Harriman Spinner Fishing

Brian
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Harriman Spinner Fishing Oct 15, 2014 9:49:58 GMT -5

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Post by Brian on Oct 15, 2014 9:49:58 GMT -5

We fished Lake Whitingham (Harriman) Columbus Day. And because it was fun, and is close by, we hit it again Tuesday. Bass were just about impossible to find, caught 3 in the two days that when lined up end to end would stretch about 14". Diane caught them all. We never caught a fish on any lure other than an inline spinner. We did try jerkbaits, spooks, poppers, swimbaits, swimjigs, rattletraps...all power type stuff. Nothing wanted to play. Water temp was 60-61 degrees and the lake was about 8' lower than in July.

But many really nice fish of other species were caught and released. Including an 18" brown trout that Diane caught on a Panther Martin. Didn't want to over handle the fish so no photo

. Also spring stocked browns and rainbows, recently stocked salmon and brook trout, pickerel, perch, fallfish. All still swimming around in Harriman.

We caught 35 nice perch.

We caught 29 brood stock brook trout, this 18"er being the largest.

We caught 1 fallfish, the right one... 17"

We caught 2 pickerel. This 5 lb. 1 oz. 26.5" whopper is a personal best. 11" girth. On the 8 lb. test spinning rod it was a battle.

We caught 3 bass...........

Maybe when the water cools another 5 degrees the bass will show up again, maybe not...it's Harriman.

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Harriman Spinner Fishing Oct 15, 2014 16:02:19 GMT -5

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Post by rgang4 on Oct 15, 2014 16:02:19 GMT -5

Wow, great specimens of three different species. The brookie has great coloration. Too bad that fishes friends swimming behind him chewed its tail off. Glad to see Harriman still turns out some huge pickerel. My first catch from the lake was one of those big lake snakes!

Congrats to Di on bagging her Pin Fish!

That style of fishing is fun and a nice change of pace. What little shore fishing I have done this summer has been with light tackle. I will still use it walleye fishing this fall to start but will need to beef up when bigger baits are needed.

Last Edit: Oct 15, 2014 16:15:39 GMT -5 by rgang4

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rvq Bassmaster Posts: 567	Harriman Spinner Fishing Oct 16, 2014 16:30:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rvq on Oct 16, 2014 16:30:14 GMT -5 I'd have to agree that an inline spinnerbait is effective everywhere on almost anything. I absolutely love the coloration of that brookie. Nice report Brian. Bob

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Harriman Spinner Fishing Oct 16, 2014 17:05:37 GMT -5

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Post by Brian on Oct 16, 2014 17:05:37 GMT -5

Oct 15, 2014 16:02:19 GMT -5 rgang4 said:

The brookie has great coloration. Too bad that fishes friends swimming behind him chewed its tail off.

Color must be from the hatchery diet. Funny about the missing tail. It's a riot to hook those heavy fish on 6 lb. test trout rods. The smaller ones tend to have "more of a tail" and fight a lot more, greyhounding runs.