The Nip (Nippenicket)

[mcliff]

I was planning on taking the canoe to the Nip on Sunday morning. Just wondering if anyone has fished it recently and if there are any good tips

[Fishing Rhino]

I was wondering what you had for a boat when you posted earlier about where to fish. Consider Watson's pond, in the State Park across from Sabattia. No gasoline engines allowed. It's smaller than Nip, but deeper. Lots of coontail and lily pad beds. There are a few places where you can back a cartop down to the water. You will have to pay five dollars for parking.

There are no ramps, but there are a few openings where it is easy to launch a small boat or canoe. I've caught a lot of bass in the lily pad beds using a fluke rigged weedless. You can also use it in the coontail. The cove to the right of the beach, as you're looking at it from the pond has a lot of lily pad beds and has been productive for me. The back of the pond, the northwest end has also been good.

You'll have to fish the weeds, but you should find fish in the weeds, and there is no shortage of weeds.

[MLlanes]

fished the nip the other day for about an hour. My friend caught a pretty big bass over near the boat ramp. If youre standing facing the boat ramp with the parking lot behind you, we were fishing over to the right where theres an opening between the lilly pads. thats my favorite spot at the Nip, but i also dont have a boat so thats the only spot for me.

[mcliff]

We were washed out yesterday, so I had to go to BPS to console myself......oh well....the weekend is almost hear again...

[xjma99]

I fish it often from shore in the evening, topwater and texas rigged are a must due to weed and they produce. If you're in a boat you can find the weedlines and run pretty much anything just along the weed edges.

In my experience it's hard not to catch some fish at the Nip. There are tons of good spots!!