River in Norton, MA Fishing Report
Norton, MA
Went out with a few friends today from 6AM - 4PM.
They were using shiners. They caught a bunch of 12"-14" bass.
I was using red senkos, black senkos, a swimbait, and a cheap salamander softbait that I picked up.
The day started off very frustrating for me. I kept getting hits and the fish kept spitting the bait out before I could set. A few times, I set, and the fish managed to snap my line. I finally hooked a tiny bass that was about 6 inches long. I refuse to use live bait, unless it's really early on in the season because it's just boring for me, but I have to admit, it was frustrating to see my buddies pulling them in with such ease, as little as they were... It seemed just about every time they got hit, they would just reel in without even setting, and have one. Oh, one of them also caught a white sucker on a shiner, which was odd. I have never seen one in person before. It was about 14 inches.
Went another few hours before I got another bite. This time, yet again, it snapped my line. My friend threw a shiner into the spot where we saw the flash of silver scales when I set my hook, and a second later, he had a 15" bass. We looked inside, and sure enough, my hook and line were in there, the swimbait was nowhere to be found. GREAT!
At around 4, we parted ways because my friends are not real fishermen (haha!). See next trip.
- Added By: jessekayboston on 08/27/11 06:15 PM
- Location: River in Norton, MA
- Report Date: 8/27/2011
- # of Hotspots: 3
- # of Photos: 2
- # of Fish Caught: 9
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Norton Bass Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 7
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Fish Length (Avg): 12 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 14 inches
- Bait Type: Other Check Prices
- Bait Details: Shiners, senkos, plastic salamander.
- Location Details: Little river, right off the street. Just to the right of the bridge.
Norton Pickerel Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 1
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Chain Pickerel
- Fish Length (Avg): 17 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 17 inches
- Bait Type: Lizard Check Prices
- Bait Details: Plastic Yum salamander. Rigged weedless.
- Location Details: Just to the right of the bridge, cast onto bank, dragged over weeds.
Norton White Sucker Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 1
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: White Sucker
- Fish Length (Avg): 15 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 15 inches
- Bait Type: Minnow Check Prices
- Bait Details: Caught by a friend on a shiner.
- Location Details: Off the road, on the left side of the overpass. No picture, sorry! It was raining and I left the phone in the car.