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hour and a half at the local pond
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smith pond
5/23/2013

Put the kids to bed and headed to smith pond for some top water practice. After the big adventure yesterday to get back my one and only decent popper, i had to get some more time on the water with it. The shore access here is very limited so i went to the one access point and fan casted the entire area. Five fish later it started to sprinkle and i was out. Biggest fish went about a pound and a half, and the rest were in the 1/2 to 3/4 range. The pick was about 14" or so, not big by any means but on top water was a blast.

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Few hours of P and Q
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five lakes groton
5/21/2013

Ran out to five lakes, and took only three lures. The plan was to become more experenced with topwater baits as i have only fished with them a few times. I got the feel for walking the dog in about an hour and had a lot of fun after that. Only one decent fish, but other good boils and a few misses. Nothing to stop your heart like a giant boil and miss. The fish at the location see all kinds of fishermen and i figured i might show them something other than a worm.

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First decent bass from wyassup
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wyassup pond
5/16/2013

Loaded the boat and waited on the school bus to drop off my boy from school. First chance to get back on the water after a two week vacation. I decided to try wyassup for the first time this year and there was a ton of action. I had trout killing themselves to try and take on the #4 willow blade on my spin jig. They hit it over and over. They had no prayer of getting the jig with 5/0 hook in there mouth but that did not seem to bother them at all. The boater that i talked to on the lake said they did a second stocking yesterday. Must not have fed them prior to the release. The keitech swing impact was the most consistant bait of the day with 5 fish, the jerkbait got one and one on the spin jig. The trout were all on the south shore!

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A Day in the forest

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babcock pond
4/28/2013

Packed up the car at about 10 ish and headed off to the water. I had never been to Babcock pond but i figured it was worth a go, and would be another lake to check off my list. I pulled up to the put in point about 11 and there was an old man who lived down the street putting in at the same time. He helped me carry the yak down to the water and we had a great chat about the wind and the great bass in the pond. Off i went. The first thing to notice is how shallow the pond is. It may not be the bottom but there were less than 10" of clear water to the weeds and its only APRIL! I moved up the lake and was using a 4" bluegill keitech easy shiner, getting a few nibbles, but no takes in the lower areas of the pond. I paddled back to the main lake looking for some deeper water. I tossed the shiner and snatched up a huge gill. Not what i expected but first fish of the day i'll take it. Paddled around a while longer and got tired of the wind. I hot tailed it to the bay on the far end of the lake on the right. Found a nice little bit of brush to crash the yak up onto for the wind and started casting, 5 small bass later i was in business. I repositioned and got two small pickerel in the same spot. I moved across the bay, and cast almost to shore. I thought i had hooked into the mother load. Cranked, and cranked, and the boat was moving to the catch. Well i'll do whatever it takes. It started to move slowly to the right, and finaly i saw my catch. I managed to hook into a giant snapping turtle. The keiteh's seem to be the way to go. I shifted to the opposite bay on the left and got a bit off a few times, and gave up on the swim baits. It was getting expensive so i switched to the baby brush hawg. That was a good choice, and i got my largest of the day. Only 14" but bigger than the rest. The left bay produced a few more small pics and bass, and i headed back. I was trying to fish on the way back to the ramp but the wind was so strong i had a bow wake from being pushed so fast.

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Opening day on Long pond NEW PB!!!!
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Long pond
4/20/2013

