught 5 more. I used a lot of worms, creatures and top plugs. About half of the fish were caught on a swimsenko.

Lake Williams

I went to Lake Williams (Lebanon, CT) yesterday. It does not have a boat launch, but has an informal car-top access from the dam on Route 207. It was pretty windy for most of the afternoon, so I had to hug the sheltered shore. When it was cloudy I was catching fish on a blue powerworm. When the sun came out, they wouldn’t hit it. I eventually found a swimsenko the bass liked, the pickerel were hitting my favorite fluke. I fished about 6 hours and caught 15 pickerel and 5 bass.