Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

Don MacIntyre        Home: Milford, NH       Work: Litleton, Mass, LJ02/I4

I'm an avid freshwater fisherman.  The majority of my fishing time is spent 
hunting, catching and releasing bass.  I'm a member of the NH BassMasters.

My largest largemouth to date is a 7lb 12oz from NH. Largest smallmouth is 
only about 4.5lbs, also from NH.  

I have a Lowe 160 bass boat, which is pretty well suited for my fishing.
If I'm not prefishing for a tournament, or actually fishing in one - the
odds are I'm on a river.  I've been called a river rat mor than once.

I spend almost as much time in my canoe as I do in my bassboat.  Canoe camping 
with my wife, son, and anyone else who'd care to join us, is one of my favorite
ways to spend a summer weekend.  I'm looking forward to doing some extended 
canoe camping in the future.

Each year I take a 10 day trip down south with a few other folks from this 
conference, as well as occasional long weekend trips.  This year's spring
trip was fantastic, catching lots of hawgs at Santee-Cooper, SC.

I've participated in this file from pretty much the bginning, 5 or so years 
ago.  I was the chief moderator of the original fishing notesfile for the
last 3-4 years - but recently handed the file over to the Doc.  I still 
retain moderator privs and help when I can, but the Doc takes care of buisness.

Over the last 5 or so years I have learned alot about fishing and a big part
of that came from this file and the many friends that I have made through it.

Here's to a continued sharing of our love for the sport. 

Tight lines,
-donmac

ps:  Oh yea, when I'm not on the water, I play Project Leader for the 
     PATHWORKS for VMS software effort.

Art Hebert      Home: Amherst, NH       Work: ZKO Nashua, NH

I fish in fresh- and salt water. We have a 24' outboard boat for the
salt and bigger lakes, and a 14� aluminum boat for smaller stuff. We also
have a Merrimac fiberglass canoe for teenie stuff.

I'm not a blood-n-guts fisherman. If they predict 3-5' seas and 15-25
know winds I stay home and read. If it rains I stay home. If the weather
is good I might run out to the northern tip of Jeffrey's Ledge, which is
a fur piece, some 40 miles out of Hampton Harbor (my favorite sw launch
ramp). I'd rather go to Wentworth Lake (my favorite fw launch ramp), and
see six boats, than Winnipesaukee and see 6,000 boats (driven by 5,000
fools).

I have a Plano tackle box that looks like a steamer trunk and has about a
hundred crankbaits just in the top drawer, but I use Zara Spooks,
Torpedoes and Rebels most of the time. In the salt I stick with Bombers,
Rebels, Hopkins, and Vike-E jigs.  Still, I study the wall at Zyla's
every time I go in, and never leave empty-handed.

According to my wife we have enough rods & reels to compete with
Surfland, Red Top, and Kittery Trading Post. By my reckoning, I still
need two more sw spinning reels, one fw spinning reel, and a different
fishfinder for the Sea Nymph.

Art

    
    Walt Bing, work in Hudson,MA and live in Clinton. If I had my
    choice I would rather hunt than fish but I can find a couple months
    out of the year to fish. My largest bass was caught this year and
    weighed in at 6 pounds. I like to fly fish and tie my own flies. They
    aren't pretty but do catch fish. I don't own a boat but do have access 
    to a canoe any time I want it. As I said I would rather hunt and my
    mind and efforts are slowly turning towards hunting. So if I'm going
    to catch one bigger than the 6 pounder I better do it quick or I'm
    going to have to wait till next spring.
    
                                              Walt

    Tim Lucia   Home: Somerville, MA  Work: ZKO Nashua, NH (as a compiler
    developer)
    
    I do both fresh and salt water fishing.  This year, salt has had my
    attention.  I don't have a boat, but I will someday (at least 1!)
    Meanwhile, I go with people from the file and from shore.
    
    My favorite species include: bass (LM, SM, stripers), bluefish,
    cod/pollock, tuna (still waiting to catch one) and smelt.
    
    My largest LM bass is 5lb even.
    
    My largest fish is a 17lb, 34.5" striper (this will change when I get
    the tuna!)
    
    I have 5 freshwater rods, three smelt rods, a surf rod, a cod rod and a
    flyrod.  This is approximately half of the rods I'd like to have.  I'm
    more or less set on freshwater.
    
    I have 3 plano 1152s (1 for gitzit/grub/worms, 1 for cod jigs and
    teasers, on for bluefish plugs and poppers) and a plano 1257 (for the
    rest of the bass stuff).  Additionally, I have a small fenwick which
    serves for trout/generic (take a kid pumpkinseed fishing) and a small
    plano utility box full of sweedish pimples, hooks and splitshot for
    smelting.  Someday I plan to have a big, 25' tackle box with 400Hp
    kicking at the rear.  Then I'll need standup rods for tuna.
    
    I can usually go fishing at the drop of a hat, so if you're looking for
    a fishing partner, give me a holler.
    
    Tim
    

    Leo Carlin	home: Acton MA	work: SHR, Shrewsbury,MA (Digital Services
    Eng'g - aka CSSE)
    
    I only fish the salt. Have fished some fresh, but not usually enough to
    justify the cost of a license. I like to fish for fish I can eat;
    blues, flounder, tautog, cod, bonito, etc.
    
    Biggest fish I've caught is a three foot striper. Didn't weigh it or
    keep it. Never kept one. Have also caught 10 pound bonito, 5 pound
    spanish mackerel, and 8 - 10 pound squeteague, but not lately. Have
    done most of my catching in Martha's Vineyard. Done a bunch of fishing
    from the shore around here, but not much catching. No boat, but I have
    a boat rod, for party boats, a surf rod that I built, and a couple of
    smaller light tackle rods that are a lot of fun. I usually carry one
    tackle box, well loaded with some of everything, but I have another all
    set for party boats/ cod fishing, and another with 'spares', as well as
    a couple of boxes full of assorted 'stuff'. Some of which is even
    identifiable. 
    
