My maiden voyage!!!!!!!

[Simms]

Good Morning boys,

With Irene pounding us here in Massachusetts, today will not be filled with 10-2 casts and explosive rises on size 2 hoppers, so I will write a report from yesterday.

Sh4ne87 called my Friday and told me he would heading up to massachusetts to see me and hopefully get some fishing in. With the recent delivery of my new catacraft, I said HELL YES!!! A little leary about the pending hurricane, he made it here Friday night.

Friday night was filled with cpoious amounts of beer, needless to say, our 430am alarm was "snoozed" a dozen or so times.

Finally after throwing the boat in the truck and a quick trip to Dunkins, we were on our way to the Deerfield River. We arrived and quickly got set up. This was the first time I would be the oarsman in a catacraft so I was excited yet a tad nervous.

We pushed off the launch and made our way to the center of the river where Shane quickly hooked into a fricken SLOB of a brown. I tried to back paddle to shore to help him land it but it got off...

Oh, did I forget I FORGOT my anchor? LOL With the water up a 1,000cfs, it was difficult to say the least to put Shane on a spot for more than a cast or 2...STUPID ME. No sense in being stupid unless you can prove it once in a while!

We fished some greatw ater and picked at them all the way down to the take out. With TONS of tubers and whitewater rafters, trying to hold in a spot was impossible, as everyone was constantly bombarding us...

Once Irene passed and they stop releasing water, next weekend will be INSANELY good...Now, do I go back to the deerfield, or head over to the Salnmon River? decisions decisions...

Enjoy the pics!!!

 

[JeffK]

New boats look so pretty. I'm sure it'll have plenty of badges of honor and fish slime on it soon.

 

[AKSkim]

Shiver my timbers ....

Best of luck and seriously think about PFD fly vests, that would be a great addition.

 

[sh4ne87]

i had my swimmies on.

 

[Trouser Trout]

I was wondering what the flow was like down where you were. I fished the harriman reservoir a few times last week, and transcanada must have lowered the reservoir 8' in 3 days in anticipation of the storm. Wimington looks like a disaster. I will fish the Deerfield with you boobs next year in Mass.

 

[Simms]

Dennis,

We have those brandy new ones on...the slim kind, undetectable to the naked eye. Lol in all serious; im headed to ems today to pick some up...

Trout; shane and I fished it at 1800cfs on sat which is considered a touch high..we woke up Sunday and it was 68,000 cfs. Google shelburne falls. New stations were going crazy. Towns were getting washed away. It will be back to normal by the weekend. Trout we be freshened up and ready to whack streamers as the water subsides, then its back to big dries once she settles...

 

[nsdrawbridge10]

Very nice man, do you drive a white pickup, and was the dunkins the 1 in tatnuck square? Cause I drove by someone with a gorgeous pontoon in their bed and as soon as I saw it I wondered if it was you.

 

[Lonewolve]

Very cool post, I wish i had bought a two man or even a three man Pontoon, I currently have a Creek Company ODC916 its rated for class 4 ,but i wouldnt have trouble in class five,its built extremely tough,what kind of anchor do you use?i want one of them Depth Charge looking barrel looking anchors with the lil pieces of 1/2" round stock welded around the circumference, i currently use a piece of huge 3/4" about 10' attached to some older Rock climbing line i have.
Great post go get em.
Tight Wraps & Tight Lines
Rick Wallace
Im currently eyeballing a kayak, damn kayakfishingstuff in jerey went out of business, i would buy from them in a heart beat,tried several models out there, and hobie is in the running for my yak.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Im currently eyeballing a kayak, damn kayakfishingstuff in jerey went out of business, i would buy from them in a heart beat,tried several models out there, and hobie is in the running for my yak.

Rick - pretty sure they are back in business. They're right up the road from me. Haven't stopped by recently, but I recall they opened back up.

 

[Simms]

NS Draw,

I was in the tatnuck Dunks on Saturday morning, yes sir, but I drive a blacked out HEMI with orange stripes...

HIT ME UP MAN! Lets float the deerfield this weekend!!!!!

 

[Lonewolve]

Rusty
this the same place near ledgewood? im serious about the kayak thing only two models i seen where you can stand up in though, the Hobie angler is also good but its a hybrid canoe kayak and weighs 100 ponds empty, the freedom hawk is cool ,and theres the wave walk.I tried their phone number to no avail, thats why i was wondering if they are open.