Weather: Cloudy
Water Temp: 77-78 Degrees
CANDLEWOOD, CT – Went fishing with my friend Richie to Candlewood lake. We launched the boat at about 6AM and began targeting a few spots with weeds in the early AM. By 10AM we could not locate the fish so we started trying steep rocky shorelines, again with no luck. Finally we had a hook up with a nice bass along a weed edge near an island point that took my ribbon tail power bait worm. Shortly after I hooked up the first fish Richie landed a beautiful smallie that weighed 3lbs.
By noon we began racing up and down Candlewood lake trying to find fish. Having been on the lake all morning with only 2 fish in the boat was very frustrating BUT we were enjoying the day. By 4pm we decided to call it a day and work one last island that we passed by near the boat launch. As we entered the cove to the boat launch and began working the weed flats I tied on a rattle trap. I began burning the rattle trap across the weeds and hooked up with a fish! Wow! Our luck had changed and we were ready to leave. I continued using the rattle trap to land 3 more fish. I then switched over to a red DT10 crank and landed another 4 fish bringing my total fish catch to 10 bass most of which were caught within the last hour we fished. I even landed a nice size perch that went home with me for dinner. 
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