    I'm usually ready to go fishing anytime and anyplace. Anyone looking
    for a fishing partner for a day or something, give me a shout. I don't
    need much notice or pushing.

    
    
     Lee Geibel   Home: Sodus Point New York, Work:Rochester& Corning
    facilities, as a work coordinator in logistics
    
    
      all my fishing is in freshwater, mostly for salmonoids, bass, and the
    such. I curently have 2 boats 1 15 ft starcraft completely set for
    salmonoid fishing, and a 12 ft crawdad for bass fishing.
    
     Most of my fishing time is spent on lake O, best fish so far have been
    a 8 lb lm bass from NH, a 4.1596 sm bass from NH (weighted on fed ex
    scale) and a 33 lb salmon taken july 3 1990.
    
      As far as tackle goes I got 7 tackle boxs full of all kinds of neat
    stuff, one is a 797, and I got a maximate 240 for the salmon lures
    thats full(even got some lures doubled up) and another box for king
    tackle j plugs, squids, and an assortment of dodgers & flashers.
    
     At last count we have 21 poles and reels, I dont understand it fishing
    tackle is like a magnet to me, I inventoried all my equipment last year
    for my insurance company to get it covered,and they wouldnt beleive me
    they wanted me to go to a dealer and have him verify everything and
    then have us go to a notary public and have my list's notarized, well
    after talking to the insurance adjuster he said just keep the list in a 
    safe place and if anything ever happens we will replace your equipment
    that you have listed.
    
    well thats about it for now, maybe I will have a lake O trip report to
    enter in this file on monday.
        
                                                     Lee
    

    
    
    Name: Barry Houser        Home: Davenport, Iowa      Work:BDO Davenport
    
    
       Am strictly a freshwater fisherman, (not alot of saltwater within
    driving distance of Iowa.)  Fish the muddy Mississippi, tribs, local
    lakes, and a yearly journey to the boundary waters.  
       Largest largemouth was 7+ lbs. out of a farm pond.
       Largest smallmouth was 5 1/4 lbs. in the boundary waters.
       Walleye 5 3/4 lbs. BWCA
       Northern 15 3/4 lbs. BWCA
       Black Crappie 3 lbs. BWCA
    
       Don't own a "boat" although several friends and family members take 
    me out now and then.  Usually can find me on the banks or in my canoe.
    
    
    Bear
    
    

    Les Baczko		Spencer Ma.	Work: Hudson Ma, HLO2-1
    
    I am mostly a bass fisherman but do do some trouting in the spring and
    a blue fishing trip once a year is normal.  I am a member of Worcester
    County Bassers.
    
    My Largest Largemouth is 5 Lb 12 Ozs caught in Manchaug at a DEC tourny
    Largest Small mouth is 3 even up in Champlain.  
    
    I mostly fish in the lakes near my house, Stiles, Ceader Medow Lake,
    out of my Jon Boat.  Worms and Gitzits are by far my favorite lures.
    Rattle traps are the only crank bait I throw (with success).   

	Ken Hannan	Charlton, MA		Work: Marlboro/MET

	I fish both fresh water and salt, but I like salt better because
	of the meat among other things.   I love the deep sea and dream 
	of catching tuna for the freezer someday.   Never caught a large
	mouth bass bigger than 3.5 lbs or so, and someday I will catch that 
	5+ lb'er!  I recently, 	*finally*, caught bass on rubber worms and 
	slug-go's, so there is hope ;-)  

	Getting out there has been tough without a boat, but last weekend
	I picked up a mahogany 1958 17' Thomspon with a '78 65 hp Evinrude in
	great condition from a friend of the family.  So I expect to get out
	much more, once I get a vehicle to tow it!

	Ken

    John Hicks-Courant   Home: Billerica, MA 
    
    I fish for food and to introduce my kids to lake, pond, river, and
    stream habitats.
    
    I am a diver as well, and I do spend more time diving than fishing.
    
    My main reason for participating in this conference is to gather/share
    information about aquatic habitats.
    
    I am actively involved in the restoration of the Shawsheen River in
    Middlesex County, MA, and I spend most of my non-Digital time helping
    others preserve or restore their favored bodies of water.
    
    
    John H-C

	Robert Nicolazzo	Home: Hudson MA.	Work: MET


	I'm willing to try almost anything when it comes to fishing, in fact
	my favorite thing is fishing for a species I've never caught before.
	Last year, I tried smelt fishing for the first time (thanks Tim!).
	This year, I've gone for tautog, american shad, and I'm currently
	searching for that elusive keeper striped bass.

	Most of my fishing career has been in fresh water, started with
	dunking worms for brookies, moved on to flyfishing for trout, and
	later took up bass fishing. I started surfcasting about 15 years
	ago (back when stripers where nearly impossible to catch).
	These days I probably spend 80% of my fishing time chasing largemouth
	bass from a canoe, though I'd much rather be fishing the salt - its
	just too far from home for me to get out very often!

	This conference has been a great help answering questions for me
	when I get that urge to try for some new species - keep up the good
	work!

	Now, I understand the fluke should be around south of the Cape about
	now... any hints? :*)


			Robert.

    Steve Cuzzone, -SSS-, "Split Shot Steve"  Live and work (Sales Rep) in
    Knoxville Tennessee.  Former Accounting Mgr in Springfield Ma. Mfg
    Plant.
    
    I fish out of a Lund Tyee on the bigger TVA lakes and have a canoe now
    for fishing the rivers, streams and smaller ponds.  I also bank fish a
    lot out of the trunk of my Taurtoise.  Favorite waters are Watts Bar
    Lake and Melton Hill Lake and the Little Pigeon River.  All are highly
    polluted with various substances including radioactive waste - makes
    fishing at night that much easier.
    
    Biggest bass has been a 5# smallmouth taken out of Lake Rohunta in
    Orange, Ma.  Biggest fish was a cod >12#.  Weirdest fish was the gar I
    almost caught on Bistineau with Coonass Bob.
    
