Squannacook River, Townsend, MA Fishing Report

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 11:26 AM
• Location: Squannacook River, Townsend, MA
• Report Date: 9/24/2012
• # of Photos: 1
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