Hey Mass. Bassers (and any one else who fishes there) (A1 Stump)

[fishizzle]

Our CT club is fishing A1 stump pond near Worcester. Whats it like?

Patterns, depths, structure, cover, water clarity and what else besides stumps.

Also are there any related articles or fishing reports?

We are fishing there the end of June but all season advice would be great

Thanks in advance

[WTRDOG]

I hope you guys are fishing out of canoes.Nothing like getting a johnboat hung up on a stump...........

[fishizzle]

Thankfully I am a nonboater in my club.  So those who dare will venture in their bass boat.

[WTRDOG]

You can't launch a full size rig there.Unless things have changed.

[fishizzle]

really?

our tournament director is in big trouble then

[mackkie]

Ive fished A1 out of a jon boat with a trolling motor...you need to have someone off the front of the boat with a paddle kind of directing you off of stumps.  We got stuck on a few stumps, but you can get off easily.

Ive never seen anything bigger than a jon boat in there...I have a 17' boat and i would never think about launching it there.

The fishing aint bad though!

[Fishing Rhino]

I fished it in my canoe last year.  It's in Westboro, MA.

I would never use an outboard powered boat.  It is loaded with stumps just below the surface.

Using any outboard at any speed will result in, damaged props, lower units, holes in hulls, personal injury or even death.  It is literally a minefield of stumps.

I used my canoe, and will return next year.  It was breezy day, so my options were limited.  I did catch four bass, the largest about three pounds.

It's not only the stumps and fallen trees, it also has thick vegetation.  Top water, weedless and shallow running baits are in order to fish this pond.  In places, the submerged vegetation resembled large mats of spaghetti reaching the surface in places, with open pockets here and there.

I went in September.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwa1st.pdf

[macmaster761]

dude that looks like a serious bass hangout in that place

[fishizzle]

dude that looks like a serious bass hangout in that place

don't tell nobody!

[Tokyo Tony]

Looks even more intense than Winchester, and that's saying a lot.

[Grunt25thInf.]

I have fished it from shore dozens of times and took my 19' Basstracker in their this past fall along with 2 other boats that were fiberglass. There are definitely lots of stumps and there will be sections in the back that you won't be able to reach, but if you go slow it's not bad. The water level does not change very much in the summer. According to the farmer I talked to that originally owned the property it was a cedar tree farm. The town bought it about 40 years ago and flooded it to its original condition. The section that the boat ramp is on is the original pond from before the flooding. This section is the deepest at about 15' in the center. I have caught some decent fish here in the past. One more thing, the parking is across the street from the ramp and should hold atleast 8 boats packed tight. Good luck in your tournament.

[MJEFF]

I live in the town next to "stump pond" or the A-1site as its called. Its actually the head of the Assebet River,  and its a flooded pond with lots of thick weeds , tanic water and cut down tree's and they lie across one another like the game called " pick up sticks".

I have a number of decent fish from there, there have been a couple of eights out of there and rumors of a state record caught by the fish and game guys when they were out doing there fish sampling. However, that was a rumor and they told me that the place has low oxy in the summer.

It still is a very interesting place to fish with a canoe, kayak, bass buggy. Bigger boats are OK in the very early spring. Heavy stout gear is required.

Sluggo's and black spinnerbaits do well, if the fishing is slow and the bite is off , dead sticking isn't a bad option.