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Author:
DV
Date:
May 28, 2010
Subject:
Mashapaug Lake 5-28-10 via canoe
Message:
on the water at 1:30pm off the water at 7pm Air temp - 80 water temp - 68 Clear sky visibility to about 10 FOW all fish caught in 1-3FOW So today my plan was to dolly my 12ft canoe up to breakneck, but I long story short I decided to turn back and hit up Mashapaug. Breakneck is more of a two person trip, I have an unneeded fear of getting mauled by a black bear and the friendly bear aware signs don't help. Ever since I startled a mom and cubs in my backyard in Mass I am kind of weary of getting charged again. So I launched at Mashapaug at 1:30pm and went skunk city working the first cove. After lunch I Paddled over to a much to a much larger cove with a rocky bottom on one side and sunken trees on the other. I finally got a smallmouth on a 5" black dinger, my spirits lifted and I caught about 5-6 more smallies and small large mouth till I switched to a weightless brush hog. I found a fallen tree in the far corner and pitched the hog about 10ft from me on the other side of the log, saw the line twitch the to side and set the hook. Fish dove under the log and once I pulled him back out from under it he dove under my boat, now I know why you you guys use flipping sticks and heavy line for pitching to cover. Thankfully my 10lb flouro held up and the fish ended up being only a thick 18" but man was it pissed when it saw me. Got another 17" on a senko, I kept trying to fish jigs but I think even when I try to fish slow I still fish too fast. Ended the day with about 15 fish total but only 4 or so over 16", was hoping for more but it'll do. Dirty smallie, 1st fish of the day [URL=http://img580.imageshack.us/i/gedc0813.jpg/][img:8df2df3e7f]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/6317/gedc0813.jpg[/img:8df2df3e7f][/URL] 18" (you can see the log he pulled me over) [URL=http://img15.imageshack.us/i/gedc0818.jpg/][img:8df2df3e7f]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2262/gedc0818.jpg[/img:8df2df3e7f][/URL] 17" (still can't figure out how to get me and all of the fish in the same pic) [URL=http://img99.imageshack.us/i/gedc0822.jpg/][img:8df2df3e7f]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7184/gedc0822.jpg[/img:8df2df3e7f][/URL] I forget [URL=http://img714.imageshack.us/i/gedc0820.jpg/][img:8df2df3e7f]http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/20/gedc0820.jpg[/img:8df2df3e7f][/URL] My boat fully loaded with gear that I tried to drag through the woods to breakneck [URL=http://img31.imageshack.us/i/gedc0808.jpg/][img:8df2df3e7f]http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9508/gedc0808.jpg[/img:8df2df3e7f][/URL] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL]
Author:
Phish
Date:
May 29, 2010
Message:
Nice job and thanks for the report. I've always wanted to get up to Mash and check that place out more. Only been up there once and for a short period of time. Good job with the pics. Those self portraits are always hard to get.
Author:
PECo
Date:
May 29, 2010
Subject:
Nice!
Message:
Those largemouth bass look healthier than the ones we pull out of Spring Pond.
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