    Have lots of rods, reels and tackle boxes full of lures.  The number of
    each varies because I'm hard on the equipment and the best stuff never
    lasts (the worst stuff lasts but never catches fish).
    
    I also have 4 kids and consider myself lucky that I have any time at
    all to fish.
    
    -SSS-
    
    

    Paul Martin   
    home: Leicester, Mass. (Rochdale) - good to see some other Central Mass.
    guys in here! 
    work: Parker Street (PKO), Maynard, soon to be MSO1 - Powder Mill Road
    
    Mostly a read only noter.  I fish mainly freshwater now in search of
    BASS!!!!  Formerly from Cambridge, Mass. where my saltwater fishing
    exploits mainly consisted of fishing for flounder in Boston Harbor with
    sea worms.  Now that I've mentioned Boston Harbor, you may forgive me
    for fishing mostly freshwater today :^)
    
    I finally bought my first boat this year strictly for fishing by
    myself - she's a 10 ft. Lowe aluminum jon boat.  This size boat is real
    good for the small ponds that I fish.  And, at 65 pounds she's
    just right for a guy like myself who doesn't get much exercise, and
    she's also one of the few car toppers that will fit on my pleasure
    machine - an '89 Dodge Omni.  And, in view of my lack of exercise,
    she's propelled by a Minn Kota 65T rather than my rowing. 
     
    I pick up lots of good tips here, and hope they will continue. 

    Keith Dilsworth		Home: Nashua, NH	Work: Nashua, NH

    I am an avid fisherman and hunter.  I almost exclusively fish in fresh
    water for Bass.  In the spring and fall I will go after the salmon. 
    I'm also a member of the NH BassMasters.

    My largest fish are:
    	7# 4oz Large Mouth (NH)
    	4# Small Mouth (MI)
    	8# 4oz Rainbow (MI)
    	16# 8oz Brown Trout (NY)

    I have a 17' Ranger Fisherman Fiberglass V-Hull boat which I use from
    the local river to the Big "O".  I have too many rods to count and
    about 5 different tackle boxes.

    I am best known as a spinnerbait fisherman.  I must admit I enjoy
    tossing a spinnerbait the most but my 4#12oz and 5#8oz large mouths I
    have caught this year came on a rubber worm.

    Bob Sansing			Home: Amherst, NH	Work: Acton, MA
    
    I am a mostly read only notes guy who loves to catch Bass and Trout. I
    have a 16' flat bottom Grumman Bass Boat that unfortunately spends too
    much time in the garage due to lack of fishing partners. I am available
    to go fishing at a moments notice and can be found in the local phone
    book.
    
    My largest fish: SM Bass 5lbs. 2 ounces caught last week in Lake
    Sunapee NH on 4lb. ultra-light tackle. What a rush!!!!
    
    Bob
    

    Peter Quodling		Home: Merrimack, NH	Work: Spitbrook Rd
    
    I am an expatriate Australian over here on an assignment. USed to live
    in Papua New Guinea, where we would take the boat out at the drop of a
    hat for Marlin, Wahoo, etc.
    
    Here I haunt some of the small ponds around Merrimack, and when Bob
    (.15) asks, we hit the Souhegan, or head up to WinnieSquam. 
    
    I have a Plano 1257 loaded with an assortment of Worms,Gitzits, and
    SpinnerBaits. I get by with 3-4 rods (but am always looking to buy
    more). I'll be buying a 797 real soon, just to justify buying more
    tackle.
    
    My Largest fish. A 600 lb Blue Marlin, but around here, a 3.5 lb
    Smallmouth.
    
    When not fishing, I do LMF Development work for VMS. I usually keep a
    rod or two, and tackle box in the back of my Jeep Cherokee in case of
    Emergencies...
    
    Known to Most as "Q".
    
    

    Hi I am Brian Ota, I live in Worcester MA and work in LKG.
    
    I am primarily a Bass fisherman and will dable in trout and salmoniod
    in early spring.
    
    I have a Plano 787 and a worm locker plus my workbench and cupboard are
    filled to capacity with extra sure fire lures.
    
    I favor a single willow blade white or black spinnerbait, Sluggos and
    grass frogs.
    
    I am buying a crawdad this year and am currently a belly boat user.
    
    Brian

    
    Gordon Cram      Home: Rowley, MA   Work: DAS  (Andover MA)
    
    I do all my fishing in the salt on my 22' Angler walk around.  The
    boats name is Rock'n & Reel'n.  I keep it in a slip in the Merrimack in
    Newburyport.
    
    I fish mostly for blues and stripers and bottom fish (flounder, cod,
    haddock if I ever find one).  I have the urge for Tuna, but haven't
    tried yet.
    
    I go out as often as possible usually weekends and one/two nights
    during the week.  Most of the time my wife goes with me and she always
    catches the most/biggest fish.  I am relatively new to boating, only 4
    years experience and boat fishing, so I have much to learn.
    
    I enjoy and learn much from this file and sometimes even can offer some
    advice.
    
    Gordon

 Mark Levesque     Home: Hudson, NH   Work: Littleton, Ma  LKG1-2/A19

 I'm a fisherman with diversified interests: trout, bass, bluefish, stripers,
sharks, tuna, flyfishing, chunking, metal-chucking, whatever.

 My largest largemouth bass is around 4 lbs. My largest smally is about 4 lbs
(caught in Sunapee on a nightcrawler.) My largest brookie is a 3 lber. I've
got a couple big blues (18-20lbs), no keeper stripers (YET!), a 12 ft 300lb+
blue shark to my credit. Largest cod is 44 lbs. 

 If I weren't married, I'd probably fish about 300 days a year. As it is I
only get to fish about 40 days per year. I take a couple of weekend 
camping/fishing trips per year. I usually don't allow the weather to dictate
whether I fish or not because this is New England. 

