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User:	leviathanhunter
Comment:	i caught my personal best bass here back in '05. it was 23", and 5.3 lbs..she wasnt too healthy, she was definitely thin. prolly shouldve been 7 lbs if she was healthy. since then, the reservoir has been drained. the town of Wolcott has drained the reservoir many times to get rid of introduced fish species, such as the bowfin. bowfin arent terribly destructive to the ecosystem, considering all the invasives that are already there. ive caught rock bass white perch smallmouth and seen coy on several occasions. honestly i think bowfin should be considered the king of freshwater gamefish simply because of its amazing strength and fighting prowess, not to mention its the very last surviving member of the Amiidae order of fishes., it can breathe air using its swim bladder..which is why they havent been able to get rid of it. not as adept at hibernation as lungfish, of course. all that aside fishing here has declined in quality since the last draining..bass are stunted due to intense fishing pressure. pickerel are still abundant and the bowfin are still there, but are a fairly rare catch, as they can be finnicky eaters in open water. Thye prefer the thickest unfishable slop one could imagine. i know where they breed in the pond..but even if the fish explode on topwater weedless lures, the weeds prevent a hookset.ive only caught one once.. it was when i was 7. been pursuing them since.
Date:	01/26/10 02:44 AM

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