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MFF US Northeast => Massachusetts => Topic started by: Mugz on Apr 15, 2005, 12:39 PM
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Fished Lake Mugz today. South end. Caught "x" amount of fish, all on Purple 5" Senko's. All fish were caught between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM. Bite died at 12:00 Noon.
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Fished Hampton Ponds in Westfield on both saturday and sunday from the boat. caught a decent amount of small bass in the 9-14 inch range. It was fun fishing. I tried an assortment of lures, but the only real producer was a blue/sliver rattle trap. Work it like 1 to 5 feet under the surface, just above the tops of the weeds.
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Anyone been out on the CT River in Chicopee, Holyoke area for stripers or shad/herring? Shouldn't be long now.
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I checked out the CT river in Montague last night, the bass were flying from the water...it is time. I gave bobber fishing with shiners a try because I didn't get in enough ice fishing this year. Landed one nice smallmouth and missed about five (a recycled hook barely sharp enough to hook the shinner) but they were not really interested. They were feeding top water on something small and unidentified, the fish were coming out of the water 5 ft in front of me. I'm going to hit them with the fly rod tonight 8)
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fished littleville reservior yesterday, caught a lot of large bass in the 17-22 inch range, the largest was just a little over 5 pounds, most bass were caught on a really large 5/8 ounce chartruse spinner bait with one big gold colorado blade. the bass were all around the 15 foot contour near the bottom. I did get a few bass near the shore on jig/rubbercrayfish. the wind was really rough. no trout for me, but one guy and his buddy were trolling, they caught 10 stocked rainbows that were 14 inches on goldfish spoons.
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fished the CT river near the area the chicopee river enters. we personally did not catch any shad, but another guy and his buddy caught 35 shad in 4 hours. a few people were trolling and drifting baits for stripers. didn't see anybody reel in a striper. but i saw an undersize dead one on shore that somebody had hung on a tree. so they are in the area, or up river below the holyoke dam.
caught a nice smallmouth and my brother caught a 16.5 inch walleye as the sun was setting.
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caught some brown trout fly fishing on westfield river. using a small black size 14 fly. the browns were 10-12 inches, did not see any rainbows in the pool i was fishing. I released all the fish.
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fished the CT river near the area the chicopee river enters. we personally did not catch any shad, but another guy and his buddy caught 35 shad in 4 hours. a few people were trolling and drifting baits for stripers. didn't see anybody reel in a striper. but i saw an undersize dead one on shore that somebody had hung on a tree. so they are in the area, or up river below the holyoke dam.
caught a nice smallmouth and my brother caught a 16.5 inch walleye as the sun was setting.
Can you fish the mouth of the Chicopee from shore??
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fished pontoosic yesterday, caught a pike 3 bass 1 pickeral and a crappie, went to moose meadow brook in westfield today caught 6 nice sized brookies, a foot long, couple longer, good weekend
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Yes you can fish the mouth from shore. Just follow the trail from the Chicopee boat launch (Medina St.) it's a good walk.
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Anyone doing anything? I personally haven't been out that much. Been fishing a bit in upstate NY. What's the word on the Oxbow, Quabbin, CT. River? Anyone? Angler Kev.....I know you've had your boat in the water.....anything doing?
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Fished the Big River Tues. night. We were using shrimp (the eels don't seem to like them a much as some of the other stink/catfish baits). Caught a couple of cats and a bluegill on a shrimp! go figure?
Tight lines,
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Anyone fishing for trout? Or anything?
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Conn. River 'Eye
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19" of tasty solid white fillet. Had him frying in oil an hour after catching him.
But you should have seen the one that got away ;D At least 24", had him up to shore and SNAP the line lets go :'(
I look at the line and there is a tell tale pig tail that indicates my knot let go. I hate it when that happens. It was probably
the biggest 'Eye of my life and I missed him because I tied a bad knot >:(
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what is a conn river eye? can,t say i,ve ever heard of or seen one.
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what is a conn river eye? can,t say i,ve ever heard of or seen one
Well it is hardly written in code and there is even a picture, but I'll assume your not just jerking my chain and will do it out long hand.
Conn. River = Connecticut River A rather large body of water that forms the NH/VT boarder before entering Mass.
'Eye = Walleye A rather yummy fish
Now you've heard of one and seen one ;D
Will be out this evening looking for more.