The day started off with no intention to go fishing. I sat around the house and was going to just hang out. Well by 11 i was all filled up with doing nothing and decided i would try long pond and go elsewhere if it was just way to crowded. Last year was bumper boats and it was just crazy. When i rolled up the launch was full, but i only saw 4 boats on the lake. Well thats just about how it was from 12 to 6 PM when i left. Have no idea if the trouters limited out and left or what, but it was not the mess i delt with last year. I launched and started working the flat right off the launch just out of range of the shore casters. No miracle first cast, but on my third i had a 3lb10oz LMB. I was supper excited as it was my first quality fish of the year. What a start, i worked my way down the shore line and nothing happened until mid lake. I had a monster hit. I began reeling, but unlike the bass it started peeling line off my reel. My drag was not locked down but it was stiff to say the least. I was wondering if i somehow was going to get a teener today, but then it jumped. What, at this point i believed i had a left over salmon, from the stocking last year. Five min later i had a 4lb 12oz brown trout in my YAK. Best fighting fish of my life and a new personal best. These large brown trout up here seem to like crankbaits as my last large brown came on a #10 flatrap. I took a few min to calm down and continued to work the shore. I nabbed a few pickerel and made it to the large bay on the right near the dam. I got a 14" LBM on the green carpeted dock, my first jig fish of the year. Feeling good i fished the bay and made it around to the big rock that sits opposite of the bay, and then it happened. I hooked into a large pick and he swam away with my favorite squarebill and only fish producing lure of the day. Considering all that happened and the great fish i had caught, i called it even. I tied on my shad squarebill and fish my way back to the launch with no other fish.

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First spring trip in the yak
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lake of the isles
3/10/2013

Launched at lake of the isles about 0930. There was one other boat trailer in the lot which was supprising to say the least, but always glad to see I am not the only one who is nuts for fishing. I spotted the other boater right away and he was working his way back to the ramp. I headed over to see how he did and what he was using. He reported that he had launched at 0700 and had been using crank baits earlier but was now trying a jig. He had nothing in the boat to that point when I left him, and he pulled out right about 10 when I was landing my first fish. I had two for the day the first being a pounder or so bass, and the next cast I pulled up a 14" pick. Three and a half hours later I left with the first two being the only fish of the day. Both fish were caught on a pearl jerkbait made by strike king. I would have posted the hotspots but the map is not working right now...

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Winter day on pant
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Pattagansett Lake
11/23/2012

Launched at noon, with my son in the back. Expecting nothing was the mindset so any fish in the boat would be all gravy. Loaded my options and put the strike king squarebil on and never took it off. Three fish in the boat by the end of the day, one half pound bass and two pickeral. Let the boy crank in the last one so he could have some fun to. i ment to let him have the second, but i got over excited and had it in the boat before i could turn it over. It struck to close to the boat.

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Beat the skunk, i found a few shorts
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Lower Moodus
11/12/2012

Another day on the water, and thats always a good day. Drug the boy out to meet matt and we chased the frozen fish. It was nice out at 67 but there was a lot of confused wind. One second it was blowing us toward the dam and then we would move and then it would shift and push us the other way... Big thumbs up to the captain on smooth boat control. There was not a lot of activity in the lower section with one other person fishing, and one person just cruising when we first got there, When the sun showed it was nice but we had clouds most of the day. If it was mid summer we would have been beating them off the end of the lure, with the same conditions.

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Nice day washing lures
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Rodgers lake
11/10/2012

Went to Rodgers lake for some quiet relaxation before the big freeze. The action was slow for me, but after about 2 hours we figures out the on bait. Jerkbaits were all that were drawing any attention. I had two in the box, but was having a blast telling war stories about guides and women. I had one hit and miss from a pick, but there were at least a half dozen fish in the boat, and a decent bass around two and a half pounds.

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Fighting the blue bird
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gorton pond niantic
10/20/2012

Left the house at 2pm and headed out for gorton. I had the boy with me as usual, and i was going to give my black war bait jig some play. I threw on a black with red flake grub and gave it some water time. Almost imediatly i go a good bite, but failed to get a good hook set, and i never saw the fish at all. Not a great way to start but it said that the jig should have been good to go. I kept it tied on the rest of the day and got no other bites on it. My second pole started with my new mepps cyclops spoon in silver and i up-sized to the larger 5/8ths in orange and that got no action. I put the sliver back on and ended up taking 4 more bites. I landed two picks both small and lost another almost immediately. The one bass i got was about half a pound and considering my first miss i definitely set the hook. My frist ranibow fish, left the water 10 feet from the boat and made a nice arc 10 feet from the boat at all times. He hit the water and swam away. Guess i need to look at changing or sharpening the hooks on my new lures. The seem to work ok in a soft mouth.

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