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i was able to find a couple of Whopper Plopper 90s this week and tried them out on the Brookline Reservoir for an hour this morning.  I caught 2 LMB about 1.5 pounds each.  Those things cast a mile!

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3 hours ago, CavScoutA21 said:

i was able to find a couple of Whopper Plopper 90s this week and tried them out on the Brookline Reservoir for an hour this morning.  I caught 2 LMB about 1.5 pounds each.  Those things cast a mile!

Yea they do. The 130 is a missile. I have a Conc. A spooled with 40lb power pro, no backing. Color me speechless when I looked down after a cast and saw just electrical tape and maybe 10 coils of line. Good call on not using backing I guess. I don't spool my bait casters as much as some guys do but still, that's some serious distance. I'd say 50-60 yards. Normally I don't really care about casting distance,but fishing this thing open water it is nice to cover that much water. 

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yea the whopper plopper launches out there! i use 20lbs braid and it flies out there!  to bad the fish arent liking it much! haha! 

i fished last night caught a 2.11lbs smallie, lost a big fish and had a big blow up! 

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I am using 20 lb braid too.  Brookline Reservoir has always been a tough place for me to catch fish since it gets a lot of pressure but the WP 90 in black/blue blood helped me to have my best day there ever with  total of 4 fish landed and  missed several more.  Not bad for for the windy conditions.  I have a 130 being delivered tonight and will hit bulloughs pond tomorrow morning

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55 minutes ago, CavScoutA21 said:

I am using 20 lb braid too.  Brookline Reservoir has always been a tough place for me to catch fish since it gets a lot of pressure but the WP 90 in black/blue blood helped me to have my best day there ever with  total of 4 fish landed and  missed several more.  Not bad for for the windy conditions.  I have a 130 being delivered tonight and will hit bulloughs pond tomorrow morning

I fish the 90 on 20lb braid too, although to be honest i haven't fished the 90 this year because I've been doing so well on the 130. Part of me is tempted to try the musky version just for kicks, but it's a little costly to be doing that. 

I tried from shore this afternoon for about an hour (130 WP). Was there about 20 minutes before a small one around a pound came up and hit it about 10 feet from me. Next cast I got it way out there and the last few coils of line before my electrical tape were a little lose so I tightened them a little while the lure was just sitting there. Well while messing with the line I must have moved the rod just enough to twitch the bait in place after it had been motionless for like 20 seconds. SLAM! I was on a causeway so I didn't hear it with the traffic noise, and I was still looking down at my reel, by the time I look up the lure is already underwater and I start reeling like crazy to try and get my slack back, as soon as I do I set the hook......into empty water. No idea what the fish size was, but no more action after that. 

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13891982_1786395964908251_87835114178636I've been consistently catching decent fish (and a couple smallies!) in the lower Charles basin, go out after lab a few times a week.
 And it's just so dang beautiful out there, with the view and all.

Anyone know what the tiny fish that start jumping everywhere every day right around sunset are? Don't think they're getting chased, but I guess it could be the result of a very regular and widespread white bass feeding frenzy....

 

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fished over thursday friday and saturday. thursday night i got a 2.11 smallie and missed a good fish. friday went on my buddies john boat at midnight fished with him until 530. got a 4lbser and lost a giant at the boat! ALWAYS BRING THE NET!!!!!!!!!!!!
saturday i went back to the same spot to get revenge, fished from shore! got a 2.11 largemouth missed another fish in weeds! 

sunday afternoon i drove around looking for new spots! tons of ponds are dried up. the last one of the day i got the only fish of the day! a fat 5.2lbser

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Just a thought to all you guys chucking heavy 1.5 oz plopper 130s on braid and  Casting reels.. One good backlash midway through the cast and you can probably kiss it goodbye.. Braid as you all know has no stretch, with a heavy bait and a backlash that braid will break (sounds like a gunshot almost) and your bait will go flying for miles :).  Happens to inexperienced surf casters chucking heavy metal jigs or plugs all the time.   Simplest solutions are to either not use braid, or if you still prefer to use braid a simple monofilament leader or "top shot" as they call them in the surf fishing community dramatically reduces this issue.  

