My second tournament for the club I'm in. Fishing was pretty slow today. Topwater frog bite was off so I went to the spinner bait...nothing. Tossed senkos for awhile...nothing. It was insanely hot and sunny with 0 wind. I probably should have changed tactics earlier but didn't. Finally put on the jig n pig and was pitching into cover an got this lunker. It was exactly where it was supposed to be. At first it seemed like it was going to be bigger since it was so wide but it didn't have a lot of girth. A little over 19" though...Solid fish. The only other fish I caught that day was a dink on a Gold / Black Rapala Husky Jerk. The clouds, wind and down pours came after the tournament. Too bad we didn't get that before it.
I went out to the Charles to try and work on my top water frog skills and did pretty well. Caught some smaller bass, missed a bunch of strikes, and lost 2 big fish. One took the braid into the thickest cover and shook the hook. The other I threw the Senko as a follow up bait after the bass missed the first frog strike. Again, went right in there and I lost it. Oh well, still managed a good one. Next for me is perfecting the spinnerbait here.
This was my first tournament in the club I recently joined and it was a great experience. It was also my first time using top water frogs. I made the mistake of using them all day even though the top water bite wasn't the best but it was a great learning experience and I've already gotten a lot better at fishing frogs. I did manage to catch one nice bass in the slop. It came up and slammed the frog, missed, then came back up a second time. I made sure to wait then set the hook. It put up a great fight.
Did a lot of exploring and checking out new spots on the Charles. Bite started in the late afternoon for the most part. Caught a 2.5-3 pounder but it squirmed out as we were about to take a picture. Oh well...more to come from the Charles...
I was too lazy to get in a boat on the Charles so I fished the shore for a little. I've caught a lot of bass at this small reservoir from the shore including a solid 4 pounder. A lot of people bunch up and always fish this cove and I've never really caught anything there. I've never seen anyone catch anything in there either. I did my thing and kept moving away from the pressure and went to my go to lure - 5" Senko. Cast, cast, slam. Line shot out, set the hook, pull in a solid bass. Not bad for a quick shore trip.
This was my first Quabbin experience and it was amazing. It was pretty windy and cool out but the water was crystal clear. The place is a little overwhelming so we only really stayed in a 3/4 mile area the entire day...and never took the life vests off. As always, I focused on bass fishing while Mike, my partner in crime, worked his go to all around numbers lure - the yellow rooster tail. I only caught 3 fish - Rock Bass, LMB, and a Smallie combined we pulled in everything including a rainbow trout and some pickerel. We both lost really big Smallies but it was still a great time. Can't wait to get back there.
It was a good morning. Cold out but the water was still very warm. I definitely came across fish on the move since I caught 3 fish in about an hour and just missed a bigger largemouth. I only took pictures of the larger bass and a random pickerel I caught.
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