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MANIMAL
Joined: 08 Jun 2012
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Location: Manchester
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 Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject: Salmon River 5/28 |
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Headed out at 4:30 this morning for some trout action. Salmon River
Instead of parking in the lot with the covered bridge I came in from the other end, but fished under the bridge area to the left of the back park entrance ( no idea if this location has a name )
Blue Fox spinners didn't produce at all so I switched to Trout Magnets - NEON colors
Fished for about 20 minutes and noticed that directly under the bridge there were flashes of silver every once in a while....in an unnatural way. It looked like a big trout was fighting something underwater, ......creepy
I moved under the bridge and began to drop the trout magnets dead center. A few minutes of nothing and then my float went under. Didn't feel like a bite, but more like the depth was too great for where the float was set and the bait got snagged on the bottom.....
What it DID get snagged on was a trout...a trout that was stuck underwater, already hooked up onto gear that must have snapped off a previous pole.
I tried to get it in for 15 minutes. Didnt want to wrench it in too hard because I was fishing 2lb test. Just when I began to tire from walking up and down the shore trying to get him in... a buddy showed up, cast a spinner out on stronger line, hooked up, and we both brought it in.
With about 30 ft of line tangled around it and about 2 cups of worms on hooks sucked into its lower gut area - this fish was not able to be saved.
I cleared our lines and put the fish out of its misery.
Didnt catch anything the rest of the 5 hours I was there.
I have no idea why Im not catching many fish at the Salmon River this week, but today felt like I was destined to go there to hook up on this caught fish so I could dispatch him so that he didn't suffer. Still a much better day off than going to work I guess |
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dogfishhead
Joined: 18 Mar 2013
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Location: Cromwell
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Cool report... How big did that trout measure at? Hope she made a good meal!
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MANIMAL
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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im sorry to report that it came in under 9 inches. Being a TMA and the DEEP were up and down that place today I couldnt take her home - hopefully she makes a nice meal for a furry critter this evening
really put a damper on the day - was bummed about it all day |
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