Eastern Mass Get Togethers - 2012 Season

[deaknh03]

Ok, 3 day license for me, I'm in. Anyone live northerly that wants to carpool? Any seats on a boat available?

[Fishing Rhino]

If I can make it, I'll have a seat available. I should know within a couple of weeks.

[GrundleLove]

sept 30th? sure im in.

[grampa1114]

Nice to see your smiling face Grundle.....how's the boat working?

[Fishing Rhino]

Alas, it looks like I will not be around. Our daughter will be having surgery in the last week of Sept, or the first week in Oct. We'll be heading down prior to and remaining for at least two weeks post-op, possibly longer.

[grampa1114]

Sorry to hear about your daughter, hope all goes well. You will be missed at the GT.

[Jigfishn10]

Hope all turns out well Tom,

Go get em boys, looks like you boys have a full roster! Have fun and good luck!

[tate]

Tom I hope everything works out well for your daughter.

Tate

[Ror Boy]

I might be in for the 30th. Might have an open seat too.

[grampa1114]

Excellent RorBoy.....Hope you can nail it down....and maybe get somebody a ride at the same time.....

[Backwoodsbasser]

Id be interested local to Merrimack river min from Boston and I have a bass boat

[grampa1114]

Backwoodsbasser if you are interested in joining us at Cochituate then perhaps you could hook up with Deaknh03 for traveling .

[grampa1114]

Correct me if I'm wrong: Sept 30, Lake Cochituate, 7am

Boater...................... Non-Boater

Tate......................... Basshunter1961

Grampa1114........... The one that got away

Backwoodsbasser... Deaknh

Ror Boy...................

Grundlelove............

Tate...meat and grill, Grampa1114...cookies...................?????

[deaknh03]

Correct me if I'm wrong: Sept 30, Lake Cochituate, 7am

Boater...................... Non-Boater

Tate......................... Basshunter1961

Grampa1114........... The one that got away

Backwoodsbasser... Deaknh

Ror Boy...................

Grundlelove............

Tate...meat and grill, Grampa1114...cookies...................?????

Anyone else have an open seat? I pm'ed Backwoods and have not heard back. I would prefer to have a solid answer as to a seat, I can obviously make the drive by myself, but arriving to a seat would be ideal. I can bring buns, dogs, meat, whatever, i own an organic market so I have all the good stuff available.

[grampa1114]

Tate and I went to Lake Cochituate today, on a scouting trip. I have some good news and some bad. The bad news is the park is open from 8am to dark on Saturdays and Sundays until Columbus Day. There is a $5 fee to use the park. Please be aware of the change in start time for the event. The good news is the fishing was very good with a total of 20 or so fish for a 8:30 to 12:30 day. The fish were willing to hit Spinnerbaits and Grubs, in and around weed beds. My thanks to Tate for an enlightening tour.

[The one that got away]

Well then, I guess we can sleep an extra hour or so on 9/30. Too bad, I was looking forward to some early morning topwater action.

[Fishing Rhino]

Though I will be away, for clarification, is that 5 dollars per vehicle for parking, or 5 dollars per person?

[grampa1114]

Good question Rhino...The fee is $5. for parking but if you are over 63 then you may attain a "lifetime Free Parking Pass" at the gate which works in all Mass State Parks.

[tate]

Actually thanks to Grampa who gave me the tour of the lake, amazing wealth of knowledge on so many lakes in New England. Looking forward to a return trip Cochituate on the 30th, plenty of good fishing in that place. Son of a gun Grampa boated like 5 Larry's in the short time it took me to retie. I will bring the grill and some dogs/burgers.

Tate

[tate]

Ok folks 1 week from this Sunday. This is Get Together is open to all members of the Bass Resource Forum so if you can get out to Lake Cochituate in Natick, Ma. on Sunday Sept 30th at 8:00am. get your name on the list below. Still not sure on number of boats or non boaters interested so reply to this thread and lets go fishing.

We need to firm things up as soon as possible so folks can plan accordingly. Below is the list from the last tally .... Grampa and I are confirmed, so lets hear from the others as soon as possible.

boater non-boater

Tate......................... Basshunter1961

Grampa1114........... The one that got away

Backwoodsbasser... (pending next boat seat available) Deaknh

Ror Boy...................

Grundlelove............

Tate-burgers, dogs, buns/rolls, paper plates and grill, Grampa1114-cookies, One that got away-water & soda, ?????

[deaknh03]

I'm in, as long as I'm assured a seat, it's a long drive and I will be buying a Mass license.

[The one that got away]

I'm still in. What can I contribute? Maybe a cooler with waters and sodas?

[tate]

I'm in, as long as I'm assured a seat, it's a long drive and I will be buying a Mass license.

Deak we will have a solid answer on seat availability over the coming days.

I will put the one that got away down for waters and soda.

[grampa1114]

It will be better for all planning if we get a proper head count as soon as possible. It's ok to say "maybe" if you are still up in the air but lets get all the definites down please. The fishing should be very good.

Grampa

[BenRias]

Greetings!

I am new to Boston (1 year), new to bass fishing (1 month), and new to BassResource (1 day.) But I found your thread and am exicted to know that there is plenty of fishing going on in the area!

I'm coming from CA where I mostly fished catfish and trout, as well as offshore fishing for calicos/mackerels/bonitas/etc. However, I have always been a bass enthusiast and grew up watching countless bass shows on ESPN before it became the "SportsCenter Network." Yet, because I went after the trouts/cats, I never went for the bass. But the move to the East Coast and being new to all the fishing out here was a great motivator for finally making the jump to bass.

I am slowly converting my tackle box from powerbait, goops, and salmon eggs to jigs, senkos, roboworms, etc. And for my gear, I am jimmy-rigging everything still: I am using an old Abu Ambassadeur 500 (not 5000... 500... 521Plus to be exact) that I found at a garage sale and reconditioned it; a 6'6" or so SPINNING rod; and generic mono line (just went from 6lbs. to 20lbs. to handle the weeds and veg.) And yes, I have been following the 1oz lead rule and only have a few weights that aren't lead so far. Good news though: I am being forced to get a rod that can handle the vegetation I've been hitting (yeah...snapping a rod isn't fun, but at least it was just one of those throw away BassPro rods.)

As you can imagine, my skills and equipment have left me a bass virgin, but that's ok as I am still having fun learning. I've been to the Wachusett Reservoir 3 times (while it was still pretty warm and no luck), Jamaica Pond a few times (no luck for anything much less bass), and I have been hitting the Charles pretty frequently recently as I just learned it IS NOT DEAD (as I was told by a few people when I first arrived...giving me no hope for fishing at that time.) But I am finally having some hope and remaining optimisitc. And seeing there are others in the area bassin' it up is exciting! I'm looking forward to hearing some great fishing reports from the Eastern Mass fishermen.

I hope you don't mind me lurking on this thread... hopefully, I won't distract you too much with basic questions Best of luck to you all the rest of the season!