Styguy922

I’ve fished Martin’s before. I don’t believe there is any real official boat launch. Place is basically a weedy bowl, getting to around 5-6ft at the deepest and no real interesting structure or anything. I would go elsewhere if you have other options!

Got out of remote work yesterday a little early and went out on an oxbow off the River. Water temp was 48-51 with the help of some direct sunlight. Figured with the warm shallows and bluegill moving close to shore I may find some bass in the vicinity. Sure enough, 3rd cast with a Ned rig and scored a 3.7 lb Largemouth. Not super long but real fat and fought HARD. Caught 4 other healthy fish on a red chatterbait. All shallow, close to deeper (10-12ft) holes. Was pleased with the performance of my new Tatula SV TWS too - all around good day for about 2 hrs on the water

I’d love to to meet/fish with some of you folks. If all welcome, I’d love to join! Merry Christmas, all!

Took the kayak out today on a small reservoir along the Nashua River in hopes of getting a couple bass before i succumbed to the cold wind. Wind was steady and cold and even with some good gear on, my hands were taking a beating - need some better gloves for fishing! Water temp started off around 42 so I immediately tried for some deep water. There is a relatively large (and deep) pocket on this section that gets down to around 12 ft - deepest part of the river in the general area so I figured it may hold some bass along what was left of the weed edge along the break. Wind was a pain so I used a ned rig and got bit on my first cast. Brought fish to the boat but he came off - bummer. After that, was a brief window of consistent action. I may have spooked the fish after a gust of wind pushed my kayak right over them. Managed to get 4 LMB really quickly on the ned which was real fun! After that, landed a HUGE pickerel and then the wind picked up, sun went behind the trees, water dropped to 39/40, and I had to go warm up. Fun little session. Sneaking out tomorrow in the AM before the festivities begin and remembering to wear a few more layers

Funny, I usually do terribly on the Sudbury too, but I managed to catch a nice 4.86 lb’er and several nice fish this spring in one outing. Other than that, very limited success. It’s highly pressured..... I am chomping at the bit to fish this week. Took tomorrow off to fish, gonna try and fish Thanksgiving AM if the family will let me ;), and then will try the rest of the weekend as well.

This isn't much of a report but got some nice return for little invested time or effort. Went for a 30 minute shore mission yesterday. Went to a small pond down the road. I think it used to be some sort of quarry or is man made as it's mainly rock and the sides appear to have been finished off to look uniform. I prefer bodies of water with more natural structure but this is all I had time for and hey.....there's bass in it! Got a nice chunky little bass slowly dragging and twitching a jig, super subtle bite! Looking to get out this weekend in the kayak for a more exciting trip.....

Definitely warmer than this same time last year. Really looking forward to the real cold water and seeing how everyone does

awesome! Had just finished saying in my post how I chickened out fishing today but in my defense I’m in a kayak and not a Lund ?. It really is awesome when the weather is brutal and you catch fish. Awesome job getting it done. What were the water temps like?

