"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?

Any muskie in there?

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

If I remember, it takes 1,000 casts to catch a muskie. We went after muskie
at Lake Chautauqua in NY about a dozen years ago. You could see the damn
things warming themselves in 10" of water but they would not go after any
sort of lure. Trying it in deep water was equally nonproductive. I have
yet to catch one.

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.