On a different note, anyone noticing anything strange with ponds and smaller bodies of water around here?  Lots of them seem to be taking on a very strange water clarity.  I'm not sure if its lack of rain, bacteria levels exploding or what exactly is causing it, but many of the smaller bodies of water around me have taken on a very chocolate milk like color.. Visibility is like 1 foot or less, and I've never seen these ponds look this bad in the years I've been fishing them.  Anyone else noticing this or have an explanation for it??

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1 hour ago, Janderson45 said:

On a different note, anyone noticing anything strange with ponds and smaller bodies of water around here?  

We are getting that in NH right now too. When there is a lack of rain and bodies of water get low & hot, a heavy rain washes an excess of sediment into the water. This excess sediment brings an overload of nutrients into the warm water and creates perfect conditions for algae blooms. My home lake just had thick/brownish boogery looking algae blooms after last weeks rain. This can lead to fish kills in some instances. Hope for some slow steady rains soon, rather than quick downpours!  

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13 minutes ago, nhbassin said:

We are getting that in NH right now too. When there is a lack of rain and bodies of water get low & hot, a heavy rain washes an excess of sediment into the water. This excess sediment brings an overload of nutrients into the warm water and creates perfect conditions for algae blooms. My home lake just had thick/brownish boogery looking algae blooms after last weeks rain. This can lead to fish kills in some instances. Hope for some slow steady rains soon, rather than quick downpours!  

Figured it was something like this going on, just hadn't seen many people talking about it here or how poor it's made the fishing lately.  Thanks for the info! 

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1 hour ago, Janderson45 said:

Figured it was something like this going on, just hadn't seen many people talking about it here or how poor it's made the fishing lately.  Thanks for the info! 

I haven't had the algae bloom. The water in my favorite lakes is the lowest I can recall in 10+ years. I am seeing rocks that I have not ever been able to visually see before. The past three weeks have been pretty slow numbered wise, but the big girls are definitely biting. A couple fish 4-5lbs. On Sunday got out with my Dad in the morning, and we caught 10+ fish in 90 minutes of fishing in the rain. The rain got the fish active and we saw breaking bait fish all day. I am looking forward to some more rain. One from our dock, two from the aluminum boat, and one from the back seat of the Ranger. 

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3 hours ago, Janderson45 said:

Just a thought to all you guys chucking heavy 1.5 oz plopper 130s on braid and  Casting reels.. One good backlash midway through the cast and you can probably kiss it goodbye.. Braid as you all know has no stretch, with a heavy bait and a backlash that braid will break (sounds like a gunshot almost) and your bait will go flying for miles :).  Happens to inexperienced surf casters chucking heavy metal jigs or plugs all the time.   Simplest solutions are to either not use braid, or if you still prefer to use braid a simple monofilament leader or "top shot" as they call them in the surf fishing community dramatically reduces this issue.  

 

Thanks for the advice on the 130 and braided line.  Unfortunately I am not having any luck with the 130 but have been doing well on the 90 (roughly 6 fish - 0). 

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Fished Stetson Pond in Pembroke for the first time Sunday afternoon with a family friend's son who's finishing his chemotherapy and loves fishing.  A lot of it is shallow, with docks and one weed bed.  I managed a little Sunnie, a little Larry, and one measuring 17" with a good belly on it.  My scale was dead, shame on me for not checking ALL my gear before leaving.  My large bass came from a whacky Senko right under a pine tree in the water.  All my catches' colors were pretty light/faded.  Evan didn't catch anything but still had fun.  He used a craw jig and some shallow crank baits.

JG233 and I rented a boat at the Quabbin Reservoir yesterday at 0600 sharp, our first time fishing it.  I started with a ned rig, jointed smallie flavored Rapala, and a T-rigged Kreature.  My Rapala and Kreature produced nada, but I got one and a half on the ned (knot failure :().  A few REALLY SLOW hours went by with no action for either of us.  I switched to my ole-faithful T-rigged Zoom and, for the second time, a drop shot armed with a Z-Man TRD.  I got two nice smallies straight away, then nothing for a couple more hours.  Derek landed a nice smallie on a wacky Senko (?).  

