Quabbin, Ma; 6/22/13

[Crestliner2008]

We managed to hit some decent smallies today. Most were on the drop shot in 20' - 35' of water, targeting off-shore humps and structures. Water temp was 65 degrees and we are under this "super moon", if you believe what the weather folks tell us.

 

Anyway, here are some results of our efforts today. We fished from 8 am until about 2 pm. Did a lot "scouting" about, but mainly focused on our GPS markers for the day. My partner, Walt, didn't fare too great today; mainly due to a recent surgery and some physical limitations. However, he did just fine:

 

 

 

I followed suit shortly there after:

 

 

Nothing great, but a start. We hit about 10 markers that we knew supported bait fish, and consequently, of course, bass. Here are some shots of our success:

 

 

This one smaller dink had a terrible looking sore on it's gill cover. Almost looked like a lamprey attached to it!

 

 

A couple of more:

 

 

 

Here's a shot of the "pig of the day":

 

 

And same fish showing off her belly!

 

 

All in all, a great day to be on the water with trusted, valuable fishing partner, which I am privileged to call my friend. We got about 2 dozen quality smallies with about an equal number of dinks to round out a splendid day to be on the water.

 

 

[bass crazy]

Well done. Some nice fish there.

[The one that got away]

Nice job Cresty, looks like you and Walt had a great day on the Q.  What gate were you fishing from? 

I had to laugh at your third photo, it looked like you didn't want to hold that sick looking fish any longer than you needed to for the picture.  And that was a very nice fish in your last pic - did you weigh him?

[Crestliner2008]

Nice job Cresty, looks like you and Walt had a great day on the Q.  What gate were you fishing from? 

I had to laugh at your third photo, it looked like you didn't want to hold that sick looking fish any longer than you needed to for the picture.  And that was a very nice fish in your last pic - did you weigh him?

We launched out of gate 31. And yes....I couldn't wait to get rid of that fish! Probably should have killed it, in case it has some kind of disease or the like, but we release everything. No, we didn't weigh the big smallie. We rarely weigh anything we catch.  I'm not too concerned about "my fish being bigger than your fish" kind of thinking. She was decent, for sure. It certaily wasn't the biggest I've caught there and hopefully not the last!