Mashpee-Wakeby Fishing Report

1st Place At Mashpee/Wakeby With A 20 Pound Bag

I threw my hat in the ring on Thursday night to see if I could get on a boat and Kevin picked it up. I wanted that custom rod. Neither one of us had ever been here before but I was hearing things like there's gonna be big bags. We were to launch 5th (sorry Neil I still have the chip). When we left we decided to just go a little ways down from the ramp and start fishing. Kev drops the trolling motor and we start casting. He grabs an almost 2 pound smallie right away on the jig. That was the last fish on a jig too. I was walking the dog and Kev started throwing a buzzbait. Wham, his buzzer gets slammed as it went by some weeds. 4 pound Larry. We fished until we got near a beachy area and decided to check out the islands. We got to the first island and as we were fishing that marine officer or whatever he was rolled up on us. We thought he was checking our licenses or something but he just wanted to chat. After he left us we moved over to the shoreline to check out the docks. I pick up a 1 1/2 pound smallie on a baby brush hog. As we're moving down the shore Kev's buzzer gets slammed again. This time by a giant smallie that came in just under 4 pounds. We cranked up the motor and moved a little further down. Not long after stopping I spied a block of cement in the water that looked like it was used for a boat mooring at one tome but the buoy was no longer there. I pitched my baby brush hog to it and felt a tic as it neared the bottom. I set the hook and it didn't give at all. kev asked if it was bottom and for a split second I wasn't sure...until my drag ripped off. I fought the fish to the side of the boat and Kevin netted it for me. BAM!!! We weigh him and slap a high five because it's over 5. As the adrenaline was wearing off Kevin says "I forgot about the rod". Holy crap so did I. A 5 pounder could definitely get me that rod. Kev picks up fish number 5 and now we're looking to cull. We headed back in the direction that we started off in the morning. I make a cast to a weed line in about 4 feet of water and the baby brush gets whacked. The fish jumps and we see a huge smallie. We get it in the boat and I couldn't even get a weight on it from all his thrashing and my adrenaline pumping. I'm F it it's almost 4 get it in the cooler. We picked up a few more fish as it closed in on 2 o'clock but nothing to help us. We got to weigh in and came up with over 20 pounds (I'm waiting for the official results as I can't remember the number). My 5.4 goes for lunker and AJ hooks me up with a sweet custom jig/worm rod.

Thanks AJ that rod is so awesome I can't wait to get out on the water tomorrow. I named it White Lightning.

Thanks for texting me Kev. We make a pretty good team.

• Added By: shawneramone on 08/19/12 06:27 PM
• Also There: chevin37
• Location: Mashpee-Wakeby
• Report Date: 8/19/2012
• # of Photos: 1
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