 I really enjoy flyfishing for trout. I tie my own flies (a great way to deal
with February and March fishing fever). Wading is enjoyable- flyfishing on
a nice stream or river with a good hatch, little wind, and declining sun takes
on an almost Zen-like quality.

 I'm learning how to surfcast this year. It's really quite a different 
experience from fishing from a boat. I've caught a couple of short stripers
so far this year.

 I try to catch at least one new species of fish per year. Last year it was
lake trout. This year I caught my first brown trout and my first striped bass.
I hope to add my first giant bluefin tuna soon! 8^)

 I have a couple of tackle boxes stuffed to the brim with lures, hooks and
other junk. I always feel I'm missing the magic lure, though. I've got about
10 rods, from a graphite 6wt flyrod to a standup 50lb class offshore rod. I
shudder to think how much it would cost to replace all of my equipment.

 I would eventually like to be a charter captain, fishing for marlin and tuna
and such from the outer banks of North Carolina.

 I am currently the "owner" and one of the moderators of this file. FISHING
was the first notes conference I ever participated in.

 The Doctah

    
    Ed Kelliher   Home: Ashby (No. Central), Ma.  Work: VMS Systems & Servers
    
         Strictly a salt-water gambler.  I don't own my own boat, so I'm
    actively looking for folks to hook up with (who don't mind being
    blitzed with questions from a relative novice).  In the meantime, I'm a 
    regular with the Yankee Fleet out of Gloucester.  I usually shoot for
    a dozen trips a year, and prefer fishing in the Sept. - Nov. timeframe.
    
         My clear preference is to jig over using bait.  My gear consists
    of just one rod & reel - a medium-action Penn Slammer with a Penn 113H reel.
    I'm just now starting to learn about the differences between dacron &
    mono; curently use (50 # test) mono.  I have/use a � doz. jigs of
    varying sizes, as well as a variety of teasers.

  
    Tim Theo(chares)        Home: Manchester, NH       Work: Merrimack, NH
    
    For the most part a read_only noter (at least in this and the archived
    FISHING conference).  Not an expert fisherman by any stretch of the 
    imagination, but I enjoy the sport and I learn a little each time I get
    in here. I'll do any type of fishing, fresh or salt water, any time
    of year.
    
    My largest fish:  12lb Large mouth.   90lb Cod.    60" Striper.
    
    Hey, every fisherman's a liar but not every liar's a fisherman! 8) 8)
    
    But seriously...
    
    My largest fish: 4+# Large mouth.  My first "Keeper" lineside last year
                     @38 inches.  A 1 1/4# yellow perch through the ice at 
                     Pleasant in New Boston and a carp out of the Merrimack
                     that bottomed out my 24lb de-liar.
    
    May your waders never spring a leak!
    
    Regards,
    
    Tim Theo

Bob Puishys  aka Bassin Bob (or any other name the noters have for me!)

I live in Oxford MA, work MRO1 Senior Software Eng.  User Interface Developer.

I love to bass fish.  I have a 1986 Ranger 373.  I fish the Mass Bass Federation
Tournament trail and am the Pres of Worcester Bass Masters.

Bigest large Mouth 14lb 8oz  (Florida)
                    8lb 9oz   (MASS when I was 12 years old on a live worm)
	Smallie     4lb 2oz  Quabin, and Webster lake.

Largest Tournament Bass 6lb 2oz at a Dec Noters tournament on Monomonic
I started the FirtDEC BAss MAster classic with Ranger Ron in 87. 


I fish when ever I can for salt or fresh.  I am a firm believer in
CATCH and RELEASE..  beside I hate fish.... :^)


Always will to give advice or go fishing. I cam be reached at cals::PUISHYS
or dtn: 297-7841

BB

    Jim Richard
    Sunset Lake Ashburnham, Mass


    Like to fish all kinds and like to eat fish some kinds. 

    Biggest fish caught: 8 3/4lb LM Bass.

    
    Jeff Nagle. DEC Park. Reading, England.
    
    I've been fishing since I was a kid but only recently 
    taken it up on a regular basis.
    
    At the moment course fishing holds plenty of variety for
    me so I fish for Pike, Tench, Carp, Bream and Roach.
    
    I may have to give up fishing for Carp during the day and
    go night fishing for them instead.
    
    Take Bream and Roach all the time ranging from � pound up to
    1.75 pounds. Hooked a small Pike (10 pounds) a couple of weeks
    ago but he jumped out after I got him in the landing net and no
    clutch slip and I wasn't concentrating and he snapped the trace.
    
    Mainly fish the lake on Windsor Great Park. Its very hard to
    fish there and you need to pick best swim.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Jeff.
    

    'Ranger' Ron Scholz
    
    I fish mostly for bass, but catch whatever jerks the other end...:^)
    I live in Millbury, Ma. with my 375 Ranger Bass Boat (hence the
    nickname). Work in Andover, Ma. as a Quality Mgr. and play wherever
    there is water. I have been fishing for over 40 years and will for
    another 40 provided.... I grew up on a lake in Wisconsin and from
    there moved to Florida, where I caught my biggest bass 12.4 and the
    biggest fish to date, a 300# + marlin off Walkers Cay in the Bahamas.
    
    I have been in this file since it started and as Bassin Bob has said
    was, with him, the creator of the first DEC Bassmasters Classic.
    Which by the by, he won and I came in third. Blind luck...:^)
    
    In the FWIW dept. I'm a life member of B.A.S.S. and enjoy a complete
    collection of Bassmasters Magazines back to the 70's. I was one of
    those first bass tournament fishermen back in the late 60's. Never
    won, and never cared.....:^)
    
    Tight lines, Ranger Ron

    Ed Guertin   Home: Londonderry, NH   Work: Merrimack, NH, MK02/2-K03
    
    I've been a freshwater fisherman all my life and tend to be a read-only
    noter.  The majority of my fishing time is done on small lakes and
    ponds due mainly to the fact that my 11 1/2 ft Coleman Crawdad with 3HP
    electric Minn Kota just can't hack large bodies like Sunapee, Winnie,
    etc. I am also a member of the NH BassMasters and really enjoy fishing
    with a group of people that sometimes, OK always, stretch the truth on
    just about everything involved in this sport. 8-)

    I do tend to drive other members of the NH BassMasters a little crazy
    when I talk about my fishing technique and equipment. I use Zebco
    reels, the expensive ones ($9.98- $14.98), Kmart rods, swivels, and
    $1.00 per spool line from Zyla's. I do however faithfully change the
    line in my reels every other year or so.

