Eastern Ma & New England Area Fishing Reports

[je1946]

9 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

If I don’t work tomorrow I’ll be in Plymouth by 10:00-ish.  Planning on Great South.  If you see an orange Tundra parked at Little South, that’s me.  I’ll be in the blue Lure 11.5.

 

I’ll be at Redwing on Sunday for sure.  Look forward to a big crowd.

My plans have changed as well and I also plan on being there.  Looking forward to seeing everyone and meeting new people.

[DogBone_384]

Picked up an extra shift.  No fishing today.  Hope to see a lot of members tomorrow at Redwing.

[MassYak85]

There's a "private" manmade neighborhood lake down here in VA within walking distance from me that I for some reason have never tried from shore. There's a small park with some decent shore access so I decided to give it a go. Glad I did! Finally broke my PB! Landed a 6.54lb fat girl on a spinnerbait. Seems like the bass down here are getting into the swing of things as far as the spawn goes.  I also got another about half that size on a chatterbait in the same area. 

 

Catching my PB down here almost feels like cheating lol, a semi-private lake, hybrid strain largemouth, during the height of the spawn. I do miss fishing up there. The water down here is always stained from the clay bottoms, I miss the clear natural lakes. 

[Janderson45]

Got caught up in a spring cleaning project, not going to be able to make the meet and greet, sorry guys.  Hope to finally meet and fish with some of you this spring.  Fingers crossed for tight lines and warm weather until then!  

[LadiMopar]

Hope everyone had a great time today at the m & g in Walpole. Wish I could've been there but taking care of parents has to come first.

[BR1AN]

Sold my canoe and bought a crawdad with 2 seats. This year is gonna be fun.

[Mr. Aquarium]

the bite SUCKED saturday. fished all day. went for lake trout fished bait and metals, got nothing, no hits, after great reports for the week. went for carp  skunked nothing. went to old  faithful. had left over shiners. my buddy got a small pickerel, i had a small pickerel hit. missed a fish on a jig up tight. SLLLLOOOOWWWW Day for 12 hours of fishing 

[DogBone_384]

1 hour ago, BR1AN said:

Sold my canoe and bought a crawdad with 2 seats. This year is gonna be fun.

Great to read you on this thread again Br1an!  Go get a PB with your crawdad.

[Janderson45]

On 4/14/2018 at 9:19 PM, MassYak85 said:

There's a "private" manmade neighborhood lake down here in VA within walking distance from me that I for some reason have never tried from shore. There's a small park with some decent shore access so I decided to give it a go. Glad I did! Finally broke my PB! Landed a 6.54lb fat girl on a spinnerbait. Seems like the bass down here are getting into the swing of things as far as the spawn goes.  I also got another about half that size on a chatterbait in the same area. 

 

Catching my PB down here almost feels like cheating lol, a semi-private lake, hybrid strain largemouth, during the height of the spawn. I do miss fishing up there. The water down here is always stained from the clay bottoms, I miss the clear natural lakes. 

That's awesome, big fish on spinnerbaits is a freaking blast.  Congrats on the PB.

 

I fished Whitehall in the kayak Saturday, tough sledding yet again with a brutal cold front moving through in the middle of the day.  Air temps started out at 60 or so degrees and sunny at 9AM, deteriorating to 50 cloudy and windy by noon, lows 40s overcast and howling wind by 4pm.

 

water temps ranged from 48-52 degrees depending upon location.  I caught one bass and a handful of pickerel in 8 hours or so fishing, my kayak partner caught 2 bass and a few pickerel as well.  Nothing noteworthy as far as size, bass were all 1-1.5lbs and most of the pickerel were small as well.  All of our fish came on jerkbaits in 6' to 10' of water.  Jerkbaits were not the weapon of choice going into the day so it took us a while figure that out.  We wore the place out with lipless and spinnerbaits before turning to jerkbaits.  

[MassYak85]

Whitehall is a strange animal, I rarely do great there, but rarely get completely skunked and every now and then it gives me a day that gets me to come back. Plus I've heard of and seen the occasional giant (by MA standards at least) come out of there. 

[DogBone_384]

Tax season is over so the wife and I are on the Cape for a few days.  I drove by Jenkins pond in Falmouth.  The state webside says there’s public access but the three beaches I found were chained up and posted as PRIVATE and part of XYZ association.  Bummer.

 

Despite the weather I launched at Hinkley’s around 2:30 or so.  The wind wasn’t bad at first but an hour into things the weather turned into a regular Nor’Easter.  I lasted another hour but packed it in when the white-caps came over my bow regularly...  

 

Needless to say I didn’t catch anything.  Good news is my Frogg Toggs proved plenty waterproof.  I’m going back in the morning so ‘the boss’ can sleep & relax.

 

Water temps were 46.x.  Tomorrow’s game plan is blade bait, jerk bait, and maybe hair jig.

