Hey folks....

Does anyone know the TRUE story behind the Rhode Island record LMB?

I know it's 10 lbs. and change, and I've heard that it was caught on opening day of trout season on a MEAL WORM at Carbunkle Pond. I find this hard to believe....

Anyone know more???

ajr

Hmmm. I used to fish a ton at Carbuncle when I was young. Close to my parents house. Place is fishy for sure.....

That's the truth.  Why so hard to believe?  That fish OWNED that pond and all the free, high protein, trout  the state would throw in there for her

Every year they do a big spread in the Projo about opening day. You'd think that would have made the paper, no??

ajr

It was broken a few yrs back.  The record before that was 10.2, also caught on opening day in trout waters.  Those Cali guys ain't dumb

Have I gotten those gears in your head turning yet?  These RI bass that live in trout stocked waters are conditioned to know that any day now, trout are going to start pouring in here.  What a great way to start your yr, to have your pond flooded with trout.  High protein meals that build some good fat so there's plenty of energy for a strong, healthy spawn.  THEM'S BREEDER FISH BOY!!

Be prepared for some funny looks from the Orvis carrying, wader wearing, fly fisherman when you stand next to him with a 15" rubber trout on a 7 ft heavy rod  I love opening day.

Yup,

I gottcha!!

oh, so thats why i always fish this small back up reservior that gets one of it's tributarys stocked with hundreds of hundreds of trout 3-9 inches in length in the spring and always catch bass 2-7 sometimes 8 lbs all fat on trout.

However, the extremely northern pike and muskie (only rare for central massachusetts) ravenge the all the trout within two months but get really really big. I'm talking about 4-6 year old bass being 6lb plus

Scituate Res...cough cough

Scituate Res...cough cough

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