I hit up New London Res for the first time this past Monday, along with my Dad, brother and cousin. We got set up and fishing by 7:00 a.m., over top of a couple of the reefs. I caught a nice channel cat on a wax worm not long after wetting a line, and my dad hauled in an 11" perch from the tip up. We missed a few more bites but all in all didn't have much luck with that spot. We then moved east to another complex of reefs and fished there until about 3:30 p.m. One more jumbo perch came up but that was it. We saw quite a few 4" dinks on the camera down there.
At 3:30 everybody but me decided to head back home. I, on the other hand, was on a mission to catch some fish, and I had a feeling the afternoon bite was gonna be a good one. I made a long walk to another reef and was set up fishing by 4:00 p.m. Armed with a jigging rap and some minnows, I was settled in and waiting for sundown. Just as I thought, the walleyes moved in just as darkness fell. Nothing huge, but they appeared to be in the 13-16" range on the camera. I was able to get some to bite, and I actually hooked up with 4 or 5 of them... but unfortunately I couldn't get any to the hole. I think the light action rod that I was using wasn't quite enough to get a solid hookset.
In the end I had a 0.5 mile walk back to the boat ramp and had zero fish in my bucket to show for it. But for a first ever trip I was pretty happy with how the day worked out. I gained some good insight on that reservoir and am definitely planning on going back very soon. If anyone would like some more information, feel free to send me a PM.
At 3:30 everybody but me decided to head back home. I, on the other hand, was on a mission to catch some fish, and I had a feeling the afternoon bite was gonna be a good one. I made a long walk to another reef and was set up fishing by 4:00 p.m. Armed with a jigging rap and some minnows, I was settled in and waiting for sundown. Just as I thought, the walleyes moved in just as darkness fell. Nothing huge, but they appeared to be in the 13-16" range on the camera. I was able to get some to bite, and I actually hooked up with 4 or 5 of them... but unfortunately I couldn't get any to the hole. I think the light action rod that I was using wasn't quite enough to get a solid hookset.
In the end I had a 0.5 mile walk back to the boat ramp and had zero fish in my bucket to show for it. But for a first ever trip I was pretty happy with how the day worked out. I gained some good insight on that reservoir and am definitely planning on going back very soon. If anyone would like some more information, feel free to send me a PM.
