Fishing near Burlington in Hartford County, CT

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Yellow Perch, Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 114
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 202
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Burlington Fishing Photos

Last good largie near Burlington

Last good largie

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Last good largie with me near Burlington

Last good largie with me

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Mornin' Largie  near Burlington

Mornin' Largie

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Little guy near Burlington

Little guy

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Another one! near Burlington

Another one!

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May 15th Morning Largie near Burlington

May 15th Morning Largie

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Top Fishing Spots near Burlington

Lake Garda
Lake Garda

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Nepaug Reservoir
Nepaug Reservoir

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Pequabuck River
Pequabuck River

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Birge Pond
Birge Pond

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Tubing Pick Up Point
Tubing Pick Up Point

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Secret Lake
Secret Lake

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Burlington Area Fish Species

Recent Burlington Fishing Reports

Private Lake In CT Fishing Report May 18, 2011

Private Lake In CT

Private Lake CT -

-Saturday May 14th-
So it started out with a trip to my girlfriend's parent's rented house out on a great lake I go to sometimes to fish. I...

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Countryside Park Fishing Report Sep 19, 2007

Countryside Park

A small park in Avon. The pond is stocked fir the kids.
The upper is for kids only, the lower should be, but is open to all.
My 3 year old had ...

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Post Thanksgiving Fishing Fishing Report Nov 27, 2009

Post Thanksgiving Fishing

Secret Lake -

Cold,windy but I had a blast. Caught quite a few bass a couple nice size ones as well....

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Sunday in Nov! Fishing Report Nov 02, 2009

Sunday in Nov!

Secret Lake Avon,CT -

Great weekend. Alot of action. Caught alot of fish. I wish it stayed warm all year long!...

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Nice November weekend Fishing Report Nov 09, 2009

Nice November weekend

Secret Lake -

Started slow but picked up on Sunday...

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Windy Saturday Fishing Report Oct 10, 2009

Windy Saturday

Secret Lake -

Wow,
Too windy! I got pushed around in my canoe today spent more time trying not to roll over than fishing. I'll try again Sunday...

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Baits and Tackle used near Burlington

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  • my bait of choice for deep bass fishing in this spot is bouncing crawdads off the bottom or carolina rigged pumpkin seed power bait worms
  • decent spot, watch for shallow rocks, about 10 to 12 feet beyond the point, very acessable with a canoe
  • spinner baits or buzz baits or small rapalas work very good here. live shiners hooked through the nose casted and retreved with a small split shot 6 inch in front of it works good too
  • was fishing for trout
    Rig:
    barrel swivel
    leader
    red hook
    power bait marshmallows
    meal worm
  • a good choice of bait for highland lake is shiners down about 13 feet with a weight to keep them down or nightcrawler allways work good too!!
  • Drifting
  • minnow live
  • Fly Fishing - Black BH Wolly Bugger
  • mixed color senkos
  • if you know stripers then you should know what bait

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • you should be able to use almost anything here. I perfer rooster tails and spinners. Meal worms and trout worms work just as well.
  • I use meal worms here, power bait, trout worms and lures. The fish bite here off almost everything.
  • power bait, live bait, lures
  • Meal worm
    Lures
    Powerbait
  • They are biting sand worms and blood worms
  • Nightcrallers & worms
  • eel
  • nightcrawlers, meal worms
  • night crawlers, meal worms
  • eels!

Creature Check Prices

  • D Bomb, greenish brown
  • misslebait D Bomb, greenish brown

Minnow Check Prices

  • medium size minnow on waited bobber.
  • small size minnow
  • Drifting with live minnows
  • used smalls up to mommalukes.
  • Drifting with a live minnow
  • Drifting
  • same old
  • Slow troll wife minnows,drifting on top
  • Minnows and Rapalas

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Rubber frog
  • Popper, Color Gold and black

Lizard Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz c rig watermelon 5in lizard
  • 1/4 oz c rig lizard

