anybody fish the concord river?

[nashua fisherman]

last sunday me and my wife decided to fish the concord river off of rt.225 in carlile/bedford. we caught 5 bass averaging 1.5#'s and my wife caught a 3.5# northern pike. this was our first time there and we didnt remember our depth finder so we just casted towards the shore from about 20-30ft out.

does anybody have any recomended spots or technics/lure suggestions for fishing this river. we'de love to catch a bigger pike. using anything other than a t-riged senco just dredged up algee. thanks in advance.---tom

[tritz18]

I live minutes away from the place you fished and to tell you the truth I have never fished the river. haha. But I have heard good things about the fish on the river. Fairhaven bay which is down the river supposedly holds alot of fish. Planning to fish the river soon so I will keep you updated.

[nashua fisherman]

thanks, please keep me updated.

we went back tonight and caught 2 bass, a perch, a crappie and a bluegill. i aslo caught my first pike.

also, the boaters on this river have alot of class. we must have had atleast 6 big boats go by and none of them waked us. this was a first for me. it can get scary in a 10' boat when the 2-3ft waves come.

[GonnaYak]

I was out with my family on Saturday, canoed upstream from rt 225 to the end of the long straightaway. Got something like 6 crappie and a small (ca. 15 in) pike, plus a nice gill, using small floating crankbait. No bass, but I was too lazy to switch to senko / rubber worm. With a 2-year old in the boat, I'll take action over size, just to keep him interested. Definitely good manners on the river that day, but it hasn't always been the case.

If you see a family of three out there in a canoe with an umbrella sticking out of the bow, that's me. Now I don't have to worry about the old question "What would you rather do, go fishing or spend time with your family?"