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Author:
PECo
Date:
Jun 13, 2011
Subject:
West Branch Reservoir 06/13
Message:
I was pleasantly surprised when asianfisher (aka Billy) told me that he would be fishing at West Branch Reservoir (aka Hogsback Reservoir) today. I hadn't seen him since he moved to Massachusetts. He told me that there are smallmouth bass in the reservoir, so of course I was in. Although there's a boat launch ramp on the west side of the lower dam off of Durst Road, trailers aren't allowed into the water, so it's blocked at the bottom by two large concrete blocks. I got on the water in El Habaņero (aka my Hobie Pro Angler) at 11:00 am. The sky was mostly cloudy and the air was cool. There was a slight north breeze blowing across the water from the upper dam. I headed clockwise from the ramp up the west shore. I threw a wacky rigged five inch Senko and a drop shot with a 2-1/2 inch Gulp minnow. It didn't take long, before a little smallie picked up my Senko from the bottom:
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8517/img0591ju.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
Man, I missed Billy! He takes me to only the best places! :D At 11:30 am, Billy showed up with his girl in a couple of kayaks. Hey, Trish! We continued around the reservoir to a cove that was a little sheltered from the wind. While Billy was teaching Trish how to cast, I threw my drop shot off the shore and got a bite from another smallie:
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3623/img0592aq.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
It was 16 inches long and weighed one pound, 12 ounces. It was really chunky:
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5084/img0593nz.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
I ended up catching maybe 10 smallies, although only three of them were keepers. I also caught about 20 rock bass.
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4589/img0594oa.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1653/img0595h.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
Here's Billy taking a photo of the first fish that Trish caught since she was 10 years old:
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/2041/img0596j.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9625/img0598u.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
And here's the last keeper smallie that I landed:
[img:c8901e0f10]http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9746/img0603ka.jpg[/img:c8901e0f10]
Unfortunately, I had to rush off of the water at 4:00 pm to go schlep my kids around, so I had to leave Billy and Trish up on the north end of the east shore. But since I left them in a rock bass hotspot, I also left them with a bag of Senkos and some Gamakatsu Number 4 Octopus Circle hooks. It took me almost 20 minutes to pedal back to the ramp, where I met the MDC security guard. Hey, C.J.! I hope that the mosquitos didn't get you too bad! I'm sure that I'll see you again later.
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Jun 13, 2011
Message:
Looks like a nice place.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jun 14, 2011
Message:
We were the only ones on the water and there's very little shore access. I saw only two shore fishermen by the ramp. We also saw a mature bald eagle:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1L3S12BW2c[/youtube]
The water was clear down to eight feet when the wind wasn't blowing and the sun peeked through, and there are hardly any weeds on the bottom. It's a gorgeous, little-pressured body of cold, Farmington River water:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmklDIUO72w[/youtube]
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