Super User Crestliner2008 Posted July 10, 2009 Super User Posted July 10, 2009 Couldn't sleep Wednesday night, so around 3:30 am I decided to hit the Quabbin once again. Water temps around 70 degrees with the air very cool and around 60. Scouted out some shallow water spots (6' - 9') and only got some dinks: Being as I mainly target the bigger smallmouths at the Quabbin, I headed out in the opposite direction. This is where I settled for awhile: Wasted some time around here on several stops, but nothing would co-operate, so I headed to some shallower GPS locations and this is what 1/2 dozen of these spots looked like: These were definitely small perch and the smallies loved them! Snagged a few that got free at the surface. These perch were between 4" - 6" in length. All total for the day I caught & released about 1 1/2 dozen decent smallmouths at similar locations. Here's what some of them looked like: All in all, I made a good decision to stay up and go fishing instead of going back to bed! I even had two "doubles"....one when I put the drop shot rod down in the holder to fight another fish on a Senko. The drop shot rod doubled over suddenly and the bass cleared the water by 2' and spit the hook at me! The next one I did land both bass in the same situation. Talk about a firedrill! The last picture above was neat....caught her on my 4# test UL which was a challenge; but instead of landing her, she jumped into the boat on the other side of my engine! Quite a bit of fun. ;D You can't beat the Quabbin this time of the year. I don't believe the thermocline has set-up yet, so finding the bass is hit or miss. But they seem to congregating more so in the 25' - 30' depths, providing you can find bait on those structures. Hope everyone can get out and do some fishing this weekend. The weather is shaping up to be spectacular! Quote
TopDog Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 nice report! Very cool! If you ever want to fish with someone, let me know, I could get away weekend mornings! Quote
SausageFingers23 Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 These posts are spectacular! Keep up the awesome work out there at the Quabbin. I've never fished it myself but it looks like a blast. I struggle a bit fishing deeper water. I think I just need to pay more attention to the depth finder and learn to read it better. Again, great job. Look forward to more. Quote
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