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nice fish man i alway wanted to catch one
but agian awsome fish but get that 24"er and get a pic
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Another Conn. R. 'Eye:
This one is 19" as well, but not as heafty. He swallowed the hook big time and was bleeding a little so I kept him.
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Wind was blowing like all get to out making the fishing tough. Turned back a skinny 16" 'Eye and a 3 1/2 lb smally.
Almost five hours of standing in the blow but, it was worth it.
Bent poles,
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sorry for being stupid, just never heard the term eye. never caught one myself, would like to try sometime. does the oxbow have any ? maybe ice fish for em.
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Well, the Oxbow is the same body of water so it is certainly possible to catch one there. Personally the place is just to crowded in the winter for me . I find them hard to target through the ice. I have iced them in back waters, deep waters, coves and just about everywhere but I don't usually target them, it's more a matter of luck. I know some guys that do target them and they try to fish as close to the main current as the ice will allow them.
For top water, try fishing shallow water just off the main current at dusk. They come in to the shallows in search of bait fish at this time of day. People also night fish for them. A classic walley tactic is to fish bellow impoundments. I have been using shiners suspended about eighteen inches off of a fairly heavy egg sinker but I do know of one guy who uses nothing but artificials and catches a lot of fish.
The bottom line on Wallley is to put in your time. You don't catch a lot of them and you will get skunked but you can't catch fish if you don't keep a hook wet. I've probably put in close to 40 hours in the last ten days for a total of three fish and one of them was small.
Best of luck and let us know if you give it a try (lord knows this board could use a few more reports).
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Thought I might add this in..... I havent been out fishing for them 'Eyes lately, actually the boat was already put away. My buddy and I have have gotten into the 'eye fishing and have had some good success. This year got about 25 of them ranging from 16" up to 25".... about the biggest 5 lbs... That was mostly between May till beginning of July..... Got them from Northfield Ma down to the Oxbow.
The previous years we have gotten some monsters... well monsters for around here not like up in the great lakes. Biggest we have gotten was 29" about 7.5-8lbs. Two others one at 27" and the other 28". The 29" was the third one we ever caught and we thought that was a normal sized one.... wow we were wrong.... would have won the gold pin that year. O well still swimming around. Got them on cranks, jigs with plastics and tipped with a crawler.
The only walleye i know of caught in the oxbow (The stretch from the manahan back to 91) was under the wires in early spring. Other than that no news of that. I know they get them through the Ice up at Bartons Cove but dont know about the oxbow. I ice the 'bow alot and keep up with the locals out there and dont know of any caught. Like Capt. Shay said probably need to be near some current which the 'bow lacks and I try to stay away from in the winter. Its too bad the Easthampton Rod and Gun took them off their list during the all species tournaments.... figures. Thought I could share alittle.... nice to see that other people fish for them as well. Funny telling someone u caught a Walleye and they look at u like you have two heads.... A 24" walleye is my favorite fish to fight..... They just keep on thumping away, digging for the bottom.... They take forever to tire out.
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I too fish eyes in the river religiously. I fish in MA and VT. There are allot more in the river than most people think. You have to fish for them specifically. Some are caught by anglers targeting other species, but specific walleye techniques will preoduce more eyes. (Fish slow, and on the bottom) Also, fish areas that tend to have current and rocky bottoms. Below the dams are a great place to start.
I have not caught any monsters. Most fish run 14-22" for me, topping off close to 4lbs.
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Hey, there are some fishermen in W. Mass that still own computers :) And some of you even target them 'Eyes. The falling leaves just make me itch to get out at dusk and hunt them. There seems to be a fall "bite" when the eyes get to feeding. Don't let the fact that you are shore bound stop you 'Chuck. This is probably the best time of year to get yourself on some keepers. I have certainly caught them on crawlers but I have found that live shiners out fish the terrestrials (Anyone else have a thought on this?).
More thoughts:
Dawn or Dusk? Dusk works better for me.
Other bait presentations? Artificials?
Can you realistically target them on Ice? Where?
Nice hearing from both of you. I am limited to a canoe so if either of you need a deck hand/fishing partner, let me know. I grew up on The River and am always looking for an excuse not to work, 'er, I mean fish.
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P.S. DH, are you familiar with how search engines work? If you type in Wallleye and specify the Mass. boards, you wont find any of my post. Using an abbreviation like 'Eye makes internet "fishing" a little more difficult. I just feel that it makes someone actually read the different threads and discern the information from them rather than just do "fly by" searches. (Hint to others)
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I too fish eyes in the river religiously. I fish in MA and VT. There are allot more in the river than most people think. You have to fish for them specifically. Some are caught by anglers targeting other species, but specific walleye techniques will preoduce more eyes. (Fish slow, and on the bottom) Also, fish areas that tend to have current and rocky bottoms. Below the dams are a great place to start.
