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Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 17, 2010
Subject:
Bantam River 07/17
Message:
I fished Bantam Brook, er, River with Tim (aka Fishface) and Derek (aka DirtyDawg10), today. We met up at the canoe launch on Whites Wood Road at about 5:15 AM. Tim had to leave around noon, but Derek and I fished until about 2:30 PM. The water was clear and barely flowing. When we arrived, it was still dark and foggy: [img:4bfced8794]http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7708/20090717bantamriver003c.jpg[/img:4bfced8794] After we launched, we moved very slowly downstream and were immediately surrounded by a colony of beavers. There were four or five that we could see and even more that we could only hear. We tried to not disturb them too much and got only one tail slap for our efforts. The fishing started out pretty well. I caught a 14 inch largemouth bass, and Derek caught a 13 inch and a 14 inch largemouth bass. As we moved downstream, we had a little excitement as Tim landed what we thought might be a northern pike, but turned out to be an 18 inch chain pickerel. As we hit the first big bend in the river, I caught a 13 inch largemouth bass, Derek caught an 8 inch largemouth bass and Tim caught a little yellow perch. Derek then caught a 15 inch chain pickerel and, hooray, I caught the first rock bass of the day. Tim followed that up with a rock bass of his own and finally caught a tiny largemouth bass. He improved with his next fish, which was a 10 inch largemouth bass. By this time, the sun had come up and burned off the morning fog. Almost immediately, I began wishing for some rain. I really don't like full sun on a windless day. Surprisingly, with the sun full in the sky, Derek caught the best fish of the day, a 16 inch, 2 lb 3 oz largemouth bass. Coincidentally, we had been talking about fish weights and I had said that I would expect a 16 inch largemouth bass to weigh only a pound and a half or a pound and three-quarters at most. Well, Derek and Tim thought it would weigh more and definitely had the last word on that. By the way, that largemouth bass is Derek's new personal best: [img:4bfced8794]http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6119/20090717bantamriver005c.jpg[/img:4bfced8794] The fishing slowed quite a bit for the rest of the day. I caught a 13 inch largemouth bass, Tim got another small chain pickerel, a 12 inch largemouth bass and two rock bass, and I caught another rock bass. At this point, Tim had to take off, and Derek and I decided to double-time it down to the beaver dam to check it out. We didn't fish too much after that. We saw an older woman and her dachsund shoot over the dam in a kayak on their way down to Bantam Lake. After seeing that, I'd have to say that anyone who portages over or around the dam when heading downstream is a wussie. We didn't go over the dam and started back to the launch. On our way back, I caught a couple more rock bass and then a 16 inch, 1 lb 10 oz largemouth bass. I guess that you catch what you expect to catch. Why my 16-incher weighed 9 oz less than Derek's, I have no idea, but mine was typical for me. I must attract scrawny bass. Derek's last fish of the day was a 13 inch largemouth bass. All in all, the fishing was hot and slow. The highlight of the outing was definitely Derek's new personal best largemouth bass. Next up: Winchester Lake (hopefully, soon).
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Jul 17, 2010
Message:
Awesome report as usual Phil. Once the sun came out it was blistering and the bite definitely slowed down but fortunately didn't stop. All my fish came on a 5" wacky rigged senko purple w/ emerald flake. No hook ups on the frog this time around. I can't believe I missed taking a picture of your 16"er Phil. I'll do better next time. Here's a close up of my fish [img:b5194c02cf]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1015/dscf0006l.jpg[/img:b5194c02cf] Here's Phil & Tim at the foot bridge [img:b5194c02cf]http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/1071/dscf0005a.jpg[/img:b5194c02cf]
Author:
chumley
Date:
Jul 17, 2010
Message:
nice job guys!
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