Sudbury Resevoir Fishing Report

Six In Four And Two That Got Away.

Hit the water around 5:45am. A nice cool morning in the 50's to start, but the sun was up and blinding by 6:30am and it was heading up into the 70's by mid-morning, so you really had to pick your spots wisely.

First off, let me say, it is official. The water levels have returned to normal on the Reservoir. They must have finished the dam work, and with all the rain we had this week, the water is right back up to the tree line. Kinda sucks, there were some great spots when the water was low.

Anyway...

Started at my old reliable spot and hit my first fish of the day after about 20 minutes. A 16" pickerel on a senko (I believe a dark green one of some kind, probably with some sparkle.)

And that my friends was the only fish of the day on a senko. :-) I wasted 4 more hours and a half dozen assorted colors, but they weren't even nibbling them after that.

Next fish was only a few minutes after. A 2lb 3oz LMB on my favorite top water popper. I moved down the shoreline a few hundred feet and hit another 1lb'er hiding in some trees on the same lure. (I love poppers)

After trying some more spots and getting nothing for another an hour or so, I headed over to a shady spot with lily pads and some cover. Rigged up one of my poles texas rigged with a 1/4oz weight with a dark green and sparkle BPS 5' worm. Worked it for a few minutes and hit my biggest, weighed, fish of the day. 2lbs 12oz LMB . (The pic doesn't do it justice)

At this point I told myself I was going to leave since I really needed some coffee, but of course that turned into another hour of fishing in which I caught two more, 2+ lbs LMB. Both caught on the same exact setup as the last fish. Unfortunately both broke free right as I got them on shore. (One jumped and shook the hook loose; the other snapped the line right at the hook). They actually looked bigger than 3lbs, but since I didn't weigh them we'll be conservative and say 2lb+.

I'm actually curious if they were same the fish. I caught them less than 5 minutes apart casting in the EXACT same spot, and both reacted the same, swimming straight towards me and then to the side to cover. I almost couldn't reel fast enough to keep up with them.

Those were some smart fish.

Oh yeah, I apologize to anyone in the area at the time since when the 2nd one broke free I screamed out a few "choice words" to vent both the humor and frustration of what had just happened. :-)

I kept fishing for about an hour, but they were done and I couldn't get a nibble, so I headed in around 10:15am.

So yeah, 6 fish in 4 hours and all (except one) in the 2lb+ range No mega lunkers today, but any morning where I catch that many, and they're all that big, is pretty solid in my book.

• Added By: taez555 on 06/09/12 10:37 AM
• Location: Sudbury Resevoir
• Report Date: 6/9/2012
• # of Hotspots: 1
• # of Photos: 2
• # of Fish Caught: 6
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