Wachusetts Res

[elevatorman]

Jeff it certainly is worth the walk not for the lazy guys but we'll worth the effort ... great morning ...lots of fish loons singing ...swans flying by doesn't get any better than that 👍

[manitron]

Any over unders on bait vs metal?

 We used bait but Matt and Bob  tried a lure for a while with no luck.

[Jschumacher]

Jeff it certainly is worth the walk not for the lazy guys but we'll worth the effort ... great morning ...lots of fish loons singing ...swans flying by doesn't get any better than that 👍

I missed the opener this year. Was in your neighborhood at the speedway for the weekend IceBreaker.

[elevatorman]

I caught 4 on shiners and the. Rest came. From metal. ...AA yes the ice breaker how was it .... Jeff

[LENZ]

are you keeping the rats, throwing them in the woods? there are so many rats because there are so many rats. years ago a game warden said throw them in the woods.
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[ICEHOLE]

are you keeping the rats, throwing them in the woods? there are so many rats because there are so many rats. years ago a game warden said throw them in the woods.
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Let all the rats go, one didn't make it. Eagle was happy about it
I think they need to consider a cull there tho.

[butch two]

A year or two of ice fishing that place would take care of the rat problem  Lenz...

[CMD1987]

are you keeping the rats, throwing them in the woods? there are so many rats because there are so many rats. years ago a game warden said throw them in the woods.
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Shore fishing for lake trout I think rats are just the norm - but double-digit lakers caught every year also

[LENZ]

A year or two of ice fishing that place would take care of the rat problem  Lenz...

i would pay $$$ to ice fish that place.
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[CMD1987]

i would pay $$$ to ice fish that place.
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Jigging for lakers in front of the dam. Should be 25-30 pounders down there... growing old, never seen a fishing hook

[Fisherman2401]

Shore fishing for lake trout I think rats are just the norm - but double-digit lakers caught every year also

Shore fishing has nothing to do with it. Shore fish Quabbin and you will never see the rat lakers like wachusett. It’s a forage problem.

[CMD1987]

Shore fishing has nothing to do with it. Shore fish Quabbin and you will never see the rat lakers like wachusett. It’s a forage problem.

Nah - I don’t think that’s correct - they are all plump this year - in the same water as trophy smallmouth and world record white perch - Lakers are scavengers and there is no shortage of yellow perch and banded killifish in there.

Again - I think that’s wrong - there are too many of them, but they have plenty to eat

[CMD1987]

Shore fishing has nothing to do with it. Shore fish Quabbin and you will never see the rat lakers like wachusett. It’s a forage problem.

This is what they look like in lean forage years (which does happen, just not currently):

[CMD1987]

And for those who lament the loss of the smelt, found them washed up in the same spot I do every year, after more successful breeding - are the smelt hurting, probably, are they gone, no

[CMD1987]

One of this years well-fed chunkers: