beaconcoach13

Had the opportunity to get out on the water the last two weeks. Fished back to back days 5/28 & 5/29. Got skunked on the Charles River at Nahanton Park on my first Yak trip of the spring. Threw the kitchen sink out, but no much going on. It was hot and mid day which normally isn't a great recipe for success. That spot has never been great for me in the past, but is close to home in a pinch. Next day took a buddy out in my canoe to Ponki. It was another hot mid day trip. With young kids fishing between pick up and drop off is my new norm! My buddy hadn't fished in ten years had a blast. He was a rookie so I figured old faithful would work for him - Red/White Daredevil. I thought he would get into some slimdarts for sure using that at Ponki and he did. He caught 6 darts, and one very large Perch. I caught 6 picks(4 pretty solid in size), and 3 bass. I am yet to have a great bass day at Ponki. Used vareity of soft platics wacky and T rigged, then some large spinners, but the most productive for bass was 4 inch green grub. 1 Keeper bass and two little guys. To me the "P" in Ponkapoag is for Pickeral. I do enjoy catching them to break the ice early in a trip, but after a few I am ready for Bass only! Still love fishing that pond. 6/5 went back out on the Charles River in the Canoe right off the VFW in Westie and took it a few miles. Action was slow ealry. 109 bridge normally has a few LMB ready to bite. Missed a good hit on Orange flake six inch Senko early pitching it Wacky. Switched to a Brushog for a while without much succes. Kept seeing heaving action in shallows and came up on some huge Carp. That section was loaded with Carp. Saw about 25 plus carp. Went back to the green grub and caught a solid Crappie, and two picks. Missed a on a few nice hits which felt like bass. Finally under a tree caught a nice 3.5 LMB. Great battle from the Canoe and was happy to get my first good bass of the season. My boat mate landed 1.5 LMB on white rappala minnow and a few picks. Not a ton of action on the day, but a few nice fish. Water seemed a bit low and pads are just really starting to form in that sections so frogs weren't getting much action.

Took my wife out fishing today for the first time in my canoe. Great weather day and got into a few Larry's. I caught solid large mouth under a bridge on a crank bait early. As we went down stream there was a ton of leaves in the water so I switched to 5 inch watermelon Senko Texas rigged. Caught two Larry's right away. I lost both worms....does the Mister Twister Texas rigging lead to more worms falling off on the strike? I am happy catching fish so won't complain. Day ended with the wife catching her PB(see photo). She was really pumped. I love that she dropped the bass in the canoe and then used the sweatshirt as a glove so not to touch the fish!!

First post here on MAFF. Love the site and check it out often. I am going to update a few old trips from Summer. After getting a canoe I went to Ponki twice in June. I read a few trips and was excited to get out on the water. The action was excellent, but it was almost all Pickeral. The bass to pickeral ratio was about 25:4 over the two trips. Both were 10am-3pm trips. I did catch two nice 3-4LB Largemouth bass. One each trip, but really had trouble getting the bass to bite. I was using a Rapala crankbait which the Pick's were loving. I did catch one of the larry's on a my biggest spinner bait I own in the middle of the pond(which was recomended on this site to not just fish the shoreline). No luck on any rubber worms(senko's included). I did use the ol' Red/White Daredevil for a few small bass. I didn't have much succes in the lily pad sections of the pond, but I didn't have any frogs for either trip. I am guessing skipping some frogs on the pads could lead to a few more bass. Overall I like the pond and caught some good size pick's, but would of like to gotten into a few more bass. My profile pick is one of the two solid bass from the trip.