    My largest largemouth was about 6lb 6oz and my monster smallmouth to
    date was only about 3lbs.  Estimates on weight are due to the fact that
    I catch them, release them, and usually never bother to weight,
    measure, photograph, or do anything else but watch them swim away to be
    caught again some other day.

    Enjoy,
    Ed-
    

	Jack Whites 	Home: Marlboro, Ma.	Work: Stow, Ma.

	Primarily a read-only noter, but I've made it to 3 Dec tournaments 
	so far. I helped found Wayside Bass in 1987, and still fish 7 
	Massachusetts tournaments a year with them. 
	
	I fish primarily for Bass out of a DynaTrak 196. We catch and 
	release almost everything (except for any really stupid trout 
	that are dumb enough to hit Bass lures...).	:^)

	I love both fresh and salt water fishing, but don't take the 
	Bass boat into the salt - we usually go out on party boats in salt.
	
	My largest LM Bass so far is 6lbs - 8 oz, which was caught a bunch 
	of years ago in Florida from the shore at the boat ramp before 
	heading out for a day of fishing. (largest LM only 4 lbs - 8 oz 
	here in Mass.) Largest SM Bass 3 lb - 1oz out of Winnipesaukee.

    
    
    	Gitzit'		aka:  Keith Hauer
    
    	Home:  Worcester Ma		Work:  Hudson Ma.
    
    	Bass fish from ice out to Thanksgiving....Over winter I fish for pike
    	through the ice.  This is sprinkled with occasional trout fishing.
    
    	I am THE most consistent tournament fisherman this file has ever
    	seen....that unfortunately means ONE...but consistent isn't defined
    	by quantity.....and I rarely bust anyone...:-)  New file...new start?
    
    	Never fished for Bass until I came to Massachusetts.  I grew up
    	in Minnesota...and was taught that anything that wasn't a pike, 
    	walleye or muskie was considered trash fish.
    
    	My tackle is expanding..but basically get by with three rod/reels.
    	As you might guess I throw the namesake alot...but have ventured to
    	and been successful with finesse worms and Rat-L-Traps plus
    	assorted others.
    
    	I own a "boat"...a 1967 Ted Williams Special...takes me there...
    	and brings me back.
    
    	Largest fish EVER caught....24lb northern pike.
    	
    	Biggest bass weighed:  5lb 11oz   largemouth.
    
    	tight lines
    
    	Gitzit'
    

    Martial Vachon  AKA: Bass-O-Matic   Home: Nashua, N.H.  Work: Nashua/DDD
    
    
    I am strickly a catch & release bass fisherman! I currently own (thanks
    to DonMac's insurance co) a 14' Seanyph FM146 with a 20 hp merc. My
    biggest fish so far...5lb+ largemouth and 4lb+ smallie both caught
    in N.H. 
    
    I have traveled long distances just to catch "THE BIG ONE" but to my
    disappointment I came up empty. Maybe next year's trip to Florida
    I will come back with a mount.
    
    

    Bruce Sweet aka Capt. Codfish. I get my thrills seeing others catch
    more fish than they have ever seen before. I am the proud owner of the
    SWEET DREAM II a 1987 25' Grady White sailfish with a 330 horse OMC 
    big block. It has now got all the toys: 2 fish finders, loran, vhf,
    outriggers, down riggers and a new radar. I fish the salt exclusivly
    except to take my son pond fishing to learn how it is done. 
    
    I also build my own rods (for others also) and have multiple of
    everything from ultralight to tuna stiks. I am going to get my
    Capt. License this winter to be o-fish-al. Bottom fishing
    for cod is my first love, striper fever is catching, and I
    am terminal over tuna (don't have one yet). Oh, I never drive
    by a school of blues, except when I am tuna fishing, anyone that
    has ever spent a couple of hours sewing mackeral rigs knows
    what I mean.
    
    Biggest to date: 
    	Cod 44lbs
        Pollock 35lbs
        Hadock 12lbs
        Halibut open
        Tuna open
        Bluefish 17lbs
        Striper 35.5 " (yep he went back in for a half an inch)
        Blue Shark 10ft approx 250lbs
        Large Mouth Bass 4lbs (opps how'd that get in there :-) )
        Pacific Salmon 17lbs (yum yum)
    
    	Best day: 3 guys 800lbs, 190 cod/pollock in 4 hours.
                                    
    Also I think I can claim vetran status in these notes....
    See you offshore.
    

    I'm Mark Storm.  I'm mostly a reader of this file.  I work in
    Nashua (NUO) and live in Hollis, NH.  I fish a little bit for
    everything, but have recently been bitten on Striper fishing inshore.
    
    For boats I have a 14' deep V Aluminum with a 9.9,
    			15' fiberglas with a 50,
    			12 ' jon boat
    			17' old town canoe
    
    Best fish:
    
    	7 1/2 pound largemouth
        20 pound Striper.
    

	Mike Loewe	Home: Leominster, MA	Work: Franklin, MA (FXO)

	As of late I've been reading only.  I only get a chance during lunch
	to get caught up my reading, so excuse the food on the keyboard. :^)

	I also belong to Wayside Bass and been with the club when it first 
	started.  Fresh water fishing is my first love, then the salt for 
	once or twice a year for blues or cod.

