5/14/10 at 8:00am Get-together for NH Fisherman-EVERYONE'S INVITED!!

[jaystraw]

Sounds good wagn! Let's make this fairly solid right now:

Rain or Shine : Friday May 14, 2010 at Powder Mill Pond in Greenfield. Fishing from 8:ooam to 2:00pm. We can go later if everyone wants to. I know I'll fish all day long if given to opportunity and good weather

Let's meet no later than 7:30am at the launch/parking area. I can make the times later if people are still going to travel from the Nashua area.

If people want to, we can go to Rick and Diane's Brick Oven Pizza in Antrim afterwards. Great food and a nice atmosphere.

[wagn]

Sounds great Jay.

I also live about 5 minutes from Powdermill. So that works great for me.

8:00am. I'll be there ready to fish

[jaystraw]

I made the meetup tiine 7:30am and the start time 8:00am now so Tom and his fishing partner can get some extra time on the water because he may have to leave earlier than 3:00pm.   the stop time has changed to 2:00pm, but I'll stay later if others want to.

Please let me know if these times do not work for anyone. Glad to see you'll have a short drive wagn!

[wagn]

7:30 is still good

[jaystraw]

Hey Guys,

After going to Powder Mill Pond this past weekend, I was thinking of changing it to another place that has more numbers of bass. There are some good ones in there, but I''m wondering if we should go to Hopkinton Lake instead. The access is open, and it gives us the chance to catch numbers as well as pull in a monster. It would also make the trip a little shorter for the Nashua guys.

Wagn, this would probably affect you the most because it will make your drive a lot longer. Please let me know if you have any strong objections.

Sorry to be flip-flopping on this. I like Powder Mill Pond, but I'm a little afraid it could be tough to catch them there with the amount of pressure it gets and how oddly contoured it is. Also, if someone does not have a good sized motor, they could be at a real disadvantage to even get all the way out to the pond.

[wagn]

Jay where is hopkinton lake? I can't seem to find it on the fish and game website or on google maps.

Does it have a different name?

[jaystraw]

I think it's also (incorrectly) called Stumpfield Marsh, and I just found that it's also called Evertt Lake (not that I had heard before, but...). Part of it is the lake you drive over when you take exit 5 off of Route 89 North. There is a lot more on the right hand side of Route 9 heading west that you cannot see through the trees. It also opens up the possibility of fishing Stumpfield Marsh as well because it's just across the street. Hopkinton Lake the main lake that Drew lake is the overflow for.

Here is a link: http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/recreati/hel/helhome.htm

Fish and Game does not have a link to it. I'm not sure why. It's in Clarks on page A-54 of the 2003 edition.

It's got crappie, as well as LMB's. I actually caught a huge crappie (pictured below) there one night. I've only fished it once, but I know people have good luck there.

I'm still open to Powder Mill as well. It does seem like a good spawn lake, but it's bigger than I thought. It could be tough for Tom if he does not have a gas motor.

[nashua fisherman]

looks like ill be taking my lil' 10' jonboat since i can not get a definitive answere from my niebor about getting him to go in his boat. my "big motor" is a 2.2hp merc, but ive been to lake massabesic and the merrimack river in it so im not afraid of big water as long as theres no chop. not sure what you guys are running but im sure ill be hugging the shore if the water is ruff.

would anyone be oppossed to fishing the piscateqog river or glen lake? ultimately ill fish whatever the group decides.

[wagn]

Hey Nashua.... The piscatequog is having water level problems again. I wouldn't rec fishing there right now.

I've been to Glen lake once, and really had a tough time of it. It seemed like a bowl of sand, with no good structure that I could find. I could of had a bad day, but I just couldn't figure that place out.

The problem with Powdermill isn't the chop, it's the fact that the lake is way down a channel, but with at 2.2 you'd get down it eventually, it would just take longer then my 25hp, or Jay's 90 of course.

Jay...I'm fine with hopkinton. I'm going to try and check it out myself. I think i stopped there once a couple of years ago, and they had the ramp closed for some reason, but i saw people on it this weekend, I think, when I was driving by there. I'm assuming it's fine to fish now.

[jaystraw]

Yeah, I saw someone out there on a nice Triton on Sunday. The ramps must be open again.

I've only launched a jon boat fromn there, but there is a great ramp at Elm Brook State Park (on the other side of the lake I think). I think there is also a great ramp right off Stumpfield Road (Clarks says so anyway) .

Tom, I think this place will be a lot closer for you. Alll you have o do is get on The Everett Tpke North, follow 293 to 93N, get on Route 89N in Concord and get off at exit 5. Hopkinton Lake would be about 1 mile off the exit. I'd be up for fishing the Pisq. River, but I'd prefer to pick a place with a really stable water level.

[nashua fisherman]

o.k.

hopkinton sounds good. wich launch will we be meeting at?

[jaystraw]

I'm gonna do a drive by and check out the scene soon.   i"ll let everyone know ASAP!!

