Lilly with Larry.. Turnover is starting

Went out with Larry Saturday mornin up to Lilly. At the launch for 8am heavy fog, 28 degrees.. Freezing! But action started quick. I got 2 largies on the jig on the second lay down we hit. Good start!  Then it was a fish here or there. No pattern really formed. Then Larry got a small bass followed by his best bass of the year at 4 lbs 2 oz on a big jig in heavy weeds. Wind picked up nasty and the fishing got real slow. When we called it a day we had 9 largemouth no smallies no pike! 6 bass on jigs and I got 3 on drop shot.  Always fun fishing with ya Larry! Thanks for taking me out and was cool to lip your 4 lber for ya! Our fish came between 8 and 25 feet. The lakes are starting to flip! Soon we will be fishing 25-40 feet. Looking forward to next time.

Lake Lillinonah 10/19 not terrible..

On saturday Josh and I wanted to find a place to fish that had a wide variety of fish.. we wanted bass and pike so our options were... pachaug (30 boat T) mansfield (20 boat T) Bantam (hasnt been good this year) then remembered lilly. Only fished there twice before and both times it was late novemeber so we gave it a shot. In the water by 7:30 and water temps were 61.5. The launch was really tough with the water down about 4 feet but we made it happen. Started off throwing big jigs in lay downs and i got the first fish of the day about 20 minutes in. 1.5 lb largemouth. We went on to hit some nice weed beds on points and found very little action. Tried slow rolled spinner baits, crankbaits, swim baits and drop shot.

 Got a few more largemouth on the jigs and then went to the one big hump on the lake and i got followed twice to the boat by a massive pike. It was probably close to 40 inches and was fat as could be. While using the trolling motor to get to the other end of the hump josh cast out his swim bait and gets his first ever smallie while trolling. Then nothing... went to another point and i caught a smallie and a largemouth on back to back cast on the drop shot on a ribster. Both keepers but just barely. Thought maybe we found a pod of fish but then all went quiet. Hit a small cove and josh gets blasted by a northern boat side and it jumps no joke 3 feet high almost into the back of the boat. When it lands back in the water it was gone.. ughh! Oh well on our way back to the launch around 2:30 we caught 3 more bass off of wood on the jigs. The wind got nasty and we called it a day. Ended up with 7 Largemouth 3 Smallies 1 lost pike and a monster follower. Shocked to see the amount of boats out there fishing. we will be back. All of our bass were between 1 to 2 pounds.

Got my Fiance on the boat! 6 fish caught and none were on the end of my line..

 Talking with heather today i threw out the....hey wanna go fishing tonight? Expecting the usual no. I got a yes and left work at 3:30 hooked up the boat picked up the mrs and went over to Hanover Pond in Meriden. Only a few miles from the house. I put a small grub on for her and i threw a big jig a chatter bait a spinner bait a jerk bait and i had not a single hit. Heather went on to catch 5 perch and a largemouth. Was her first time ever fishing lures and she did great. Couldn't get her to hold the fish but i cant complain.. just happy she came out with me and caught some fish and had a smile on her face the whole time.