Eastern Ma & New England Area Fishing Reports

[DogBone_384]

A FRISBEE TOURNAMENT.  I've not heard of one of those since college, 30+ years ago.....   I haven't been out since last Thursday at Great Herring.  I'll try to get out once or twice before ice over.  I've caught fish every month except January and April, so I'm not giving up, unless work and weather prevent it.

[MassYak85]

First Snow! And of course the entire Thanksgiving long weekend is forecasted to be a total washout....hopefully they get that wrong. I'd like to get out one last time besides from shore.

And yea it's an interesting sport Dogbone, most colleges have a team these days. 

[JAB50]

Jeez, I played football for UMass Lowell when we still had a team. Then they got rid of it several years after I graduated. Unfortunately Massyak85, you need that rain up in the northeast really bad! It just stinks that it's coming during your thanksgiving break! 

[MassYak85]

Yea we do need it bad. I might try and get out in my kayak once if there's a half day that looks decent enough. 

[Janderson45]

I'm heading out thanksgiving morning and hope to catch my first LMB with snow falling

anyone with me?  

[Mr. Aquarium]

13 hours ago, Janderson45 said:

I'm heading out thanksgiving morning and hope to catch my first LMB with snow falling

anyone with me?  

good luck dude!!! 

[MassYak85]

14 hours ago, Janderson45 said:

I'm heading out thanksgiving morning and hope to catch my first LMB with snow falling

anyone with me?  

Based on the weather forecasts I might be done for the season, at least in my kayak. Good luck though man!

[DogBone_384]

On 11/22/2016 at 10:42 PM, Janderson45 said:

I'm heading out thanksgiving morning and hope to catch my first LMB with snow falling

anyone with me?  

???  Any luck  ???

I'm torn, whether or not to get out again on the kayak or to go hunting Monday....  

[MassYak85]

Tomorrow and Sunday look like they might be the last couple I can comfortably open water fish for the rest of the season so I'll probably take advantage. 

[DogBone_384]

1 hour ago, MassYak85 said:

Tomorrow and Sunday look like they might be the last couple I can comfortably open water fish for the rest of the season so I'll probably take advantage. 

Where are you thinking of going?

[MassYak85]

34 minutes ago, DogBone_384 said:

Where are you thinking of going?

TBH I don't know haha, I'm usually pretty indecisive and will probably make a last minute decision. I might give A1 one last shot. 

[Janderson45]

3 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

???  Any luck  ???

I'm torn, whether or not to get out again on the kayak or to go hunting Monday....  

My girlfriends mother burnt herself pretty good early on thanksgiving morning.. Dressing it for her and ultimately taking her to the ER put a damper on my fishing plans ?.  

So I haven't been out.  Winds permitting I was thinking of trying to fish Wequaquet in Barnstable for pike/LMB/SMB either tomorrow or Sunday.  If winds kick up to much (looks like they could) I'll probably stay off the cape and head out elsewhere, potentially concord/Sudbury river as someone else recommended previously.  I'm a little torn, I want to get out a time or two again before it really cools down, but I don't want to waste my time on less than optimal bodies of water and conditions.  I'd rather splurge on a couple of good destinations where I've got ample depths,structures, and hard cover to fish.   I don't know what water temps look like on a lake down the cape like Wequaquet, but I'm imagining it might still be holding around 50 degrees, perhaps a few degrees cooler but undoubtedly still warmer than all of the inland bodies of water.  

 

Edit: massyak- Brimfield res also a place I'd consider, I know I remember you fishing it in the past.. Only been there once this summer and didn't have a good day, but seemed like a decent place.. Supposedly a decent pike fishery for central mass too which is a plus considering I'd imagine it's water temps are mid 40s.  

[DogBone_384]

15 minutes ago, MassYak85 said:

TBH I don't know haha, I'm usually pretty indecisive and will probably make a last minute decision. I might give A1 one last shot. 

You sound like me. I think of a few different places the night before then often make my decision once I hit the road....

5 minutes ago, Janderson45 said:

My girlfriends mother burnt herself pretty good early on thanksgiving morning.. Dressing it for her and ultimately taking her to the ER put a damper on my fishing plans ?.  

So I haven't been out.  Winds permitting I was thinking of trying to fish Wequaquet in Barnstable for pike/LMB/SMB either tomorrow or Sunday.  If winds kick up to much (looks like they could) I'll probably stay off the cape and head out elsewhere, potentially concord/Sudbury river as someone else recommended previously.  I'm a little torn, I want to get out a time or two again before it really cools down, but I don't want to waste my time on less than optimal bodies of water and conditions.  I'd rather splurge on a couple of good destinations where I've got ample depths,structures, and hard cover to fish.   I don't know what water temps look like on a lake down the cape like Wequaquet, but I'm imagining it might still be holding around 50 degrees, perhaps a few degrees cooler but undoubtedly still warmer than all of the inland bodies of water.  

Tomorrow is a maybe, depending on wheter or not I work OT or wife's 'to do' list if I don't. It'll be a 'game time' decision.

Can't get out Sunday, it's Quincy's Christmas parade and all off duty FD personnel are encouraged to march in it. Good PR.  

I'm off Monday.

[MassYak85]

1 hour ago, Janderson45 said:

My girlfriends mother burnt herself pretty good early on thanksgiving morning.. Dressing it for her and ultimately taking her to the ER put a damper on my fishing plans ?.  

