Squannacook River, Townsend, MA Fishing Report

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Monday Morning On The Squannacook River

With fall trout stocking starting to take place, I have been gearing up to do plenty of trout fishing over the next month. Granted I don't know where they are stocking on a daily basis, so I am just generally targeting the spots in my area I at least know are due to be stocked over the next 2 weeks.

So..this morning I dropped my kid off at her pre-k class and decided to go ahead and get a little jumpstart first thing this morning. I only had about 3 hours or so until I had to pick her back up, so I scooted up to Townsend real quick to hit the Squannacook River.

I tried two kinda typical spots off of 119 without a single strike or even a sign of any fish, but as I was making my way back home to Fitchburg I noticed a potential access point I was previously unaware of. I parked real quick to scout it out, and sure enough I located I little trail that led down to what appeared to be an ideal trout hole. There was a nice little pool with good depth, it was shadowy and cool, and there was a few fallen trees and stumps. I was encouraged when I saw a trout trailing my offering back towards shore on my very first cast.

Not 5 minutes later I landed the Rainbow pictured, he measured roughly 15.5 inches. Nice fish who was a wicked fun catch, he tried to hit the current and run on me, flipping up outta the water 3 or 4 times before I finally worked him back to shore. Wasn't doing anything fancy to catch him, just split-shotting with a Berkley Trout Worm (chartreuse shad), thru the deeper part of the pool. I use the forefinger on my rod hand to lightly tap the line as I reel in, giving the worm a little better tail action.

That 5 minutes or so made the entire morning well worth it. Even better than the catch was locating this new little hole I already can't wait to revisit. Looking forward to going back when I have more time to really work my way down the trail/bank and try a few different things to see what I might pull outta there. Heck, I'm considering heading back this evening haha.

Not a bad kickoff for my own personal little month long trout adventure I'm preparing for, what a beautiful Indian Summer morning in New England.

  • Added By: efromtheburg on 09/24/12 12:26 PM
  • Location: Squannacook River, Townsend, MA
  • Report Date: 9/24/2012
  • # of Photos: 1
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  • If the fall is half as good as the spring it will be awesome after having an unbelievable late spring early summer of bass fishing(dog days of summer have sucked)looking forward to getting back to some sweet trout action!

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