I have not caught any monsters. Most fish run 14-22" for me, topping off close to 4lbs.
PS ALL of my walleye fishing on the CT is from shore!
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Can anyone tell me if they're jigging up any Redfin Shiners at the oxbow anymore? I remember doing this back about 30yrs ago. A great pike bait. Haven't done it since. I remember we would fish just in front of the marina.
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Hit some back waters of the Conn. R. this morning for my
first top water outing of the year. Looking for some
toothy criters. Fished one pole heave and leave with a
big shiner and worked large spoons, spinners, Etc. with
the other.
Two guys for four hours and not a single fish.
Still better than the best day working.
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Hit The River last night for some 'Eye action.
My buddy had what he called a "pretty nice" feeling
fish on but then lost it only a few feet from shore.
Right at dark I had a nibble and tried to set the hook
but missed it. We decided we might as well pick up and
as I was breaking down the rod that I had just reeled in
I says to my bud "do you hear a bell" (we use them for
strike indicators). My buddy says "It's just the one in your
pocket". I finished packing up my first rod and head
over to my second and the minute I picked it up I felt a
wiggle. Landed a fat 20 inch 3 Lb'er. It was obviously
a female full of eggs but it had swallowed it "hook line and
sinker so to the fillet board it went. Unfortunately, the digi-
cam is on the fritz so no pictures this time.
We were fishing medium shiners suspended about 18 inches
off of a fairly heavy egg sinker on the inside of a bend in about
eight feet of water. Fished from four to six thirty.
Any one else out here in W. Mass having any luck?
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If anyone is interested Forest Lake in palmer was stocked Wed .Lake Metacomet stocked Tues.They put some beauty's in .I caught and released about 20 or so.14-16" fat fish.fun to catch on the micro lite
Also caught some BIG bluegills 8-10".
Good luck
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Fished the Oxbow in Easthampton this morning for a few hours. Targeting mainly crappie, but I always have a back-up Senko rig to test some known largemouth haunts. Released 2 nice bass, 2.4 & 3.1 lbs.. Lost count on the crappie after releasing about 2 doz.. 1/16 oz. curly tails got the most action on the crappie. Cold start this morning, but with slow, steadily rising water temps (low 50's today) looks like we are actually going to have a "spring" this year!
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Fished the Ct. River from the Deerfield River south. Nothing from Deerfield River to Montague. Fished topwater, senkos, tube jigs, and crankbaits. We ended up with 3 SM - wife caught lunker 3.5 lbs ~ 17". Water temp was 49. kiss and realease (https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv129%2Ffishercat%2F41406fish.jpg&hash=375ac6dd1cb23a16bec8464c24ef796e)
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We were on the water by 7:15 am Saturday in search of smallmouth and/or lakers shallow up. Fish were co-operating nicely. Water temp 48 degrees and a bit breezy early on, but she settled down nicely by noon. Landed two decent lakers; one on a tube and one on a drop-shot. Picked up 1/2 doz. fat smallies on tubes and hard jerkbaits. Everything very shallow; 5' - 15' edges on humps. Even got a small (14") rainbow on a 5" Senko! Great day to break in my new boat - yep, a Crestliner :) Eagles were very active today as well.
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What gate did you fish out of??
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We fished out of Gate #31 on Saturday. I enjoy the abundant wildlife up in that neck of the woods.
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Fished Gate #31 at the Quabbin again today. We were on the water by 6:45 AM and the first bass came across my gunnels by 7:30. Water temp was 54. Slowly rising. Got a total of 6 for the morning. Started to rain by 10 and we were off the water a bit after noon. Rain just wouln't quit and I HATE fishing in the rain! They were hitting hard jerks very well today. Lost one on the drop shot, but it's a bit early for that right now. Tried Senkos and tubes as well, but the jerks were the bait today. Bucks starting to prep nests on shallow humps. Very little shore line activity. Not a bad morning considering the rain. And, of course, on the drive home the sun comes out! The weathermen score again. :)
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Fished Hatfield ponds on Sat. got 6 L.M. from 12-16" 2 short bass 2 nice bluegills, and a 10" yellow perch all on plastics.