Billington Sea Water Temp: 50-54 Partly cloudy Wind: 2mph (morning) 10mph (1pm) Presentation(s): Vision 110, Ned Rig 2 LMB (5-8'), 10+ pickerel, 1 crappie Woke up early yesterday and made the pilgrimage down to Plymouth (ha ha) to fish Billington Sea for the first time since last November/Early December. Was an absolutely beautiful morning and water was like glass which would make for some great paddling. Water temps upon arrival were 50 and warmed up quickly to around 54 by 10 or so. From what I remembered from my previous outing here, shallow cover was scarce and vegetation was really thin at this time of year on this particular lake, so I didn't bother fishing much up shallow. Most of the bait I noticed was in 6-10' of water anyways. My plan of attack was to focus on extended underwater points and inside turns close to deep water as I figured there may be some green vegetation left. Could hardly find ANY which was surprising but proceeded anyways. Threw a Vision 110 the whole time and got 2 LMB relatively quickly. Both were in 5-8' of water and for a moment I had a pattern going! Then, it quickly turned into a pickerel fest and I started trying different areas (and re-tying my line). Caught a break from the pickerel with one huge crappie. Back at the launch I talked to some of the guys loading up their boats and they caught strictly pickerel all day (also using jerkbaits) so I'd say I got lucky with the bass. While loading my kayak, started talking to a guy who ended up being the owner of Bico jigs! He was a real nice guy and gave me a handful of his new trailers to try. They look great - nice subtle action which will be perfect as the water continues to cool. I've spent today reflecting on how I could have increased the bass to pickerel ratio and my only thoughts are to have utilized more of a pulling retrieve/less action with the jerkbait OR spent more time with the ned rig (or jig) trying for bottom contact action. Caught all my bass in the AM so perhaps their mood changed to more neutral/inactive as the day progressed..... Couldn't go out today with the miserable weather so tomorrow or Sunday, it is! Have a great weekend, everyone.

Fished Pleasant Pond in Wenham on Saturday. Last time I had fished this body if water, the shallows were choked with weeds but the mid depths were clear with some secondary points and flats. Main basin of the lake gets to be about 40' deep and is stocked with trout. With the cold night prior and bright sun during the day, I anticipated fish would be deeper as conventional wisdom suggests bass shy away from unstable/highly variable water temps in the shallows (temp at 11am was much warmer - around 57 degrees whereas in the AM only around 49). This, combined with the blue bird skies had me using lipless cranks, small swimbaits, and jerkbaits in 10-15 feet. I saw plenty of fish on sonar but assumed they were trout due to overall volume and 20'+ location around no real visible structure. Made my way around the lake and noticed some signs of bluegill jumping up shallow. Sure enough, I could see them all around my kayak as I paddled though the remaining lily pad rhizomes. At this point, I had limited time left before I had to leave and head out for a meet up with some friends. I instantly changed my lure choice to a Beast Coast Miyagi Swimbait in a bluegill pattern and started targeting patches of semi-dead vegetation and laydowns on a thin, shallow flat, adjacent to a drop off into deep water. Instantly caught a small LMB and missed 2 others (only keel-weighted EWG hooks I had were 2 sizes too small so my best luck at sticking them was if they were able to really get their mouth around the bait. Bad prep on my part!). After that, it was a pickerel fest and before I could hit that productive stretch again, it was time to head out. While not a stellar day, it was fun to try and figure out what the fish were doing. My company is taking an org-wide day off on Friday and we received Veterans day off as well so I will have plenty of time end of this week to head out again! Hope everyone else had a chance to get out or is planning to this week!

Yeah - probably big smallmouth because they aren't harvested/pressured due to the lack of fishermen! Concord river has some decent bass fishing as well. Pike are pretty elusive there - I think you really need to put the time in or just go out to Western MA they're more plentiful there. I go through periods of targeting them but I'm primarily a bass guy!! I went a few weeks ago to the Concord and to @guidoStow's point, the water level was super high and made things tricky.

Awesome Synopsis! I can second the small bait focus based on my experience last year. I was amazed how well they were biting with truly cold water and small baits

Great looking fish, dude. How do you like the dobyns fury? I have a couple they’ve served me well

Sure do! I actually have both of those brands so I’ll work them into the rotation

Thanks! Next time I’ll hopefully catch some fish to put some pics along with it...... well, that makes me feel a bit better haha. It’s funny, in retrospect, I did read some similar feedback around Walden but saw one or two reports that said it was good. Guess some old fashioned confirmation bias and curiosity around that body of water, combined with an ego, led me to believe I would be one of the few who would do well . I’ll try chebacco again soon - they hold tourneys at that lake so they’re in there. I almost made the drive down to Plymouth earlier this AM for some combined LM and SM but traffic had already piled up at 6am so I figured maybe next weekend I’d try.