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Long Day on Long Pond

August 30, 2021 0 Comment

This past Saturday, for the first time in a long time, we had a full field of 25 anglers! Was good to see. Unfortunately, by the end of the event, most had already gone home.

Anglers were met with strong winds almost right from the start. The eastern shoreline was relatively calm, at least in comparison to the washing machine that was the western side of the lake. With this place being notoriously tough, the wind did not help matters.

Only six anglers caught a limit!

At the ramp after the event, I announced another angler as having won the pickerel lunker pool. He entered an incorrect length, however, and after correcting it, Mike Morcone’s 21-incher moved into the top spot!

Lunker bass for the event went to Steve Hedges, who nailed a 19.50 just after 7 AM. Great job, man!

Torrence Davis kindly donated one of his Bubba Bass Anglers tackle boxes to the first person out of the money, and that angler was Domenic Eno!

Thanks again, Torrence! And if you’ve not checked out the Bubba Bass Anglers YouTube channel, do yourself a favor and do so. Then smooch the like button, kick subscribe, and headbutt the bell, or whatever. Something like that.

Seriously, though, it’s a great channel.

Speaking of Torrence, with 65.75 inches, he landed in fifth place, his first time in the money with MAKB. Congrats, man! Fishing rocks was where he found the most success.

Also with 65.75, Steve Hedges nabbed fourth place, with his tournament lunker being the guaranteed tie-breaker.

I landed five fish all day, and it took me fishing the entire western side of the lake to do so. Those five fish went 71.25, good enough for third.

Troy Brown almost backed out after his car was rear-ended the day before. Luckily he woke up not feeling as bad as he feared, made the event, and threw 72 inches on the board. Anchored by a solid 18.50, the second biggest of the event, this hoisted him up into the winner’s circle and second place. Glad you made it, man!

As I made my way up the shoreline, noting that the farther north I went there were less weeds and more rock and hard/sandy bottom, I lamented not bringing my bag full of Z-Man products. I felt the ned rig would have been perfect for that stuff. I had the rod, the hooks, but not the baits.

Toward the end of the day, coming down the eastern side, I passed Matthew Conant, who said something along the lines of, “Keep going. Nothing to see here.” I saw he had a ned rig in his hand, which confirmed what I was thinking earlier…

As he said, once he tied that on, it was “like night and day.” After struggling most of the day, the ned produced for him almost immediately, and he continued to catch fish and cull up to a solid Long Pond limit of 74.25, plenty enough to give him yet another notch in his belt! Congrats, brother!

Check out the full results here.

First MAKB Victory

June 29, 2019 0 Comment

I’m exhausted. And depressed. Who picked this damn lake?

Anyway, twenty-three of us fished Long Pond in Freetown/Lakeville today. Eleven anglers had limits. Bruce, who is laid up with a back injury, judged today, and said mid-lake seemed to be the most productive area.

Whatever the case, five anglers put enough fish on the board to walk away with some cash. =)

We ran an optional pickerel lunker pool today, and [a cheater] took home close to $200 for his 23-inch snot rocket.

There was a tie for overall lunker between Paulo DeMorais and Kevin Amaral Jr. Per KBF rules, ties are broken by upload time. Can’t say I’m a big fan of this rule (think we’ll change it next year), but this time it went to Paulo, who caught his fish early while Kevin caught his in the last hour.

But hey, Kevin’s 18.75 was a seven-inch upgrade, bumping him up six places to fifth with 73.75. Not bad!

Lee Kennon also surged up the leader board in the final hours, finding a sweet spot in a small cove and putting a number of upgrades on the board. His 75 inches of bass was good enough for fourth place.

Mike Elrick took a page out of John Ferreira’s playbook and pulled off a third-place finish by tossing a ned rig in weeds. I can’t figure out how to make this technique work, but it certainly does. Mike had 75.75 inches. Great job, man!

Also putting 75.75 inches on the board, with a bigger fish being the tie breaker—Bruno Casagrande! Good enough for second place.

Anyone who pays attention to the various local fishing groups knows that Paulo DeMorais is a hell of a fisherman. He’s been in the money twice already this year, and today makes three and his first MAKB victory! Paulo won by four inches, with 79.75. Congrats, sir. Well done!

Full results here.

As always, thanks for coming out. We had a new angler, Chris Nardi, join us today, along with Chris Catucci. Don’t think Nardi has a Facebook account, but if you see this, Chris, it was great meeting you (should have said this at the end, but I was distracted as always). Hope to see you at another one! You too, Catucci.

Thanks to Bruce for judging and giving Sarah a well-deserved break.

Our next event is the Three Lake Throwdown. Random draw “mystery” event, though you’ll get one of three lakes—Norton Reservoir, Lake Sabbatia, or Lake Nippenicket. With plenty of room for all, registration will open TOMORROW night.