Later in the afternoon we started back, working a shallow shoreline covered in shade.  Derek landed a good handful of little smallies on the wacky.  I managed two little guys on a wacky rigged 3" Senko.  Overall, I landed a 1-6, 1-11, and 1-14 (FRESH batteries in the scale!).  The smallie that broke off was similarly sized to the three that made it in the boat.

One thing was different though, none of my catches really hit the baits.  All I felt was a slight change/heaviness on the line.... something normal for Summer smallies?

Overall a great day at the Quabbin.  We caught some good fish, saw two bald eagles, and two otters.  Boat rentals are $46/day with parking - a bargain for good smallmouth fishing....

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Love the Q, but fishing it right now under current conditions is tough.  Did you rig up a fish finder in the rental?  Id be lost out there without it... 

Been twice this year and first trip we killed them on small floating rapalas, 2nd time out we did not quite as well, but still had a very productive day fishing drop shots rigged with 4.5" biospawn plasma tail, fished in 16-22'.  

Not sure if maybe just venturing further into the dog days of summer has them taking baits more apprehensively, but both of my quabbin outings this year there was no doubt every time they hit a bait.  

I plan on fishing it twice more this season likely.  Early to mid September, then again late September/October before they close it up.... They really close up shop too quickly out there most years.

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It was my first time fishing the Quabbin, all in all, it's a very cool place to fish. I wish I had gotten there in the spring before the dog days of summer set in. @DogBone_384 brought his fish finder and trolling motor, I think both were a huge help. We did pretty well given the conditions. He definetely got the big fish of the day on dropshots. I had a great time fishing. I got a couple good-sized-smallies that fought like hell. Here's a couple pictures: 

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I also fished Great Herring last Thursday. I caught smallmouths there on ned rigs and wacky rigged senkos:

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At both locations, I caught smallmouths with some length, but very little bellies. 

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4 hours ago, Janderson45 said:

Love the Q, but fishing it right now under current conditions is tough.  Did you rig up a fish finder in the rental?  Id be lost out there without it... 

Been twice this year and first trip we killed them on small floating rapalas, 2nd time out we did not quite as well, but still had a very productive day fishing drop shots rigged with 4.5" biospawn plasma tail, fished in 16-22'.  

Not sure if maybe just venturing further into the dog days of summer has them taking baits more apprehensively, but both of my quabbin outings this year there was no doubt every time they hit a bait.  

I plan on fishing it twice more this season likely.  Early to mid September, then again late September/October before they close it up.... They really close up shop too quickly out there most years.

I brought my trolling motor along and integrated a mount for my Lowrance into the battery box/tray.  The transducer mounts on the trolling motor and power comes from the battery.   Easy as pie.

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4 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

I brought my trolling motor along and integrated a mount for my Lowrance into the battery box/tray.  The transducer mounts on the trolling motor and power comes from the battery.   Easy as pie.

I need exactly that for the Quabbin, I've never had a trolling motor out there but have always wished that I did.  My fish finder is the Lowrance portable one that mounts with a suction cup.  Serves its purpose but mounting on a trolling motor would be even more ideal!  

Sounds like you guys made the best of ever increasingly tough fishing out there...

Im going to try to hit either Great Herring or Whitehall in my kayak this weekend if either of you are interested in meeting up.

-Joel

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1 hour ago, Janderson45 said:

I need exactly that for the Quabbin, I've never had a trolling motor out there but have always wished that I did.  My fish finder is the Lowrance portable one that mounts with a suction cup.  Serves its purpose but mounting on a trolling motor would be even more ideal!  

Sounds like you guys made the best of ever increasingly tough fishing out there...

Im going to try to hit either Great Herring or Whitehall in my kayak this weekend if either of you are interested in meeting up.

