Grass not always greener on the other side of the fence....

Seven hours on the Merrimack
produced nothing. It took just fifteen
minutes to get this mirror in a spot
close to home.

I have been having marginal success here in RI for the past week since this warm weather arrived.  However, I was still catching a few fish.  So, yesterday I decided to try some "exotic" waters in MA in the hopes of hitting it big.  I went to the Merrimack River in northern MA and fished a couple of different locations.  Even though I was in some good spots where I caught lots of big fish in the past, I completely blanked.  In the seven hours I was there I did not have a hit and never saw a fish jump.  It was completely dead.  It just goes to show that in spots that you can not prebait you take a chance that it will be completely dead.
On the way home from the Merrimack, I hit a local spot that I had been prebaiting.  It would be dark in an hour, but I still decided to give this place a try. Within fifteen minutes, I had a nice mirror (see photo). Seven hours on the Merrimack and nothing, fifteen minutes in a spot close to home and a fish. This morning I decided I was not going far so I fished real close to home. In two hours I had 5 carp on the bank and lost another one.  Once again, this was a fishy spot that I baited and fished often so the carp stick around.
So, moral of the story here....the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. I do like going on adventures in some "exotic" spots, but sometimes fishing high percentage spots close to home does have its advantages.