Had a great afternoon at the Shetucket today. I got to the river about 1:30p.m. as I was walking in I spoke with an angler who said he fished all day with no action. He fished both fly and spin. I thought it was going to be a tough afternoon. I started just above the s turn. I was changing to a lighter spinner (river was low) and saw a fish roll. On my second cast I felt light taps, I thought I was bouncing of the rocks on the bottom. As the spinner got about 10 ft. from me I saw a large salmon mouth it then turn back to deeper water. After about 20mins. and a few different spinners I hooked a large fish it was quite a battle but managed to land the fish 30". In the next 2hrs. I had alot of hits and follows and landed 1 more salmon about 22". I was getting ready to call it a day when I saw a large fish roll. I waded down stream about 50 yards and after about 5 casts hooked the fish. This one was a rocket after about 3 jumps he got my line over a rock and the 6lb. test line broke. It was a great afternoon and I can't wait to get back and try my luck again.
You can fish spin or fly, single hook on fly and 1 free swinging hook on spin. Weight cannot be added to your line. After December 1 you can keep 1 fish per day. Water level can change fast when dam is open but sometimes rising water get's the fish active. The Shetucket is also a trophy trout stream (2 per day).
i gotta say have just moved to lisbon, and i always heard about the salmon in the shetucket witch damn are you talking about scotland or greenville? its a big stretch and they stocked what 300, to me thats not good odds but look at you ... what the hell do i know thats awsome..[/i]
