PowderBeard Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Lots more time to fish during the quarantine. Still lots of rumors and rumblings about the Quabbin opening so I've been hitting some new waters. Amazing the number of trout stocked this year in Massachusetts. Been our 5-6 times thus far and more trout than bass, and that is not on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Been out the last two weekends on the lake with some early luck, Caught one laker week 1, And these 2 last weekend, I released them back to mother nature, Will be out again this weekend too as Saturday looks like the day, 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Bought my fishing license for first time in 12 years. College and first half dozen years of professional life got in the way. Excited to get back out there. Scouted some local spots around town last Sunday. May try tomorrow afternoon after it warms up some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Havent taken out the boat yet, but getting the itch. I fish a few bass tournaments, but theyve all been canceled through May which is a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 17 hours ago, PowderBeard said: Lots more time to fish during the quarantine. Still lots of rumors and rumblings about the Quabbin opening so I've been hitting some new waters. Amazing the number of trout stocked this year in Massachusetts. Been our 5-6 times thus far and more trout than bass, and that is not on purpose. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I caught a fish once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 47 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: I caught a fish once. I ate a McDonald's Filet O' Fish once. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 20 hours ago, PowderBeard said: Lots more time to fish during the quarantine. Still lots of rumors and rumblings about the Quabbin opening so I've been hitting some new waters. Amazing the number of trout stocked this year in Massachusetts. Been our 5-6 times thus far and more trout than bass, and that is not on purpose. What have you been using to catch trout? Looks like the state stocked tons of brookies around my area within the last week or so and I want to get out on Saturday. I recently picked up one of those "trout magnet" kits and caught a rainbow, only been a few times though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, mreaves said: I ate a McDonald's Filet O' Fish once. You got me there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: You got me there. I have never liked any seafood. It's weird, my parents loved all sorts of seafood and my son does too. I wish I did like it, it would make visits to the ocean more fun. Imagine having to be the only guy to ask for the chicken tender basket when everyone else is ordering the seafood platter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 48 minutes ago, Whineminster said: What have you been using to catch trout? Looks like the state stocked tons of brookies around my area within the last week or so and I want to get out on Saturday. I recently picked up one of those "trout magnet" kits and caught a rainbow, only been a few times though. I accidentally catch them bass fishing. I've probably caught over a couple dozen rainbows and browns this year. Had a 4 pound brown last week. All of them have either come on lipless cranks or blade baits yo-yoed. So if fishing in a lake with sparse cover and salad over 8' I let the bait drop to the bottom, snap it up and let it fall back down, almost all the way to the boat. 11 minutes ago, mreaves said: I have never liked any seafood. It's weird, my parents loved all sorts of seafood and my son does too. I wish I did like it, it would make visits to the ocean more fun. Imagine having to be the only guy to ask for the chicken tender basket when everyone else is ordering the seafood platter! I hate seafood and fish. I'm the same way. Second date with my now wife I choked sushi down thinking I was going to puke each time. I throw everything back but my wife and some other family members love it so I keep trout and salmon I find. I did try lake trout last year and it was actually pretty damn good. No fishy taste, just like the best chicken you've ever eaten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, mreaves said: I have never liked any seafood. It's weird, my parents loved all sorts of seafood and my son does too. I wish I did like it, it would make visits to the ocean more fun. Imagine having to be the only guy to ask for the chicken tender basket when everyone else is ordering the seafood platter! We have that in common. Loathe it. Being around it and the smells make me nauseous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 17 hours ago, wx2fish said: Havent taken out the boat yet, but getting the itch. I fish a few bass tournaments, but theyve all been canceled through May which is a bummer. Yea it is a bummer. I got burnt out tournament fishing, was doing 30+ a year at one point. Really enjoyed fishing the Bassmaster Weekend Series years ago but it was a grind (12-14 hour days on the water, hours prepping, zero sleep, driving for hours). I might get back into it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: Nice! This was a few weeks ago. 16" cast iron for reference. Biggest rainbow yet so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: 28 minutes ago, PowderBeard said: I accidentally catch them bass fishing. I've probably caught over a couple dozen rainbows and browns this year. Had a 4 pound brown last week. All of them have either come on lipless cranks or blade baits yo-yoed. So if fishing in a lake with sparse cover and salad over 8' I let the bait drop to the bottom, snap it up and let it fall back down, almost all the way to the boat. oh, so you're basically jigging then? I'd be mostly shore fishing small rivers - Nashua, Phillips Brook, Falulah Brook..... If i get out in my boat though I'll give it a shot. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, mreaves said: I have never liked any seafood. It's weird, my parents loved all sorts of seafood and my son does too. I wish I did like it, it would make visits to the ocean more fun. Imagine having to be the only guy to ask for the chicken tender basket when everyone else is ordering the seafood platter! I would make you go eat it in the car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 lfg!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 21 hours ago, PowderBeard said: Yea it is a bummer. I got burnt out tournament fishing, was doing 30+ a year at one point. Really enjoyed fishing the Bassmaster Weekend Series years ago but it was a grind (12-14 hour days on the water, hours prepping, zero sleep, driving for hours). I might get back into it again. Yeah I love fishing them, but especially the bigger events can be brutally long days. I've been fishing mainly team tournaments the past few couple years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Got out to a couple small development type ponds yesterday. Caught two of the tiniest large mouths I've ever seen. Like 8" long. Boy the water was cold though. Makes sense given the spring we've had. Imagine it's going to be a slow start to the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Hit Lake Warner in Hatfield yesterday since the Oxbow is closed. Pretty awesome looking water. One whole shore was a river channel 5-8' deep with trees down. The opposite was 2-3' lily pad fields. Found some pretty cool old foundations and stone walls with the sidescan unit. Eight largemouth but nothing over 2.5 pounds (all came on the jig), a handful of pickerel on the swimbait, and even a 16" rainbow on the damn Ned rig. The first warm day brings out all the stupidity. Dozens of folks out in canoes or kayaks, no care for social distancing around the boat ramp or that Mass requires life jackets until May 1 given cold water temps. At one point I'm fishing a jig 20' from shore and two yakers (who have hundreds of feet to go behind me) tried to cut between the boat and shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Got out again last Saturday when the sun came out. Caught a decent size pickerel. Like 15" or so. Was night to feel a half decent size fish again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Got a giant out of the Quabbin on Wednesday. Was the baby's first largemouth experience. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrotary12 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 That's a first. Using a baby as a scale. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radarman Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 On 5/1/2020 at 7:53 AM, PowderBeard said: Got a giant out of the Quabbin on Wednesday. Was the baby's first largemouth experience. That's a helluva fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larvay Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 On 5/2/2020 at 1:49 PM, radarman said: That's a helluva fish I find the (second) photograph even more impressive than the fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderBeard Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 4 hours ago, larvay said: I find the (second) photograph even more impressive than the fish. Mom thought it was pretty funny as did the rest of the family. I could not get a picture of me with it for size so had to improvise. She is almost 9 months old for reference and about 18 pounds. Conservative guess was the bass is 8.5-9 lbs. I compared my measurements of it to a friend who just got a certified 9-2 largemouth (his was 22" long and had a girth of 19") and he insists its >10 but I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 32 minutes ago, PowderBeard said: Mom thought it was pretty funny as did the rest of the family. I could not get a picture of me with it for size so had to improvise. She is almost 9 months old for reference and about 18 pounds. Conservative guess was the bass is 8.5-9 lbs. I compared my measurements of it to a friend who just got a certified 9-2 largemouth (his was 22" long and had a girth of 19") and he insists its >10 but I don't think so. 22" and 9+ pounds - that's a really fat fish! (Though the estimator equation - length*girth*girth divided by 800 - works out to 9.9 lb.) Many years ago (the year Lauri Rapala's lures became widely available in the US) I caught a non-skinny 22" largemouth that weighed 5 1/8 pounds from the nearby NNJ lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 On 5/1/2020 at 7:53 AM, PowderBeard said: Got a giant out of the Quabbin on Wednesday. Was the baby's first largemouth experience. Lol that's just friggin awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx2fish Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 On 5/1/2020 at 7:53 AM, PowderBeard said: Got a giant out of the Quabbin on Wednesday. Was the baby's first largemouth experience. That's awesome. What did that thing weigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whineminster Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 nice phattie! I caught a perch the other day....and that's it. But I did see 2 bald eagles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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