This past Friday evening Glenn and I decided to try the Canaan River by the bridge for some bass.  We got there around 6pm and walked up above the bridge and started fishing down.  I made a few casts close to the bank with my skitter pop with no luck and then I threw it in a little inlet and a nice sized bass hit.  It is the one in the first picture.  Glenn then made some casts and we went down a little farther and he had one hit but it did not stay on.  We continued to make our way down with a little action but no more catches.

My only Friday night catch.

We decided to make our way down past the rapids where the water deepens and calms.  We saw some fish jumping but we did not catch anymore.  We had a few more chase but that was it.  The water was a little high and it was muddy from the heavy rain the night before.  I am sure this did not help the fishing.

Today (Sunday) I made a quick decision to go back to the Canaan.  I went a few kms past the bridge to another spot where I have had luck in the past.  I fish this area the same way, meaning I fish along the banks.  I started with the skitter pop again and then changed to a yellowish tube.  I beat it across the bottom and after a few casts and retrieves I had a bass on.  It made a few nice jumps out of the water.

Hard to take a good picture by yourself

I made my way down the river with not much more action.  I decided to put on a top water bait that is like a popper and it also has a rattle inside it.  When I got close to some shallower water I casted by the bank and another bass hit the top water bait.  It also made a few nice jumps.  I made my way down a little farther but then came across 5 people fishing along the bank and decided to turn around so I would not interfere with their fishing.  I was going to walk right back to the car and then go to the bridge but decided to fish up the other side of the river.  I am glad that I did as I caught another bass with the same top water bait and had another one strike but it missed.

Caught on the top water rattle bait.

I did go to the bridge area for about half an hour with no luck.

Next week we are going to try for some salmon so I will definitely take some pictures of the day even if we do not catch any fish.  It is always a great day trying.

If you live in the Moncton area and like fishing bass and have some chest waders.  Give the upper part of the Canaan River a try in June.  It is fun fishing.

Well, a day of golfing ended up being an evening of fishing and I am glad it was.  We had our referee banquet Friday night and then our golfing Saturday.  There were a handful of us who went golfing.  There were going to be more people but the weather was drizzly and cold.  We golfed nine holes and then I started talking to another person who was there saying we should leave and spend the rest of the day fishing.  He agreed and we left after nine holes.  The person I went with has fished at the Canaan River before but at a different spot than I usually fish it.

We took his canoe and went to his spot and canoed down the river.  I caught a small bass fairly early.  We continued going along the banks but did not see anything for awhile.  As we continued down the river we had a few more hits and then we started to catch a few.  My friend then caught two in a row and then we got to a spot that had some white foam on the top and I threw my Skitter Pop Fire Tiger lure in there and there was a big wake but the fish missed.  I threw the lure right back in and caught a nice bass.  The picture below is of that bass.

As we made our way down the river we caught a few more bass.  The water has dropped a lot and we got hung up on rocks a lot but we made it down river.  As we got close to the bridge we hit a couple of more bass and had a few more hits.  We decided to fish below the bridge for awhile as it was starting to get a little dark.  I threw my lure in my the bank and we both saw a huge bass move towards the bank but it missed.  I threw it in again and the fish moved again so I threw it in one more time and it hit.  I could tell right away that it was a nice bass.  It jumped a couple of times and gave a good fight.

Overall, we caught ten bass and had a great time.  It was the first time we fished together.  I am looking forward to getting back to the Canaan River to try some more smallmouth bass fishing soon.