We have been trying to learn how to fish the Connecticut River this spring. I have been driving up and down the river looking for good areas. A few weekends ago Jon and I decide to just get on the water and start casting. We launched in Windsor, CT just under the 291 bridge. The launch was nice with plenty of parking. A bunch of guys were there shore casting for the shad that are running up the river right now. We headed north to the point were the Farmington River dumps into the Connecticut River. Immediately we were onto a school of small Striped Bass and we landed 5 before we moved on to a different area. Drifting down the opposite shore we hooked another 2 Stripers which were a little bit bigger. At about 9 am they completely stopped biting and we spent the next 3-4 hours trying other stops before calling it a day. Here is the only picture we got from that day.
Spooled Reel 