This weekend will probably be my last for the season.
Hope to hit the Sudbury Reservoir one day and also a final outing for the year in my 'yak on the Sudbury River.
Going to see if the rattle crankbaits continue to work - that's what I've caught nearly everything on the past few weeks. Though a yellow perch did nail a chartreuse spinner bait last Sunday at the Sud Rez.
My cuz and I went out this past weekend and killed it! Jigs and jerkbaits moved slowly was the ticket for us, with two over 5 lbs (5.8 & 5.10 diiferent shapes/size, so not the same fish at all), countless 2-2.5's and a bunch of 1.5's for close to (no exaggerating) almost 50 bass. The action was non-stop, with a few crappie caught on the jerkbaits as well! My arms were tired when I went home.
Had another friend report he annihilated the bass on topwater baits too at another pond the same weekend. Hopefully the action continues this weekend! Good luck!
Wow, that's a great day!
My buddy caught a 6.8 largie on a frog over the weekend. We went to Tispaquin the next day and got skunked. Hopefully this weather keeps up, next week is looking good.
A good day indeed!
Nice video.
Looked like you got them on plastic worms and spinnerbaits for the most part.
Where was this?
Yup, James is right. Nunya Pond. Haha.
Anyway, yeah, soft plastics was the key this day. I tried flipping, but despite the pond being ringed with pads and clumps of weeds, I've never had a bite flipping. It's weird.
Some spinnerbait fish, too, yeah. And two on the Gantarel.
Found a spot behind the largest point that wasn't so windy and managed one more Larry, two Smallies, and a pickerel. All three were under two pounds. Being two weeks before Thanksgiving, I call it a win.
It took me almost an hour to paddle back to the launch because of the high wind.
I'm going to try to get out a couple more times, but if this is my last trip of the year, not a bad way to finish up.
Regularly fish night time for brown trouts that I have seen lately right on shore. Broke line after first hook set.. Bummer. But hunt will be continue.
with all those smallies over 5 lbs your catching you should fish tournaments and see where u stack up against the best fisherman in ma!!I'm doing well lately but haven't fish past this week yet. Few 3-4lbs. I'm strictly stick to glider lure. Senko will work well. But senko is just number on bass. While glider lure give me bigger bass. Two weeks ago, I pulled four smallmouth over 5lbs. Big one top at 5.7lbs. Along with two 5lbs Larry and big one is 5.5lbs.
- 5.5 Larry was caught on popper.
- 5.7 smallie was caught on glider
- 5.1 Larry was caught on frogging
- rest of three 5lbs smallie soldiers was caught on tube
- Rest of dinks bass are caught on everything.
In other hand, other species are hitting well too. Handful of bull sunfish but nothing beat my pb at 1.4lb. Perch are freakish huge right now. Averaged at 12-14inch. Cats are biting well but nothing that is worthy mention. Walleye are biting well too.
Will be stopped fishing for anything except focus on trouts now. With exceptions of few bass fishing outings for giants!
nice video !! Good to see someone who still fishes with his father . Lost my dad in 2009 and would give my ranger for one more day on the water with him . Boo Freeging hoo lol !!!Took my father out last Wednesday and we did all right.
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Went to scout on five different ponds for biggest Larry but no luck. Although I managed to get 46 bass all together today. Up to 3lbs. Nothing is picture worthy lol
Regularly fish night time for brown trouts that I have seen lately right on shore. Broke line after first hook set.. Bummer. But hunt will be continue.
What features do you generally look for in scouting new ponds? You're a hell of a good fisherman and I'm curious how you pick your spots.
Fishma519- no preference on my lake choice, I hit them all. Then trying figure out the pattern. (That's how I get enjoyment from crack the pattern) yesterday - two lake was muddy and lot of logs in water. Maybe 30-40ft deep. One pond is full of rocks with sparse weeds with only max 8 feet. Last two ponds is bath tub feature with no structure At all with 10-15 feet deep. (My first move is fish deep. Out the middle. Since I'm limited to wader the shoreline.) I used dropshot. Until I ran out of sinkers. So I switched to Carolina rig. Worked well at all five ponds. Although rocky pond is only senko/fluke. This spot is where I got 3lbs and biggest fish of the day.
I'm scout the ponds that I haven't fish yet. Just want to check them out and figure out if they are worthy to come back again or not. Only three ponds is definitely will go back again at next year. Another two ponds is no.
So, point is my pattern was find the ledge from shallow to deep. Bass are hanging that area at this time of year. Fish is on bottom. Not on suspense or top. Although they might are.