	I fish primarily out of a 15 1/2 foot Fisher Marine bass boat with
	a 30 horse Johnson and one livewell.  I stress one livewell, because
	I'm now convinced that I need a new boat for tournament fishing with
	extra room for fish.  This past weekend at our Manchaug tournament 
	my partner and I had 10 fish in the one livewell for a total of 
	22 lbs 7 oz.  A new record for the Fisher; miraculously we didn't 
	lose any fish.

	My biggest fish to date:

	LM bass (Mass):	 5 lbs 2 oz	Just caught this weekend incidently at
					our Manchaug tournament.
	SM bass (Mass):	 4 lbs 4 oz	Weighed on a certified scale.
	Walleye (Mich):  3 lbs		Didn't want to lip him.
	Haddock:	7.5 lbs		Tasted good.

	Outside of the occasional cod and haddock I release all by fish.

    Gary Mattson  (AKA Madd Matt)
    
    I live in Millbury Mass. and work in Hudson.  I currently belong to the 
    Worcester County Bassers.  I own a (CHERRY FOX) colored Bassmaster 16ft
    Fiberglas boat with a 70 hp Johnson on it and all the electronics and
    other goodies.  I lost count of how many rod and reel combo's I have,
    and how much tackle I now own, needless to say it's way to much.
    
    I enjoy all types of fishing but tend to fish for Bass the most.  I
    love tournament fishing.  My biggest Bass to date is only a 4 lb 10 oz
    Largemouth and  3 lb Smallmouth.  I tend to favor plastic baits the
    most, with worms being the best, especially the 4" finesse styles.  
    
    I've learned alot from folks in this notes file over the last few years
    and am always into learning more.  I've had the priviledge to meet
    quite a few unique individuals through the file and the DEC tournaments
    that really add some spice to fishing and always make me laugh and
    sometimes wonder if they're for real.  My main goal in fishing is to
    have my kids grow up enjoying it as much as I do.

    	Frank Fontaine,
    
    	   Live in Southbridge, Ma. and work in Shr3.  Picked up a used 
    	16' Bass Tracker. Just starting at the bottom of the learning
    	curve...

    
    
        The Keg,(need I say more?) Ok I will....
    
            Give me a reason to go fishing and I'm there,EWE know....
     
            Its Monday or Tuesday don't count out the rest of the
            week,its just that work kinda gets in the way sometimes.
            I fish Lake Urine at least 4 times a week and several
            small ponds that I don't bring Rich too until he shows
            me a spot of his that actually has fish.I don't like to
            bust peoples chops (I don't think its proper etiquette).
            legend of the lakes is my mentor.The guy is a wealth of
            knowledge?Ice fishing ranks right up there with summer
            fishing.
    
                                                         
    
            

    
    My name is Doug Faron, I live in the state of Washington.  I fish
    for Steelhead and occassionally Salmon exclusively.  I've been
    to Alaska a few times to fish for Steelhead and rainbows up
    there.  

     
    John Damiano here. Primarily a bass fisherman nowadays. I do a little
    backpacking, and catch a few brookies, rainbows, and the occasional
    cutthroat and golden. 
    
    Used to have a 19' "bass rigged" tri-hull, but I got tired of being
    raped for parts by Volvo. One of these days I'll buy a real bass boat,
    but then I'd have to get a car to tow it. Ya see, DEC won't allow me to
    tow anything with their car. Bummer.
    
    Anyhow, I'm in NorCal, so if you're out this way, feel free to look me
    up. 
    
    John D.

    
    	Todd Clark	home: Shrewsbury	Work: SHR
    	
    	I am a transplant from the hills in western Mass, where brooks,
    ponds, lakes, anything that made a splash was fair game for me.
    
    Typical 4-season sportsman, hunt, fish, drink...
    
    But, I must say I since having moved to within an hour of the salt,
    and gotten to know some of the specimens it can cough-up, I have fallen 
    deeply in love the salt.  My current Joy is surf-casting on the cape, 
    both oceanside and bay, while the blues are blitzing the mackerel.
    
    I've gone out to the end of Monomoy, out of Wynchmere, where we laid
    into some stripers(13), all 26"+ and 15-30lbs, but only one keeper.  
    But at $60 a trip, I can buy alot of tackle, I figure to keep buying 
    the poppers for the blues, until I run into someone who needs a hand 
    on a boat.  Tuna sounds like alot of fun...
    
    	Biggest Fish:
    
    		Striper     35"  23lbs.
    		BlueFish    27"	 12lbs.
    		
    						TC	

    
    I am Ken Pappas	Home: Tyngsboro, Mass.  Work:MKO1
    
    I fish freshwater within the merrimack county but am willing to try
    surf casting next year. I recently purchased a 1988 JayBee 16 1/2' boat
    with a 70hp. Gets you from one point to another real fast. Need a fish
    finder now..
    
    I am always looking to go fishing with others either in their boat or
    mine. 
    
    My biggest catch was a largemouth bass in Thompson Lake, Maine this
    year. I think it was around 15" but could not weigh it.
    
    If you want to fish and need/want company give me a call.
    
    dtn 264-4904
    SOLVIT::PAPPAS
    
    When I am not fishing I am a product manager here within the Digital
    Services organization.

Who:	Al Whitman	Home: San Ramon, CA	Work: OAO (Alameda, CA)
						      SZO (San Francisco 1/1/92)

	Fish mostly for bass. Do some saltwater (party boats). Toss a fly line
occaisionally.  Have 16' MonArk bass boat suitable for freshwater.  Looking
for fishing partners in the Bay Area and Delta.

	Haven't done much fishing since coming to California last year (COD II
transfer), but hope to correct that problem in the coming months...

    Frank Cervone     Home: West Springfield Ma.     Work: WFO - Westfield
    
    	I have been fishing since I was 15 years old, I've only got back
    into it the past 7 years and I have the fever bad time. I love
    saltwater most of all but I dable in freshwater with my son. From blue
    fishing to tuna I've tried it in the last 5 years, have had some good
    luck. I'm really stuck on cod fishing right now and I go out at least 5
    to 6 times a year on charters, Mostly out of Gloucester Capt Tom Luke.
    Do to increase in the coming years. I'm looking forward to catching the
    big striper cow soon. Some day I would like to get my own boat.
    
