Conference wahoo::fishing

    
    
    
    Sound good, nice fishing.    I've been using the same technique
    the last few nights.... but with no luck at all.   Since I get home
    at about 6:30 there isn't much time left to fish.  So I've been
    walking the shore (took out my docks last weekend) using a repela
    as you described.   Maybe its the time of day and I'll give it another
    try this weekend when the sun is high (and warm).
    
    Any other comments and suggestions.
    
    The Harbor Master
    
    

    BINGO !!!!!!!
    
    	I'm doing the same down in MD. its working good "most nights"
    What type REBEL/RAPALA, What paterns/colors? 
    
    			BUCKETMOUTH
                                   down south
                                      
    
    P.S. last night I wraped a DUCK up on my line...   SORRY

   re: .3  

	What was it, a teal or woody?  
    
    	Up until Tuesday morning I had five rebels in my my tackle box.
	Three about the 4" length ( 1 silver side black back, 1 gold 
	side black back, 1 jointed gold side black back).  I then have
	two about 5" (3 sets of trebles), one silver side/ black back 
	and the other the gold side black back.  I've had them all for
	years and the smaller gold side black back rebel has very little 
	paint left on the back.  When the worms don't produce, the rebel 
	always comes through with something.  I don't recall ever catching 
	anything on the jointed rebel.  My favorite is the bigger silver 
	sided baby.  I don't think the color has anything to do with it.  
	I think its more the retrieve and the "smilie face" definitely has 
	to have something to do with the production.

	My partner lost (fish broke line), my smaller silver sided rebel.  I 
	was using the gold sided one (4"er).  I passed up to him the 5/6" 
	silver sided rebel which he tied on with a laugh.  "What the hell 
	you gonna catch with this?  We ain't in the  ocean *%&%lips."  I 
	proceeded to tell him of my theory (big bait yield bigger fish).  He 
	made a few casts, and then we both had a laugh when he reeled in a 
	bass about 8" long.  On his next cast he brought in the bass that I 
	think would have tipped the scales a tad better than four pounds.  
	About twenty minutes later he brought in a pickerel guessing 17 - 18", 
	not sure as he wouldn't pick it up, preferring to hold his line and 
	remove the trebles with the needle nose while the fish was still in 
	the water.  This is a pretty tricky move in a canoe, and the next 
	time he decides to do it his gonna get a paddle upside the head. 
	Oh well, you gotta have something to bust each other about during the 
	course of a day, and the next several times out.  

	The only other time I ever caught bass like we did this past Tuesday 
	was about 4 years ago.  Another friend and I caught them ALL on worms, 
	and all were no bigger than 2lbs, great fun on an ultra lite w/4lb 
	test.  In fact, my ultra lite is the only rod I use unless I'm 
	in a place with stumps.

	Gotta be honest.  I've been reading this file for quite awhile 
	now and you guys have brought me through some pretty rough days at 
	work.  Your a great bunch characters.  My fears, however, are that my 
	hunting partner and I would fit right in with you guys on one of your 
	excursions, and both of us would wind up either divorced (hummmm.....
	more fishin time), or dead.  One of these days though, one of these 
	days.

	Bryan
    

    Geez, Keith, maybe we should have used Rappala's...
    
    Keith and I did a small pond last night with no success at all,
    Keith got one rise on a Jitterbug... Water temp was ~53F...
    
    I'm gonna start hit'n the Nashua River at the Groton/Pepperal line
    occasionally, hopefully those river bass are still more active...
                                                      
    donmac

Like a few others, last Saturday was an ideal fall day for bassin.  I got to
one of my favorite ponds early in the morning.  The sun was just over the 
tree tops shining through the early morning fog, creating an eerie effect
across the pond.  The air was still crisp and cold.  The water was perfectly
calm...like a mirror.  Suddenly, the silence was broken by the mornful wail
of a loon 50 yards away.  I watched it as it slipped beneath the surface,
barely creating ripples that shimmered in the sun.  Overhead, a red-tale
hawk silently circled looking for its morning meal.  A movement to my left
caught my eye...three mallards had their wings flaired as they settled down
onto the water, disturbing the water and creating more ripples that again
glistened in the sun.

I sat in my boat for a few moments pondering and enjoying all the glory of 
Mother Nature, but I was here to go fishing.  I started my engine which
shattered the silence of the morning, slipped it into gear, and was soon
racing across the water to my favorite "honey hole."

As I approached my favorite spot, I killed the engine about 30 yards out and
used the electric motor to move in.  Once again, the air was silent...except
for the sounds of my wake lapping up onto the shore.  The water was much
clearer than usual, so I decided to stay further back from my "hole" and 
make longer casts so as not to disturb any bass that might be lurking there.
I saw a swirl near a large sunken log in the shallows.  Knowing the thrill
and enjoyment of catching bass with surface plugs, I picked up a rod with a
Zara Spook tied to the line.  I made a long, high cast...the Spook landed
with a splash about 10 feet beyond the swirl.  I immediately started twitching
and retrieving the plug, making it "walk the dog" across the calm surface.

