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Pappy · Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 125 Location: Derby, CT

Figured I'd give Lakeville another try. This time I took a fellow fisherman, my son-in-law Ryan (MEFisherman).

We were on the water around 8:30 and off at 2:30. Sky was initially overcast, but eventually burned off. Air temp hit 90+. Water temp was mid to high 70s. Initially there was no breeze for the first couple hours and after that a breeze around 5 mph came in from the West. It kept us cooled off, even if the sun burned pretty good.

I only took one pic which I'll post later if I get a chance. I have to look for the camera. We fished the eastern shoreline weed edge out to the island. I hooked up with two bass off the rocks on the eastern side of the island on watermelon ribbon tail worm. Saw both, boated neither, both coming off at or in route to the boat. In addition to the watermelon ribbon tail worm I also fished a watermelon red flake spider grub shallow which produced nothing.

From the island we worked our way out to fish a number of the tips of "fingers" that extend from the island fishing the outside weed edge which was in generally in 12-18' of water. Occasionally we found weeds as deep as the low 20's. We also fished a number of humps working our way from east to west across the middle of the lake. This was all drop shot work. I fished a black grape zoom finese worm on 1/4 oz sinker. Ryan initially fished a Findbass Shad on 1/8". Off the humps I caught a total of 8 pickrel and two more bass. The good thing in that was not having to take a single pickrel off a hook. When I tried they broke off . When the didn't Ryan grabbed them from the back of the boat. Once Ryan switched over the the black grape worm, he began catching fish. He wound up the day with the two biggest fish a huge pickrel and a nice 3# bass. and with his rally in the afternoon had more fish as well. He chose not to take any pics today.

Finding just the right depth for the bass was the challenge today. Pitch it up too far into the weeds and you got a nasty mess and at times wound up getting broke off. How much pulling on those nasty milfoil trees can 6# test take. Cool

Get it too far off the weed line and welcome Mr. Pickrel.

Final totals for the day 18 pickrel, 8 bass, 1 rainbow trout (22'), one sunfish (15'). While I hoped to catch more bass, who can complain about a 22 fish day. Cool

After two days on the lake there are still humps I haven't fished and some tips of fingers as well. Now I know why some people make the 90 minute trip and put in the time to learn this lake well. I'm looking to get here once a week until I go back to school.

Phish · Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 454 Location: West Hartford

Sounds like a great day to me, Pappy. Nice report.

Just4fun · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 1389 Location: Saybrook

WTG,...Nice job and an excellent report!!! Cool

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SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

Nice job Walt.
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