    	I have a variety of equipment from in shore to offshore for a
    variety of fishing and I'm aset up big time for codfishing.. I have a
    coupel of tackle boxes jamed and a couple of cardboard boxes full of
    fishing tackle for boths fresh and saltwater but mostly saltwater. If
    anyone ever needs a fishing partner for the day feel free to call and
    I will answer.
    
    	PS I'm fairly new to the notes file, started dabling the end of
    last year but I've learned so much already I feel like family.
    
    Frank
                                        

	Eric Fontana	Home: Marlboro, MA	Work: Shrewsbury, MA

	I'm pretty new to bass fishing, I used to live in Colorado where
	I did a lot of trout flyfishing. I have a 14ft Jon Boat with 
	live well, Humminbird TCR-ID10, trolling motor and 25Hp evinrude 
	(really moves out!)

	I do quite a bit of saltwater blue & striper fishing also.

	I only fished Quinsig, Chauncy and A1 (wow, look out for stumps!)

	My fish to date:

	LM: 5 1/2 (out of Chauncy)
	SM: 2 1/2 (in Colorado)
	Blue: 16 1/2 lbs (Stellwagon)
	Striper: 46lbs (Stellwagon)

	Never fished any tournaments, but would like to try.
	

    
    I'm Dick Cygan  Home: Marlboro,Ma.  Work:MRO, TWO,  Mill, etc.
    
    Been fishin' bout 35 years, mostly fresh for anything but stockies.
    Have a bass-boat I built up from a 1964 hull, with all the usual
    (Min-Kota bow mount, remote steering, floorboards, live-well, etc.)
    that goes faster than MOST fish can swim...so good 'nuff.
    
    Like to do Spring/Fall trips to Lake Ontario with a buddy who has
    a larger boat than mine, as well as an ocasional salt trip for
    cod/blues.
    
    Largest fish:
    
    L/M   8lb 70z (the Met)
    S/M   5lb 2 oz
    Laker  15lb (Ontario)
    Steelhead  7 lb (Ontario)
    Brown Trout 12lb 10 ox (Ontario)
    
    Mostly fish catch and release; which puts me in the "lying grandpa
    category" 'cordin to my spouse.  "Sure you did", so haveta bring em
    home once in a while.
    
    Don't do Ice Fishin, tho....best place for ice is in the DRINK!
    
    Like to swap war-stories.
    
    
    

    MANNY RIVERA        HOME:FRAMINGHAM MA.   WORK:SHR3 SHREWSBURY
    
    
    BIGGEST BASS- 6.0 LB LARGE MOUTH.I FRESH WATER FISH ONLY.I FISH ONLY 
    FOR BASS FROM ICE OUT TO THANKSGIVING.I FISH THE ABA OF MASS
    TOURNAMENTS,EVERY YEAR WITH MY PARTNER KEN SPOSATO. HE OWNS AN
    18 FOOT FIBERGLASS BASS TRACKER.
    

    
    	Hello everyone, My name is Rob Wener. I work in the VIS group in BTO
    where we do custom systems staging and customer installations.
    
    	I fish mostly for Brookies in remote hike-in wilderness ponds in
    VT and NY. Also fish for Pike through the ice and do some summertime 
    bassin.  I've gotton a few 2.5# + Brookies, largest went 3 1/4#.
    Northerns through the Ice... I guess 10 1/2 #.  My bass have been 
    average - no big ones.  Practice C&R lots on everything - don't care
    to eat Bass, only keep a good Northern if it's over 6-7 #'s and 
    most of the brookies go back...  Those Pond brookies with the orange 
    meat are hard to beat in the frying pan!
    
    - Rob
    

    Hi, my name is Kelly Anderson.  I live in Natick and work in Marlboro.  
    
    I love fishing all four seasons, in the rain, sleet or snow!  I
    recently bought a Sea Nymph FM161 Fishing Machine and LOVE IT!  
    I fish both fresh and salt water with my boat.
    
    In the spring I go for trout and salmon in the lakes and stripper in the 
    ocean. Caught some good size stocked trout but the bigger fish is what I 
    like best.  Salmon fishing this year was fantastic lost quite a few
    lunkers this spring - biggest being caught was 6 lbs.  Also caught many, 
    many stripper this spring with only two just legal.
    
    In the summer it's bass and blues.  Biggest bass I caught was a 5
    pounder (one is spring and one in winter).  The biggest bluefish was 15
    pounds this summer!  What a battle!
    
    Now comes my favorite - fall and winter fishing for those pikes and
    muskies.  To date, I still haven't caught or seen a tiger musky.  But I
    have had my fair share of pike battling with the biggest being 15.2 a
    few winters ago.  I am determined this year to break my 15 pound record
    so you will be hearing more from me!!
    
           Kelly
           The FisherPERSON

    Guy Fisher		Home: Lunenburg MA		Work: LKG
    
    I fish both fresh and salt water, but I have to admit to being only a
    fair weather salt water fisherman. I do love to bass fish. I have a 14
    ft starcraft boat that I decked out after visiting DONMAC. I am also
    looking to buy a smaller crawdad type boat.
    
    I am a lifetime member of Bass, but don't fish any tourneys. I am also
    a Mater Instructor for the Mass Div. fishing program. This year I
    wrote an icefishing class so the Div. could expand the prgram to
    year-round.
    
    Hope to meet some of you at the ice fishing tourney.
    
