Charles River Fishing Report
Probing The Weed Beds Of The Charles River In Waltham
I put my kayak in at the Woerd Avenue boat ramp - nice access point with plenty of parking. It was around 4 p.m. so the shadows were starting to lengthen over the western bank, providing some shade from the sun.
There is a boat rental place just downstream, so there was a constant stream of kayakers and paddle boarders but since I was working the weed beds and other structure on both banks itwasn't much of an issue.
In addition to lily pads, this stretch of the river has invasive plants, including milfoil and water chestnuts. The water chestnuts actually form more of the surface mat than the lily pads in many places.
I started throwing a weedless Zoom Super Hog creature bait and got a surface blow up in the pads within a few minutes. Soon after I landed a nice chunky 1.5 pound largemouth. A smaller one, just under a foot, came a while later from next to a boat dock.
Lost another dink later as I explored the shoreline and a cove downstream, and had some other missed bites and blowups (threw a frog for a while on my other rod), but no more fish landed.
The river is quite wide in this section with some nice fallen tree structure in addition to the weed beds. I wished I had more time to explore but the sun was setting and I needed to get home. The evening bite no doubt was even better.
I talked to a two guys in a jon boat who had landed a few LMBs in the 2 pound range on Texas-rigged plastic worms.
I'll definitely be headed back here to explore more, particularly in the fall when the rental paddling crowd has diminished, and see if I can pull some bigger fish out of the weed beds.
- Added By: frambrett on 08/29/16 06:38 AM
- Location: Charles River
- Report Date: 8/28/2016
- # of Hotspots: 1
- # of Photos: 1
- # of Fish Caught: 2
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Pulled from the weed beds Catch
- # of Fish Caught: 2
- Water Type: freshwater
- Type of Fish: Largemouth Bass
- Fish Length (Avg): 12 inches
- Fish Length (Max): 14 inches
- Fish Weight (Max): 1 lbs. 8 oz.
- Bait Type: Creature Check Prices
- Bait Details: Zoom Super Hog - Candy color
- Location Details: Near Woerd Ave. boat ramp
