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Author:
Basstrapper
Date:
Aug 01, 2011
Subject:
Mattabesset River, Best Day Out this year
Message:
Started off slow, Working our way down the river towards CT river. Started in at the dunken donuts in cromwell... we used the outgoing current to take us slowly down the bank for aprox 1mile. first couple bends. we got some small bites but landed no fish.. After a short time of small bites and missed fish, we finaly landed a few Yellow Perch. On of them Being th biggest yellow perch i ever caught pushing a pound and a half easy... Now action picking up. and tide is moving full blast now and it seemed the smallmouth action started. couple hooked on and lost.. then i brought in the largest smallmouth i ever caught. pushing 2+pounds. Now the day is great already. Catching a tan. and getting bites. was loving it.. The day was winding down.. getting out the last few casts before heading in. when i casted towards a tree hanging into the water 15 feet out into the river witha nice current underneath it... I threw out a white on white Rooster tail. first cast saw a little movement in water.. Second cast.. lure hit water and was instantly snagged, Or so i thought.... After pulling with my 6lb test and ultralight trout rod with all my lines might...> It moved.. I instantly had a burst of adrenaline as the spool started screaming out line... After 10 min fight i finaly saw the fish... Huge HUGE 30+ inch pike... Wow... first pike ever. got him to the boat, wasnt sure what i was going to do.. so i just held him there so excited and loving every min of it. he gave one good wack against the yak and snapped the line and off he swam... What an amazing day out..> 3 first time fishies for me.. Wooot.. Gonna get back out here asap... Great river system. Lots of habbitat and species... never a dull time...
Author:
DirtyDawg10
Date:
Aug 01, 2011
Message:
Nice day on the water. I'm gonna need to fish that place one of these days.
Author:
Johnny Skeeter
Date:
Aug 01, 2011
Message:
the bugs in the mattabest can be brutal and bug spray duznt work...dammit vicious for sure. 30 in pike in a "yak" i would have been pretty scared of that for sure. Thats a great fish man congrats. There are bigger pike on the main river tho.....pm me for some spots. Johnny
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