[Mr. Aquarium]

i cant wait to get back in the swing of things. get out and get on some bass.
found 4 new ponds that i cant wait to try out.  heading out this afternoon. who knows where

[gjfisher]

I went out for the first time this year last week, before the cold front hit.  On Thursday I bank fished Hail Reservation in Westwood to try a new rod and a few new lures accumulated over last year's holidays.  Got 6 LMB in about an hour, all dinks.  Hail has been mostly a dink factory for me the last few years; I don't think I've caught anything more than 3lbs there.  On Friday took my kayak out on the Charles for a couple hours and got 4 pickerels and a 3.5 lb LMB on a square bill. 

[Mr. Aquarium]

i tried yesterday at my honey hole. fished swimbaits but didnt get any action. i think the cold front we had, cold and a lot of rain shut off the bite

[DogBone_384]

OK, fishing Hinckley’s in the rain was a bust, but Tuesday turned out better.  Launched early in the AM and stayed until after lunch when the wind became too much.  Ended up with two SMB, one being 3-0, and a beat up LMB coming in at 2-10.  My gold/black Yozuri squarebill and blue/black Rage Tail Menace got the fish in the kayak. Water temps were 47.x.

 

Moved over to Seymore pond this morning, despite a forecast of 20+ MPH winds.  It was 36 degrees when I launched, and by 10:30 the wind was as forecasted so I bailed.  I tripped across Sand Pond, also in Harwich, and it was well protected from the wind so I launched.  Water temps were 46.x.

 

Three hours of paddling and tossing different Rapala DT’s, a NED, and a gold blade bait I came up with a yellow perch.  Water temp was 48.x - 49.x.  A passer-by stopped as I was packing up and asked how I’d done.  He said it was a good bass pond.  I’ll take him at his word based on the way my Lowrance was lit up.  

 

I’d hoped for better luck but the weather was down right COLD and WINDY.  I don’t blame the fish for not cooperating....

 

I’m going back for REVENGE when the weather finally acts like SPRING!

[Fishing Rhino]

Meanwhile, the average high temp in May for Counce, TN is 80 degrees, with a record high of 95.  Two weeks from now, I'll be well on my way, somewhere between Knoxville and Nashville.  If I get a couple of days of rest, I might get out of here a day earlier.

[Mr. Aquarium]

went out for after work shore mission, had a good hit on jig, and a good wake behind my jig when i was reeling in, off to spot 2. missed a small pickerel on a skid stick. then to old faitful, greeted with windy cold conditions. had one hit on topwater. nothing happening at night yet. COME ON SPRING. HURRY THE HELL UP!!!!!! i had enough of this crap. havent caught a fish in 2 weeks, I hate this weather. 

[DogBone_384]

Amen Mike ... I’m ready to pack away my winter layers and get to some Springtime fishing!

[Janderson45]

Hitting the Quabbin on Sunday despite not initially planning on it.  Will report back with details and how we do.

[je1946]

3 hours ago, Janderson45 said:

Hitting the Quabbin on Sunday despite not initially planning on it.  Will report back with details and how we do.

Take no prisoners.   I'll be there after the mad rush.  Still waiting on some things for the new boat so it'll be old Q boat for a little while.

[Mr. Aquarium]

go get em!!!!!  ill be out in the yak tomorrow. checking out new spots. jig fishing and swimbaits! just got a new order of jigs! restocked. 

[Janderson45]

Also just FYI for those in the know,  herring run has begun on the south coast.  

[Mr. Aquarium]

i know i love it!!!! still chilly tho, i like to wait a week or 2 for the big schools to show up and the water to warm more

[Janderson45]

No Quabbin smallmouth for me opening weekend, it was an unexpected slug fest on lake trout though.  All on bass baits and in some my typical smallmouth locations.  Water level is higher than it has been for the past couple years, DCR claimed it's at 95% capacity, I would guess it's still lower than that by looking at some old maps and Water lines/levels but either way, it's up by 5 or 6 feet from last fall in some spots.

 

water temp was 42-46, wind picked up nasty in the afternoon out of the north and we lost our anchor on a stump early on, made for tough bass fishing.  All of the Lakers came in 20-35' of water, mostly on ned rig or finesse swimbaits, although one hit a jerkbait as well.  They all had some good size to them (probably 4-6lb range) and we released them all since we didn't bring a cooler.  

 

Fun day, hope to be back soon and find some smallmouth that have been eluding me here so far this spring!

[je1946]

1 hour ago, Janderson45 said:

No Quabbin smallmouth for me opening weekend, it was an unexpected slug fest on lake trout though.  All on bass baits and in some my typical smallmouth locations.  Water level is higher than it has been for the past couple years, DCR claimed it's at 95% capacity, I would guess it's still lower than that by looking at some old maps and Water lines/levels but either way, it's up by 5 or 6 feet from last fall in some spots.

 

water temp was 42-46, wind picked up nasty in the afternoon out of the north and we lost our anchor on a stump early on, made for tough bass fishing.  All of the Lakers came in 20-35' of water, mostly on ned rig or finesse swimbaits, although one hit a jerkbait as well.  They all had some good size to them (probably 4-6lb range) and we released them all since we didn't bring a cooler.  

 

Fun day, hope to be back soon and find some smallmouth that have been eluding me here so far this spring!

Were you at gate 8??