As it approached the spot where the swirl was, I let it come to a rest, 
allowing the ripples to die away.  For what seemed like minutes, yet only
seconds, I twitched the Spook ever so slightly.  Suddenly, the water erupted
with an explosion like I've never seen before!  My heart pounded as adrenalin
pumped through my body.  I immediately set the hook...then a second time as my
rod doubled over.  Line started peeling off my reel against the drag as this 
huge bass headed for the bottom.  I put as much pressure as I dared, trying to
turn it away from the roots of the massive log from where it sought safety.

Minutes passed, as it made run after run.  Finally, I turned this monster fish
away from the log.  Then, without warning, it headed for the surface, sending
thousands of glistening droplets of water into the air as it jumped at least
three feet into the air.  Its body shook violently, trying to dislodge this
hooked object from its mouth.  I was in total awe at the mass of this beauty
from the deep.  It was certainly much larger than any of the seven pound hawgs
I've caught in the past.  Was it 8 pounds?  9??  Was it a new state record??

Keeping the line as tight as possible while it jumped three more times, I
finally got it near the boat.  My heart was racing...  I reached for my net,
hoping it was large enough to surround this monstrous fish.  A vision of an
eight pound plus bass mounted over my fireplace flashed through my head.
I slipped the net into the water, slowly...carefully...guiding the bass to it.

Then....suddenly....I heard this buzzing sound in the distance.  It quickly
became louder...and louder.  "No...please...don't let this happen!" I thought.

But...it was too late...



... my dream was shattered by my alarm clock.  It was 7:00 AM.


(sigh...but someday!)

       Does he write for Penthose Forum?
                                               Denny

    >the mournful wail of a loon
    
    Could that be the 'legend-ary' Loon?
                                         Denny

    >the mournful wail of a loon
    
>>   Could that be the 'legend-ary' Loon?


YOU'RE CLOSE!!  I THINK YOU MEANT...."The Legend-ary GOON!"

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    The same thing happened to me the other day.....
    
    As I made a short tangled cast with my ZEBCO 202, I looked up and
    saw her scantilly clothed body standing at the end of the dock.
    the breeze wisped through here frail hair... she waved....our eyes
    met and I engaged the oars to slowly approach the dock.... 
    She started to pant . ever so slightly...she had the faint hint
    of perspiration on her pooched upper lip...
    
    I better stop now I can't take anymore
    

>> on her pooched upper lip...
    

HEY...WIERDSUM....ya been in the sun too long!!    

    
    
    so what "she's a dog" .....
    
    Whats this got to do with fall bassin' anyway.
    
    Harbor Master (LJ02)
    

    NOTHING! What do you expect from someone that cant catch any fish
    for real, nevermind  in a wet dream.
    
    Rich

    
    
    
    RE: .14
    
    Rich,
    
    Sorry I asked.... I haven't had much luck lately either since I
    took my boat out three weeks ago with a blown motor.  No fun
    fishin' from shore anymore.
    
    However, today may be the last warm day of the season so I'm
    out of here now to wet a line.
    
    Wish me luck,
    
    Harbor_Master_on_the_way_to_echo_lake....NOW!
    

    Gary,
    
    Mail me the rest of the story .... the abrupt ending caught me in
    mid-stroke
    
    Steve

    re .16...
    
    Aren't you the guy who jumped in his canoe,took 3 strokes,and shot
    across the lake?

    Has anyone been out recently?

    Yeah, Don, I left early monday and hit a couple of my favorite
    smallmouth feeding lanes on the Westfield River.  Skunk City!
    
    The Corps seems to be draining its upriver reservoirs, the river
    was high without any appreciable rainfall in the last week.  The
    air temp was in the low 60's but the water temp felt 10 degrees
    colder.  I tried everything in the small box but concentrated on
    a jig/grub combo.  I guess the key to fall success is fishing slow
    and that's hard to do in a raging river.
    
    Right now it's in the low 70's.  I wish I could leave early today
    and take the boat out one last time.  Sigh.
    
    Steve
    

    With all flurry of giving pointers before or after the tournement
    on fall fishing I just thought that I'd enter this note. FWIW
    
    I don't think that there is any real 'mystery' to fall fishing.
    It's just like spring fishing, but you have to think in the opposite
    direction. This time of the year the fish are coming up, while in
    spring they are going down. Make sense??? In spring you throw deep
    and crank up, while in fall you throw shallow and crank down. That
    way the lure is coming at the fish. 
    
    Now the smaller fish will be up most of the time, but the bigger
    ones will still be working their way to the shallows for the fall
    feast.
    
    All this means is fishing the same ledges and drop-offs you fished
    in spring but in the opposite direction.
    
    Lures.......you pick em. Anything will work and this file is loaded
    with peoples experience in what does and doesn't.......personally
    I think they all work, and like someone (I think it was Joe) commented
    at some time, its the confidence you have in a lure that is half
    (if not more) of the battle. Works this way: if you have confidence
    you more apt to stay with the lure and work it. Slow, fast, medium,
    stop and start, twitch, etc.....you get the idea. While with a lure
    that you don't really think will work, you will be more prone to
    giving up on it quickly, not bothering to work it right or try to
    be inventive with it. Now there is no question that on some days
    certain lures will work and others that worked the day before will
    not. There in lies some of the skill of this sport and one of the
    reasons a lot of fisherpersons spend a lot of time becoming good
    with a large variety of lures.....simple, huh???
    
