Neponset River, Canton Fishing Spot

3 Rating based on 1 Reviews
  • County: Norfolk
  • Mean Depth: 2'
  • Max Depth: 3'
  • Last Modified By: jessekayboston on 08/26/11 01:51 AM
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Neponset River, Canton Baits and Tackle

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Fished a shiner two feet below a float.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Powerbait - Garlic scented (green)
  • Powerbait
  • Fishing live target Minnow jerk bait

Other Check Prices

  • Powerbait
  • Berkley Gulp Alive artificial salmon eggs (yellow) on an egg sinker (sliding) rig.
  • Powerbait

Crankbait Check Prices

  • was slowly fishing a deep crank that floats letting it float to top after each crank then BANG these little suckers came right up on it
  • j9 black/gold
  • Most fish caught on a j9 bronze color but did get a few on soft plastics and the biggest on a hollow body swim-bait.
  • slow slow slow presentation

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • basic top water pencil popper type lure.
  • Booyah Pad Crasher brown yellow top

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • slow action on jerkbait long pauses
  • RC jerkbait did most of the heavy lifting. It caught 7 0f the 8 bass 5 of the 7 pickles and 1 sunnie.

    Also caught a bass on a spinnerbait and 2 pickles on a minus
  • seinko 5" junebug purple

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • Sexy Shad, White belly & blue back

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • using a curly tailed soft bait on the jig hook - slow to moderate retrieve, just enough to keep the spinners going and the bait a foot below the surface.
  • white spinner bait with white curly tail grub
  • H&H spinnerbait with blue/chartreuse skirt
  • Arbogast Jitterbug and Rebel Buzz'n Frog

Neponset River, Canton Description

The locals call it Neponset River, but I'm not sure if that's actually part of the Neponset.

Used to fish this river all the time as a kid. Caught the species listed, plus all sorts of turtles. Snapping turtles are very common here.

Worms with tails worked very well here. Spinnerbaits are good towards the bridge, where the river is wider. There are a lot of rocks though, so be careful not to lose it!
Pulled the biggest smallmouth bass I have ever seen out of here. Must have been a trophy size fish. It would bite everyone's spinnerbait, and did not learn its lesson.

Rubber worms used to work then, 20+ years ago. Very shallow, fast flowing river. No presentation was even required back then. I would just cast and reel, cast and reel, and sometimes let the current take my bait and present it for me.

There were rumors of raw sewage leaking into this river/stream.

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