"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:03:35 -0400, " JimH" not telling you @
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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So I went out tonight just to mess around up at Webster Lake. Started
with a very nice 3 lb largemouth then a 3 lb smallmouth and hit a
beautiful 21" pickerel all on a purple Senko of all things.

At that point I decided to see if I could hit a full cycle of known
fish species in the lake. I had some really awful smelling blood bait
from the last time I went cat fishing at Mashapaug in Union, so I
reset one pole for cat fishing and hit a good size (1 1/2 lb) bulhead
(sometimes known as a horn pout, yellow pout, etc.) and a decent stone
cat off the gravel bed near Webster Memorial Beach. Cats are just
soooo easy. :)

At that point, I felt it just wouldn't be complete without a bluegill,
pumpkin seed and crappie.

Got 'em on ultra light spinning rig with minnow shaped 1/8 ounce jigs.

So, got the cycle.

Now if I could only find those pike that are continuously rumored to
be in the lake.

WHOO HOO!!

Northern?

Supposedly. There are pike in several natural lakes in the area that
are spring fed - decent size to boot, but Webster is very warm and
that's not all that conducive to pike and trout.

Any muskie in there?

Nah - muskie are strictly a cold water fish. I've caught three muskie
in my life time - all on big heavy trolling rigs in Minnesota.

Both great fighting fish but quite finicky and tough to catch.

Pike are easy - catch 'em all the time. Muskie are a tad different -
they are temperature sensitive and minor changes in temp will turn
them off. I know a couple of guides in Minnesota and Wisconsin who
are expert muskie fishermen. It takes a lifetime of experience to
properly know when and how to catch muskie.

And to answer your question ahead of time, largest was 56 pounds.

Northern pike used to populate Lake Erie, in fact my Dad had a nice one he
caught and mounted I don't know if they are still around in the Lake as
I
have not heard of anyone catching one in recent years.

You're probably familiar with blue pike then.


Yep. I have never seen one and only heard stories about them.

But thanks to the excessive catches by commercial fisherman on Lake Erie
walleye and yellow perch may also soon face the same fate, this time not to
pollution, although we are seeing new water quality problems on the Lake
that we did not see in past decades.



Too damn bad they are extinct - them's was good eatin'. :)

Never had one.