So I haven't been out.  Winds permitting I was thinking of trying to fish Wequaquet in Barnstable for pike/LMB/SMB either tomorrow or Sunday.  If winds kick up to much (looks like they could) I'll probably stay off the cape and head out elsewhere, potentially concord/Sudbury river as someone else recommended previously.  I'm a little torn, I want to get out a time or two again before it really cools down, but I don't want to waste my time on less than optimal bodies of water and conditions.  I'd rather splurge on a couple of good destinations where I've got ample depths,structures, and hard cover to fish.   I don't know what water temps look like on a lake down the cape like Wequaquet, but I'm imagining it might still be holding around 50 degrees, perhaps a few degrees cooler but undoubtedly still warmer than all of the inland bodies of water.  

 

Edit: massyak- Brimfield res also a place I'd consider, I know I remember you fishing it in the past.. Only been there once this summer and didn't have a good day, but seemed like a decent place.. Supposedly a decent pike fishery for central mass too which is a plus considering I'd imagine it's water temps are mid 40s.  

Yea I was there a couple times over the summer, it's quite a haul though and with sunset around 4:30 now, I'll probably stay local. There's definitely some good fishing there though. 

[JAB50]

This time of year Wequaqet can be pretty lights out. I always fished the coves. Throw jigs,spinnerbaits, rattle traps and jerbaits. Find structure. And 10-12 feet of water for the traps. Mashpee Wakeby use to be  dynamite too. But, gets pounded now. We use to throw spinnerbaits in and at the mouth of Pickerall cove. We actually caught close to 20 fish one day. While it was snowing! If you go to the Concord; fish Fairhaven bay. That was a thanksgiving day ritual for me and my friends. Get up early(4:00am). Launch no later than 6. Place can get packed! Use the same lures as I mentioned for Wequaqet. Sometimes around this time of year you'll see bait still being chased! Senko time

[MassYak85]

Went to A1 on what was probably my last fishing trip of the year. Got there and it was like glass, not even a ripple. It was just me and another guy in a kayak with his son. I saw them catch something but couldn't tell what it was, didn't look big. Better than I did though, I spent the few hours I was there throwing a hudd 68. Didn't even get a nibble. It was still nice to get out though. Hopefully we can start making ice soon. 

[Cyacnba]

I fished at the Charles for 2 hours and caught around 10 bass on a Ned rig. Nothing big, but they were all fat and pretty feisty. Biggest one was probably around 1.5 lb

[Micropterus]

Got out yesterday and had a great morning for quality, got four between the two ponds we hit, not pictured is a 3.66

4.38

5.51

5.33

[Cyacnba]

Went back to same spot as yesterday, but I only caught 3 largies using the ned rig. It was too windy, which made it hard to feel the bait (went more finesse today).

[Mr. Aquarium]

i went out both days this weekend, saturday fished a new pond. slow action at first but i found where the fish were. lost a big fish on a jig. 1 dink on a jig with a few hits. sun went down and i started tossing swimbaits. picked off a few more dinks on big baits. had a big blow up on one.  5 dinks total. sad to say but that was the best day ive had since september. 

sunday went to a good cold water pond. caught a chunky 2.5 plus. it swam out the hole in my net before i could weigh it.  also caught some big perch. 

i hate this time of year, i can never catching anything big or the fishing is super slow! 

[DogBone_384]

Mike, it sounds like you need to put a net on your Christmas list... ?

BTW, if anyone is in the market for a size 35 spinning reel, Gander Mountain is closing out Pflueger's Patriarch XT at 50% off......   I already have too many spinning reels but thought I'd pass this along.

Edited November 29, 2016 by DogBone_384
surfing too much on Cyber Monday

[DogBone_384]

Friday looks to be the last day we're going to see temps around 50.  As of now I'm not working and am going to be in the Plymouth area giving it a go for smallmouth and or trout.  Right now I'm planning on Big Sandy with my Lure 11.5 or Great Herring with my Ascend 128T.

Good luck to anyone else that gets out there.

ADD:

Didn't get out, likely the end of the season for me; hopefully not, but if it is, I had a great '16.

[MassYak85]

Question for any of you guys who use jigs. When the water gets this cold, do you go small or big with your jigs? Like a 3/32 kietech jig, or a 3/4 football? They are slow right now for sure so would a tiny one be more likely to draw a bite since it's so subtle, or should I use a bigger one since they will want to conserve energy and take advantage of a larger meal? 

Or should I just keep chucking my hudd 68 and crawling it on the bottom until it bounces off the ice?

["hamma"]

I'll use a 1/4 or 3/16 oz  black hair jig with a 101 black pork trailer, on a med action rod with 10 lb test green mono.  for "jigging" and I will also "drag/stitch" either,.. a 1/4 oz football head jig with a yamamoto hula grub, on same type gear. or a 3/8 oz standard jig and pig, on 12 pound test green mono and a flipping stick

[je1946]

2 hours ago, "hamma" said:

I'll use a 1/4 or 3/16 oz  black hair jig with a 101 black pork trailer, on a med action rod with 10 lb test green mono.  for "jigging" and I will also "drag/stitch" either,.. a 1/4 oz football head jig with a yamamoto hula grub, on same type gear. or a 3/8 oz standard jig and pig, on 12 pound test green mono and a flipping stick

Hair jigs are killer in cold water, blk/yellow, blk/red, blk/gry feather.  I do down size the trailer or with no trailer at all  If perch are present which they usually are this time of yr  red/yel works well.  I like 1/16 and 1/8 oz  I'll go as small as the wind will let me fish.  drag em slow with pauses