Been spending some time this week wading for stripers and blues down in bridgeport and i have to say its pretty intense and awesome being in the water with these fish. Day 1 caught 2 schoolies and 2 small blues. Day 2 i got the fat skunk and zero hits and now Day 3 which was tonight...
Got to the water at 7pm and was in the car by 9pm. I went solo so i didn't wanna stay past dark. Fishing in waders alone is not something i like to do but tonight was an exception. I spent the first hour casting away from slug go's to swim baits to jerk baits with no action. Then right before dark my day changed with 2 cast. I hooked up with a 10-11 lb blue slowly backing out of the water during the fight trying not to step on the horse shoe crabs that were everywhere mating. Was my first time handling these fish on my own which was exciting in itself. Crazy jaw strength and holding them by the gill plate was creepy the first time. After a few photos and release i walked back out and next cast.. BAMMMM to quote roxy... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i thought this fish was gonna spool me for a second. I knew i either had a monster blue or a giant striper. Turns out it was a blue. After at least a 10 minute fight with my arms burning i brought this 14 lb 4 oz blue to the shore. No other fisherman in sight but im sure someone heard me celebrating haha. That was my last hit but those 2 fish made for one nice drive home and im still smiling about that fight. A lot of fun on a 7 foot medium heavy rod.
I text my old friend Justin this morning asking if he wanted to do some fishing. Hadn't seen him in 5 years, Answer was yes.. We took his canoe out to community lake in wallingford which if any of you have been there is tiny and gets hit my the local bucket brigades pretty hard. On the water at 7 am and fished for just 2 hours. Water was brown brown. I got a small largie on a chatter bait then Justin got a few hits on a popper and landed a 2 lber. We found the one weed bed in the small "lake" and i get slammed on my black buzz bait. Fish hit 3 feet from the boat literally splashing me with water. After a few good runs i lipped a shocking 4 lb 10 oz largie from a place i didn't expect to catch anything at all. About ten minutes later i get another blow up on the buzz bait and land a 3 lb 3 oz bass. After that the action just died. Too hot out and no where for the fish to hide. Thanks Justin for coming out fishin! Good to catch up and catch fish!
Got to the water at 7pm and was in the car by 9pm. I went solo so i didn't wanna stay past dark. Fishing in waders alone is not something i like to do but tonight was an exception. I spent the first hour casting away from slug go's to swim baits to jerk baits with no action. Then right before dark my day changed with 2 cast. I hooked up with a 10-11 lb blue slowly backing out of the water during the fight trying not to step on the horse shoe crabs that were everywhere mating. Was my first time handling these fish on my own which was exciting in itself. Crazy jaw strength and holding them by the gill plate was creepy the first time. After a few photos and release i walked back out and next cast.. BAMMMM to quote roxy... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i thought this fish was gonna spool me for a second. I knew i either had a monster blue or a giant striper. Turns out it was a blue. After at least a 10 minute fight with my arms burning i brought this 14 lb 4 oz blue to the shore. No other fisherman in sight but im sure someone heard me celebrating haha. That was my last hit but those 2 fish made for one nice drive home and im still smiling about that fight. A lot of fun on a 7 foot medium heavy rod. 
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