Monthly archives: July, 2020

Dominant Dominik

July 27, 2020 0 Comment

Yesterday, twenty-seven of MAKB’s finest hit the Nashua River for our fourth event of the season!

No one launched north of the covered bridge in Groton, so as suspected there doesn’t appear to be any easily found launches up that way, if any at all.

Also, no smallmouth was caught, so I don’t know if the information I received was incorrect or if they’re just not abundant south of Groton. Either way, everyone who got in on that lunker pool will be refunded tonight.

Going in, I had expectations of countless blow-ups as I chucked a frog all day long. At least for me, that didn’t happen. I brought two frog rods—one for a hollow body, and the other for a soft plastic frog—and I didn’t get a single damn blow-up all day. I’m still confused.

Even more confusing, Kevin Amaral Jr. said he got all his fish on the frog and, at least for a time, I was fishing in the same general area as he was. Go figure!

Most of my fish came on a chatterbait, while the others came on a soft-plastic “thingy.” And I didn’t catch many, which was also baffling. Not sure if the cooler temps the night before affected the bite, but it wasn’t there for me.

I kept grinding, though, running about three miles south looking for a bigger bite, and it came around 12:30 PM…and I lost it. A giant, but for some reason I thought it was smaller than it was, so I tried to muscle it into the net. It went on a run, pulling drag, jumped, and came unbuttoned (see the video below). Heartbreaking.

Anyway, that was my day, how was yours?

Here are the official results pending any protests…

Pickerel Lunker: Scott Weismann (19.00)
Lunker: Peter Arruda (20.25)

Fifth Place: John Ferreira (72.75)
Fourth Place: Valber Santos (72.75)
Third Place: Kevin Amaral Jr. (74.75)
Second Place: Donald Davis (79.50)
First Place: Shawn Dominik (80.00)

Like our last event, one good fish or two decent ones would have vaulted anyone in the top 16 into the top five.

So congrats to those who did find (and land) the right fish!

Standings can be found here on TourneyX.

Our next event is once again on the Charles River on August 1. Same deal as last time. This time, we are also hosting a KBF Trail Event, and another one the following day. Let’s have a huge turnout for this one, guys!

If you are not currently a KBF member and want to fish the Trail Event, head over to KBF and join. You may, however, just fish our event if you want to.

D’Addeo Does It Again!

July 11, 2020 0 Comment

The Taunton River tournament is done, and it has been banished to the black list for all time! If it gets voted in again? Executive veto! Haha.

Surprisingly, a lot of fish were caught. I caught a ton myself, mostly small, but I put together a decent limit when all was said and done. I lost a giant at the end (the winning fish), which still has me confused. The thing hit my chatterbait three times, the last time right next to the kayak. Never got a hook in it. I think it was blind.

I also caught a big fallfish. I think, anyway. Not sure how big they get, but this one was 13.5 inches, which seems big. PB fallfish, though, so…yay or something.

Anyway, I fished one of the tributaries. Lots of grass with small open areas in between and clear channels running along the edges. I caught most of my fish on Jason Gardner’s Dirigo Bait’s ned craw paired with a Ned EWG Jig Head by Lifted Jigs.

My biggest came on a frog, teabagging it over a branch above a small patch of grass and duckweed. Damn thing had a mouse sticking out of it’s gullet, too, but he was still hungry, I guess.

The chatterbait bite turned on at the end of the day. Unfortunately I ran out of water (laydowns in the way) and time. But I did catch a 16.75 on the way back to my launch spot, at 2:15 (also the winning fish).

With 24 guys registered, we’re paying out five spots and lunker…

Lunker: Valber Santos (18.50)

5th Place: Chris Nardi (74.25)
4th Place: Angelo David (74.50)
3rd Place: Ken Wood (75.00)
2nd Place: Valber Santos (76.50)
1st Place: Joseph Daddeo (77.25)

Joe does it again! The ultimate grinder, this guy. A Hail Mary cast up a small creek at the end of the day landed him an 18.25, culling a 9.50, and propelling him to the top!

One big fish for basically the top eleven anglers would have resulted in a win. Kickers make a difference!

Congrats, fellas! Great job.

Full results here.

Thanks to everyone for coming out, especially under potentially poor conditions. But the meaty urologists got it wrong again! Waaaaaay wrong. Holy crap!

Our next event on the Nashua River is coming up next Saturday, July 18. This is a make-up event for one of our canceled tournaments. A bit farther away than our normal events, but we’re still practicing social-distancing and this will yet again allow us to fish while not putting anyone at an unnecessary risk.

So, far away but supposedly a fantastic fishery. You can register now on TourneyX.