-Joel

Let's play it by ear. I'm working Friday & Saturday nights this weekend.

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went out to what could be my new favorite spot!  slow fishing stuck a 4.2 on a fluke bait. 2 other dinks on topwater. tossed a swimbait around most of the time looking for big fish! 

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On 8/8/2016 at 0:03 PM, Janderson45 said:

Just a thought to all you guys chucking heavy 1.5 oz plopper 130s on braid and  Casting reels.. One good backlash midway through the cast and you can probably kiss it goodbye.. Braid as you all know has no stretch, with a heavy bait and a backlash that braid will break (sounds like a gunshot almost) and your bait will go flying for miles :).  Happens to inexperienced surf casters chucking heavy metal jigs or plugs all the time.   Simplest solutions are to either not use braid, or if you still prefer to use braid a simple monofilament leader or "top shot" as they call them in the surf fishing community dramatically reduces this issue.  

 

Good thing it floats :D

It is a good tip though for heavy lures. I have backlashed with it without issue though, but that's with 40lb braid. Anything over 2 oz I use my swimbait rod for, which has 20 lb CXX on it for the exact reason you describe. 

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I have a quick question (I am sure it has been asked before so I'll go ahead and apologize).  

The next few weeks will be tough for me to go fishing during the day so can anyone recommend a pond around Boston to try at night?  Or does anyone have any experience fishing the Brookline Reservoir at night?

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12 hours ago, CavScoutA21 said:

I have a quick question (I am sure it has been asked before so I'll go ahead and apologize).  

The next few weeks will be tough for me to go fishing during the day so can anyone recommend a pond around Boston to try at night?  Or does anyone have any experience fishing the Brookline Reservoir at night?

Most of the water with public access around the Boston area has signs saying that you cant be there after sunset, but I have fished a bunch at the Brookline Reservoir and Crystal Lake in Newton right after sunset and done pretty well with black spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and swim jigs with a rage craw trailer. Most people do better on those high pressured lakes once the sun goes down. Good luck.  

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2 hours ago, nhbassin said:

Most of the water with public access around the Boston area has signs saying that you cant be there after sunset, but I have fished a bunch at the Brookline Reservoir and Crystal Lake in Newton right after sunset and done pretty well with black spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and swim jigs with a rage craw trailer. Most people do better on those high pressured lakes once the sun goes down. Good luck.  

Thanks for the advice nhbassin!  I hate asking those newbie type questions....

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15 hours ago, CavScoutA21 said:

I have a quick question (I am sure it has been asked before so I'll go ahead and apologize).  

The next few weeks will be tough for me to go fishing during the day so can anyone recommend a pond around Boston to try at night?  Or does anyone have any experience fishing the Brookline Reservoir at night?

I fished at the Brookline Reservoir a lot last year, but I only stayed past the sunset twice during the Summer. I noticed that at around 7:30-8:30PM, the fish were definitely more active. I was throwing a Rapala minnow jerkbait and kept getting bites. I also had a bunch of bites with a T-rigged rage craw.

This year, however, I've been there less than 4 times, but I noticed there is way too much vegetation under water. I haven't found a pattern yet, but during the day, some bass tend to hang around that small house in the opposite side of Warren St.

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38 minutes ago, Cyacnba said:

I fished at the Brookline Reservoir a lot last year, but I only stayed past the sunset twice during the Summer. I noticed that at around 7:30-8:30PM, the fish were definitely more active. I was throwing a Rapala minnow jerkbait and kept getting bites. I also had a bunch of bites with a T-rigged rage craw.

This year, however, I've been there less than 4 times, but I noticed there is way too much vegetation under water. I haven't found a pattern yet, but during the day, some bass tend to hang around that small house in the opposite side of Warren St.

Thanks for the I for Cya!

It is definitely overgrown with vegetation so I stick mainly to top water baits there.  I finally found a topo map of it from 1993 and noticed the deepest water is close to that little house so I think that is why they are near there.

i am going to try it tonight to see how it is.

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