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Author:
DV
Date:
Jul 17, 2010
Subject:
Farmington River - West Branch TMA
Message:
Rob and me met up around 4am again to hit a few spots, first spot was in the catch & release area and second once was a popular pool about a mile above the c&r line. I finally got a few good fish after watching Rob catch all the nice ones in weeks past at MY spots. All in all I l;anded 20+ trout over 14" and 5 over 18" with the largest being a 3lb 20" male brown. The first two fish fought their ass off making long hard runs anytime I gained some ground on em. The largest fish was kind of lazy till it got close, I thought it was average size till I got it in the net. My last 18" thought it was a smallmouth, it jumped 3 times once coming out of the water about 4 ft and spanning 6-8ft of water. Browns just don't normally jump like that, I also caught 2 nice rainbows about 15" each. Rob got one or two about 18" and had a better numbers day at the second spot landing about 5. I also dropped almost every fish trying to get a picture of them, I had to use my superior snatching skills to grab them back out of the water getting me totality soaked in the process. Rob even got an action shot of one of the bastards flying out of my hands, every fish revived well with not one gut hooked till a 12" at the last spot. No big females were caught, I can't wait till August when I get to see some of the females coming back up.
If you fish the C&R area remember to pinch down your barbs and that it is single hook only. I caught a pheobe with treble hooks and one fish had a barbed hook stuck in its gullet. Barbless hooks do NOT cause you to lose fish, the fish that jumped 3 times was hooked right in the upper lip with a size 12 hook, just keep the pressure on. Rob also caught a few flies and every time out we manage to remove some flies from fishes lips, so all you fly fishermen that have a bad attitude towards spinning guys can you know what. Don't use use a 7x tippet (2#) if you are not capable of playing a fish. And to anyone who uses bait, learn to get out of a snag. Stop highsticking you rod and breaking your line at the midway point. Just point your rod at the snag, hold the spool and break it off at the knot leaving only the hook. The second spot was littered with other idiots snags, I really can't stand pulling in other peoples line especially when it is 12lb test.
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Release
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Jumper
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Author:
PECo
Date:
Jul 17, 2010
Subject:
Nice!
Message:
Pretty fish!
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Jul 17, 2010
Message:
Sounds like a great trip. nice numbers.
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