[jaystraw]

OK. Just got back from driving by Hopkinton-Everett Lake. I think it will do just fine for us. Might be a lot easier to fish than Powder Mill Pond. It's got deper and shallower sections. Could be real interesting.

It's pretty big, but it looks absolutely huge. There are several different areas to fish, the launch is adequate. It's a narrow ramp made of concrete blocks.

From Nashua: Take Everett Tpke North to 293 North to 93 North through Manchester, to 89 North. Take Exit 5 off of Route 89 North on the left, and after you go over the bridge, take Stumpfield Road on the right (approx 1 mile).

Follow Stumpfield Road and you will see a sign that read "Stumpfield Boat Launch".

Follow the road and take a left when you see the boat ramp sign. The ramp is about .2 miles on the right with parking for 20 rigs.

From Peterborough, Take a left on Stumpfield Road. Follow Stumpfield Road and you will see a sign that read "Stumpfield Boat Launch".

Follow the road and take a left when you see the boat ramp sign. The ramp is about .2 miles on the right with parking for 20 rigs.

See y'all friday at 7:30am!! I think we will be having some spawn action if we are lucky!

[nashua fisherman]

we wont be able to make it to the launch until 8:00am. we will definetly be there though unless its windly like today.

we went ther today to check it out. threw a couple spinnerbaits from the launch and pulled up some weeds. we have actualy fished here before from the shore. looking forward to meeting everybody.

who's going?

[jaystraw]

No problem with 8:000am.

It's just your boat, my boat and wagns boat with bassmaster. I may have a an old friend from VT coming with his own boat, but I doubt it.

I also may have an open seat in my boat. My partner for the day was unemployed and recently got a job that starts Friday. I have no problem fishing alone, but there is an open seat on the nitro.

[jaystraw]

See everyone at 8:00am at the launch. Pray for sunshine and low winds!!

[Shane J]

I'm heading out tomorrow night for D.C, so I hope you guys have a great time out there, and catch some nice one's. I've heard good things about that place. Good luck, everyone!

[NHfroggin]

Just trying to make sure i have the correct directions is this about where the launch is?

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe=off&resnum=0&q=stumpfield+road+contoocook+nh&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Stumpfield+Rd,+Contoocook,+NH+03229&gl=us&ei=rmnsS8ONG8KAlAfi_YC0CA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA

-matt-

[jaystraw]

Yeah, but that is showing "A" as being on the other side of the road. You want to exit onto Stumpfield Road on the other side of the road. Stumpfield Road crosses Route 9/202

If you are comiong off of Route 89 North or South, you want to take a right onto Stumpfield Road, and follow the road to the boat launch signs after you hit the dirt road.

If you are coming from Route 9/202 from the West (Keene, Hillsboro, Henniker), you want to take a left onto Stumpfield Road.

On that map you can see actually see where the launch is. follow that Road "A" is on north across the street and you can see where it bends to the left. The launch is about a 1/4 mile after that bend if you take the left.

[NHfroggin]

Yeah, but that is showing "A" as being on the other side of the road. You want to exit onto Stumpfield Road on the other side of the road. Stumpfield Road crosses Route 9/202

If you are comiong off of Route 89 North or South, you want to take a right onto Stumpfield Road, and follow the road to the boat launch signs after you hit the dirt road.

If you are coming from Route 9/202 from the West (Keene, Hillsboro, Henniker), you want to take a left onto Stumpfield Road.

On that map you can see actually see where the launch is. follow that Road "A" is on north across the street and you can see where it bends to the left. The launch is about a 1/4 mile after that bend if you take the left.

Ok thanks!

-matt-

[unhbass37]

Good luck tomorrow boys. Wish I could join you. Maybe we can do another one this summer.

[nashua fisherman]

just got back from hopkinton pond. we caught 9 pickeral and threw everything too, senkos, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and even swimbaits. the other guys did better than us but we still had a great time. it was nice meeting you guys. nice boats. were ready to do it again when you are. nice body of water and not as big as we thought. anyways heres the first two fish we caught. did you guys get any pictures? any stump marks on the nitro?

[wagn]

Thanks for putting this together Jay. I had a really great time. We should try and do this again sometime next month.

Matt and I did pretty well today. 7 bass, 2 crappie, 1 perch, and a bunch of pickeral.

The largest bass was 2lbs 15oz.

and the smallest was smaller then a 4 inch senko.

Here are a few of the pics I took

[jaystraw]

Nice pics!

I'm glad everyone had a good time and caught fish. The big bonus was that the rain held off and it was no too wndy for most of the day.

No stump marks on the nitro..thank goodness.  That place is Prop Buster Centeral.

I ended up catching 5 bass, and a crappie. All on t-rigged watermelon senkos. No pickeral, and I think that's weird!!

My biggest bass was around 2.5 pounds. I'll post the pics later.

Let's def. do it again soon!!

[unhbass37]

Sounds like you all had a blast. Let me know if you decide to do it again.