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Booyah spinnerbaits,Some crankbaits
  • Blue/Green
  • Phoebe and Rooster Tail
  • White Rooster Tail
  • White rooster tail
  • White 3/8 Strike King
  • spiner .Rooster tail.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • usually top water baits invoke strikes over here. senkos and fin-s type baits work well too but only before the big milfoil bloom. after that they get so bogged down with weeds the fish cant even get at them.
  • Black and Red Rubber Frog

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Yamamoto 4" Senco Texas rigged in green pumpkin, weightless
  • Rapala Original
  • 4 inch Senco green pumpkin
  • White and Red stick bait
  • Yamamoto 4 inch Senco
  • Texas rigged 4 inch trout colored Senco

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • rainbow phoebe
  • Rubber worms, Mepps,Blue Fox Vibrax,Spinnerbait
  • blue fox
  • white tailed
  • black Rooster tail
  • little rooster
  • rooster tail
  • and corn
  • meppes
  • Caught using a rooster tail. Snagged it in the neck, so were not sure if it was actually interested in the lure.

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • blue winged olive
  • Bait Details
  • test
  • Hendrickson Emerger, Hendrickson Comparadun,

Worm Check Prices

  • Rattlin Ned by Googan Squad on a Texas Rig
  • spoom work well to.
  • 4" Watermelon Senko
  • Wacky senkos
  • casting into weed bed
  • Wacky Senkos
  • Zoom green Weenie
  • zoom green weenie trick worm
  • casting into Lily pads
  • oxe blood roboworm

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Senco stretch 40
  • jig heads and swim baits
  • SALTSHAKER WITH JIG HEAD
  • jig heads / swim tails

Shrimp Bait Check Prices

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Kastmaster
  • Kastmaster lure, heavy top water hits
  • litle plastic minnows
  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Spinner baits, Yamoto(misspelled)Worms, rapala top water!
  • Spinner Baits, Worms, Top Water lures!
  • Scum Frogs
  • Sandworms
  • small swimming minnow soft bait
  • Buzz bait (black blade & black skirt)

Craw Check Prices

  • Threw it close to the shore after spotting the bass and he immediately attacked it.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rebel Crawfish Lure
  • bbz-1 shad blue back herring color
  • #11 minnow rapala

Crankbait Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz 2-5 ' running
  • Baby Bass
  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • rattletrap
  • Caught on a Rapala Crankbait from Cabelas.
  • Perch colored Shad Rap,it's a classic!
  • spook
  • spooks
  • 4" floating minnow
  • Yozuri

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • white and blue,fishing mud line

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • weighted Sluggo
  • Powerbait minnows Drop shot
  • fin-s
  • yellow
  • white paddle tail
  • berkley gulp(minnows)

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Nothing on plastic but they where all takin the worms!
  • good cove for pan fish.. a few time's last year
  • Euro Crawler so not as big fit on the hook nicely.the on i got was about 11" and 2/3 of a #
  • caught sun fish after about 10 am. 1 small perch about 6in. fishing has been slow so far this season.
  • Red Eye bass will hit alot of the time in most of the coves and downed trees
  • One caught on a crawler , one caught on a live minnow
  • Trout worn with a single split shop weight
  • peice of nightcrawler on a hook
  • just night crawlers on small hooks
  • little peices on decent sized hooks with a foot lead.

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • clacking rap
  • red craw by bill lewis
  • baby bass color fast retrieve with sharp jerks

Herring Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • 2 inch, color gold and white

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • purple rooster tail & live minnows
  • Mepps, Rooster Tails or a gold fish
  • Mepps Comet 1

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

  • bucktail jig with a Gulp! trailer

Grub Check Prices

  • grubs,meal worms said fishing was hot last couple of days.

Live Baits Check Prices

  • eel

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • purple

Other Check Prices

  • hot dog dipped in Anise oil
  • eel
  • i used yellow power bait
  • corn
  • Mealworm
  • Yellow Perch Chunks, Nightcrawlers, and Sandworms.
  • yellow power bait
  • YELLOW GRUB
    WEIGHTS
    BIG HOOKS
  • We use #2 hooks with leaders and tie them to our line
    A 3 oz weight to hold it on the bottom

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