    Oh well, enough. See you all, again, on the 1st and good luck to
    all.
    
    Tight lines, Ranger Ron
    
    

    Thanks RR and HSJ.  I apprecitate the advice.  I will be out on
    the CT. River this weekend, I let you know how things go on Monday.
    
    Les
    
    Cant wait to put some faces with the names on the First

    YO,
    RE .21 Same goes for me.
    
    Ron, I do not go deep and work the lures up 
    this time of year. I start right out at the surface and then down
    a foot and repeat until I find a depth/retrieve speed that is working.
    I start giving up on worms and use more "active" lures. Spinner
    baits, crank baits, and twist tail grubs. I have seen LOTS of 3
    and 4" bass in the shallows as of late FWIW. In fact I caught one
    on a 1/2 oz spinner bait that was only 3"! the hook barely fit in
    his mouth! I did not even know I had a fish. Talk about aggressive....
    Things are heating up guys.....or is that cooling off....I had two
    hit last night as soon as the plug hit the water. They never even
    cared what it was!
                                             NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~

    You got it Worm.....start shallow and work deeper....thats a classic
    fall pattern.
    
    I hope you are seeing alot of those 3-4 inch bass. Those are the
    spawn of this spring....the more there are the more we will have.
    You can determine how good the spring spawn was by trying to get
    a count on these fish......10 per acre fair, 20 per - good, 30 per,
    GREAT........You'll loss about half of them this winter, but these
    will be the spawning bass in two years.
    
    The next month and a half will be the prime fall feeding spurt.
    Compliments the May Jun spring feed/spawn. Now if the weather will
    only cooperate. Warm days and cool nights are the ticket.....
    
    Keep up the good works.
    
    Tight lines, Ranger Ron

    Well Bartons Cove did not fair to well with me yesterday.  It was
    my first time out there and I got the big goose egg.  All to-
    gether our club only brought in 7 fish.  It was real slow for all
    alot of short smallies in the river and a few largemouth in the
    cove itself.  Everything was caught on spinner baits.  The river
    was strange in the morning the current was strong going UP stream,
    then about 10 A.M. it reversed and started moving downstream, I
    guess their is a pumping station along the river.  Oh well better
    luck next time.
    
    Les

    Hay Les to Shawn Scott catch any fish?
    

    re .22
    
    By far most of my success has been with twist tail grubs, followed
    by black rubber worm. No spinner bait success yet, but haven't tried
    it enough yet.
    
    Ed
    

    Bob, 
       Here is how it stands at the end of our tournament trail, for
    people you know and DEC'ies
    
    	 Craig  Acari first place  240 pts,  Winner of the state fishoffs
       
    	 Les Baczko   fourth place 170 pts,  Would of been second with
                                             one fish at BARTONS COVE.
                                             DEC         
    
         Wayne Carlson Sixth Place 127 pts,  Got Skunked at the cove
                                             to, My partner there. He
                                             snapped off a trophy.
    
    	 Ray Tadry   Eigth Place   112 Pts,  In the state Fishoffs NICE
                                             JOB MOOSEFACE, YEAH.      
                                             DEC
    
         Shaun Scott Ninth Place   110 pts,  Did Not show up for Bartons
             
    
     So we are sending two DEC'ies to the State Fishoffs at Webster
    Lake,  Hey Bob are you going to them?
    
    Les
    Worcester County Bassers
                                                                 

    Yes I finished with 289 points using the same points system you
    have with seven tournaments.
    
    That put me in 6 place in the club.  Only 10 points out of the top
    4.  I have to see where the regionals are going to be to see if
    It would be worth the time at the fishoffs.  I am getting married
    the next weekend and still have lots of work to do on my house.
    
    I do love to fish in the fall and webster has been nice to me this
    year.  (except for the first state tournament).
    
    Good luck and hope to see you there.
    
    Bassin' Bob-- 1988 Tournament Director Worcester Bassmasters

    RE .26  
            YO EDSKI,
                       What's the haps? I did not see your name on the
    tourney list. Get it together eh! Sign up with the rest of us hosers.
    
                                       NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~~~~

	Hey.. Hoser...

	I'd love to, but we've got a 3 week old bambino fisherman and 
	I'm building a room in the basement so's I can clear out the
	second bedroom for the little darlin.
    
        I know my brother would like to join me for a REAL tournament - 
        (Both of us have been fishing just a little over a year) so I'd 
        like to plan on the same tourney in the Spring. We should have a 
    	boat by then, too. Right now we've got a canoe - not bad, but 
    	spending that much time in a canoe takes it's toll on your butt!

	Lately I've been hitting the local ponds for an hour or two on
	Saturday mornings, but the fishing's been metza-metz. I'm dying 
	to spend a weekend up to Winni once the nuts with the speedboats 
	are gone for the season...! Last Fall I caught a fat 19" smallie 
	right off the dock...

	Next year for sure!

	Ed