Dudley Pond - Wayland, MA Fishing Report

8/14/11 - M.A.F.F. Cartopper Tournament @ Dudley Pond

Ill Start by saying I usually dont do the cartopper tourneys, because Vinny (My usual teammate) or I dont have a cartopper boat. But I was intrigued by Dudley, I had only fished it from shore for 4 years prior. So I put out the feelers to see if anyone needed a partner, and Chuck of the Landlords welcomed me aboard. So the day starts, Chuck was throwing some sort of Carolina Rig, and I was Dropshotting. Chuck get us on the board with 2 Bass (1-1/2lb and about 2lbs), and Im thinking, should I still be Dropshotting as I cant keep the Bluegills(about 20 at the end of the day) off my bait, but I stayed with it. Scary to think Chuck get into one that was in the 3 to 4 lb range that would have improved our total weight, but it shook him off not far from the boat. I finally get a non-Bluegill bite, and Chuck and I know I got a pig on, as he's saying "loosen you drag, take your time, let him tire himself out" get him to the boat about 5 minutes later, and put this 5-1/2lber in the livewell. Not long after Im on again, and I know this one is bigger. Which ended up being Lunker we put this 6lb 6oz beast in the livewell. Chuck switches to a dropshot for a bit, and He's into another slob. A 6lber to fill our limit by 8:30am. Then the Bite dies. Chuck later gets one around 3lbs to cull out the 1-1/2lber. We try shallow wood and brush for a while, and catch them on jigs, and worms, but nothing bigger then our smallest which was somewhere around 2lbs. All in all, the 1st 2 hours was good, but from 9am till the end of the tourney its was a grind. Great job everyone, lots of fish caught today, and everyone was on the board. Our 23lb 1oz bag gave us 1st place and lunker. Chuck's gameplan worked out for us, and we were lucky enough to get those slobs when we did. 1st thanks goes to Smoke and Johnny for there time and effort running all these tourney, topnotch as usual. 2nd thanks to everyone involved in fishing these tourneys, great competitors all of you. And last but not least, Chuck, thanks for giving me the opportunity to get out there with you, I had a blast, and now a new personal best 6lb 6oz Largemouth. Talk about nerve racking landing those beauties on 6lb test!

• Added By: meat7gtk on 08/15/11 10:39 AM
• Also There: chuckh
• Location: Dudley Pond - Wayland, MA
• Report Date: 8/14/2011
• # of Hotspots: 4
• # of Photos: 2
• # of Fish Caught: 27
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