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Sun we went to the Q I did not do so good got 2 short S.M. and lost a keeper L.M. at the boat was using cranks tubes and Rapalas. Fishing partner did a little better. He got a 3Lbs. S.M. two keeper L.M. a pickerel about 20" most of his came on plastics. Wind was a little strong.
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Fished Wyola today from 7:00_10:30 a.m. water temp was 72 strong wind from the south. Got 2 keeper L.M.also 2 dinks 6-8 pickerel from 10-16" And 2 nice bluegill. Fished plastic top waters and softbody crank baits.
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Fished Quabbin Reservoir today - First ones there. Water temp was anywhere from 73-75. Caught 4 keepers, 4 shorts, 1 pickerel, and a bunch of bluegill. 3 of the 4 keepers came from one freshly downed pine tree laying in deeper water. Caught most fish on plastics - tried topwater and cranks not much action. Here is a picture of my wife with lunker for the day.
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Fished the Conn river from Deerfield to Hatfield 3 days in a row sat, sun, mon. Water level sat was nice. sun and mon the river was running fast and stained flow went from 8000cfs to 14000cfs . In the three days we got 18 S.M. of that 11 of those where 12" plus the biggest was 2.5 lbs. Also got about 20 fallfish 6 rockbass and 2 bluegills. Fished plastic cranks and top waters. Most fish came on plastic. Saw at least 2 eagles every day.
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Isn't western mass supposed to be around berkshire county and the surrounding area's, I know I don't know anyone from western mass that fishes in ct and nh someone better get a bigger map to tell them where they are.(((((FISH ON)))))
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Isn't western mass supposed to be around berkshire county and the surrounding area's, I know I don't know anyone from western mass that fishes in ct and nh someone better get a bigger map to tell them where they are.(((((FISH ON)))))
Read it a bit closer. They fished the CT. My thoughts of Western, MA is connecticut river west to NY
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Read it a bit closer. They fished the CT. My thoughts of Western, MA is connecticut river west to NY
Thank you sir. :thumbup_smilie:
A 2 fish that where also caught in western Ma. today. On a local small lake.
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Fished the local river this morning and got a nice brown.
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20"
5lbs.
Great fight, I love fishing this western Ma. river.
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Hit The River last night for some 'Eye action.
My buddy had what he called a "pretty nice" feeling
fish on but then lost it only a few feet from shore.
Right at dark I had a nibble and tried to set the hook
but missed it. We decided we might as well pick up and
as I was breaking down the rod that I had just reeled in
I says to my bud "do you hear a bell" (we use them for
strike indicators). My buddy says "It's just the one in your
pocket". I finished packing up my first rod and head
over to my second and the minute I picked it up I felt a
wiggle. Landed a fat 20 inch 3 Lb'er. It was obviously
a female full of eggs but it had swallowed it "hook line and
sinker so to the fillet board it went. Unfortunately, the digi-
cam is on the fritz so no pictures this time.
We were fishing medium shiners suspended about 18 inches
off of a fairly heavy egg sinker on the inside of a bend in about
eight feet of water. Fished from four to six thirty.
Any one else out here in W. Mass having any luck?
Tight Lines,
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Not Western Mass but here in RI the Trout have been pretty hot Capt./30 since opening day 2nd weekend of april. Great to see you been staying busy on the water Capt. WHATS BETTER THAN THAT//////NOTHING.
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Conn. River 'Eye
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19" of tasty solid white fillet. Had him frying in oil an hour after catching him.
But you should have seen the one that got away ;D At least 24", had him up to shore and SNAP the line lets go :'(
I look at the line and there is a tell tale pig tail that indicates my knot let go. I hate it when that happens. It was probably
the biggest 'Eye of my life and I missed him because I tied a bad knot >:(
Tight Lines,
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Great job Capt. go get the big one. I've got to try for a walleye sometime.
I've done well with the lakers at Wachusetts up to 5 pounds.
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Conn. River 'Eye
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19" of tasty solid white fillet. Had him frying in oil an hour after catching him.
But you should have seen the one that got away ;D At least 24", had him up to shore and SNAP the line lets go :'(
I look at the line and there is a tell tale pig tail that indicates my knot let go. I hate it when that happens. It was probably
the biggest 'Eye of my life and I missed him because I tied a bad knot >:(
Tight Lines,
What kind of fish is that?
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walleye
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Im gonna unsticky this topic and let it drop down...dont want to delete as there is good info on here...just wanna clean up the site a bit
karl