    Guy

    
    
    Hi, 
        My name is Gus Rinella and I live in Salem N.H. and work at HLO in
    Hudson Ma. I use to do alot of bass fishing but have slacked off due to
    lack of time, marriage ya know :').The biggest bass was a 5 pounder caught 
    on a rapala, biggest trout was a 6 pounder (ice fishing with a shinner),
    biggest salmon was a 19 inch 4 pounder caught on a rapala (sp?)
    I have a 14 foot v hull with a 1972 9.9 Evinrude motor. I have a few
    spinning rods, 1 fly rod, and a couple of deep sea fishing rods. My son
    will be three this year and I have a feeling him and I will be becoming
    good fishing buddies :')..Tight lines everyone!
    
    
    Gus
                                  

    
    Nick Gassmann - Los Gatos,Calif - Work:Santa Clara,Ca Cust Serv.
    
    Tho clouded,I remember catching minnows in the creek at the
    4 July picnic using a stick. the string from my grandmas cake
    box, a bent pin and an empty pill box for a bobber. For us kids,
    it was as exciting and challenging as top water striped bass fishing
    is now.
    
    I suppose since I subscribe to the weekly "Western Outdoor News" and
    the byweekly "Fish Sniffer" I'm more of an armchair fisherperson.
    (live adventures are at about 4-6 week intervals depending on season)
    
    When we get rain in the winter, I look for 5ft+ tides to go out
    on the party boat "Morning Star" for sturgeon fishing in "the bay"
    My 9 year old son is finally old enough to be an active participant.
    
    April brings some warm weather and take him and my 8 & 4 year old
    daughters camping and trout fishing. Mostly trolling and power baiting
    because it guarantees "catching".
    
    The week school gets out finds us at Bullards Bar catching Kokanee
    salmon.
    
    For summer saturday trips to the beach the family gets together
    at Martins beach for some "SMELT JUMPING". No guarantees doing this.
    
    Varios times during the summer we go fishing for crappies, sripers,
    trout or bluegills in the Sierra Foothill or other Nor-Cal lakes.
    We've taken my 14ft Gregor but usually party boat for shark, halibut,
    kingfish (croaker) and flounder fishing in "the bay".
   
    When "going to mass. for school" was common, I had the opportunity
    to fish cod with the Yankee Fleet. Even won the pool one time.
    My room-mates and I hosted a number of lobster and fried fish dinners
    for our DEC classmates. 
    
    I'm a member of United Anglers, an organization dedicated to the
    protection and enhancement of fishing in California. 
    
    Fishers are usually loners, but it's nice to know others share my
    craving.
    
    See you at the cleaning table, Nick Gassmann
    
    
    

    I am Bob Harris.  I currently work in Account Support in Atlanta
    Georgia.  I have been with DEC for over 10 years now.
    
    I love to trout fish.  I used to live in Southern California where
    the trout fishing is killer, and alot of So Cal fisherpeople don't
    know where to go, so ask, and ye shall receive.
    
    Trout fishing in Georgia is ok.  If you like streams it's great.  We
    have a big river here called the Chattahooochee.  It is the southeasts
    best tributary for trout.  But mainly, I fish for trout.  Who cares,
    just yell "Fish on" and the heart starts a pumpin!
    
    I am going to get into fly fishing this year.  I also deer hunt.  I
    just put the hunting stuff away until September.  So it looks like
    fishing notes and golf notes between now and September.  There, that
    should be longwinded enough.
    
    Hook em up!
    Bob
    

    
      I'm John Phelps, live in Sandown, N.H. (used to live in Essex Jct.,
    Vermont). Most of my fishing (at least the last 40 years) has been in
    freshwater, Lake Champlain and Lake Ontario predominately. But now that
    I'm only a half hour from Hampton Beach area, I expect I'll venture
    out on the ocean.
    
        Boats - 22 Ft. Sylvan Offshore
    
                Equipped with coast guard package +
                   Interphase Loran and Fishfinder combo.
                   VHF Radio
                3 Walker downriggers     
                Shorelander Dual axled trailer
    
    
              - 14 Ft. Starcraft aluminum open fishing boat (also used for
        duck hunting)
    
    
    I'm not a catch and keep everything person. I will keep a few once in
    a while but my family doesn't eat fish.
              

Hi! 

My name is Mark Wittgen, and I live in Toronto, Ontario.

Picked up a cane pole back in '66, been chasing them ever since.
Spent most of my youth in Southern Indiana, moved to Canada ten years ago.

I have a cottage on a river about 90 miles north of the city.
Here I fish for PIKE, Walleye, BASS and even Catfish.  There is also
an excellent river nearby for trout and Salmon.

Fish usually every weekend, but with chores around the cottage and the
other half, not as much time as I like. 

Catch and release is my approach, "Building for my retirement!"
BTW, I am an Account Manager for Northern Telecom.

I am staying in Canada because of the fishing, the taxes will kill you!

Fish or Die!

Mad Mark, owner of "MAD MARK'S FISHING CAMP"

    Hi!
    
    My name is Duncan Coutts, and I live in Carp, Ontario (just outside of
    Ottawa).
    
    I fish for Walleye, Pike and Bass on the smaller lakes and for Salmon
    on the Great Lakes.  In addition, I make a yearly pilgrimage to
    Newfoundland for some serious Brookie and Ounananiche fishing.  I've
    got to admit, it's a blast fishing for sea-run Brookie's with the taste
    of salt in the air!
    
    All the best,
    
    Duncan 

    Tony Celona        Home: Shirley, Mass.   Work: BXC Boxboro, Mass.
    
    I like to fish both salt and fresh water.  I fish for mostly anything
    that bites.  It's hard to say what I like to fish the most cause
    I like it all............
    
    
                               HAPPY HOOKIN

	Ken Veseskis	Home: Hudson, Ma.	Work: Shrewsbury, Ma.


		Do both fresh and saltwater fishing.  Love them both.
	My dad started me fishing while I was still in diapers and been 
	hooked on it (no pun intended) for over 40 years.  Do a lot of 
	bass fishing, mostly at A1, and trout fishing in north Central
	Mass.  Have a canoe, an electric motor and a basement filled with
	rods, reels and tackle. Drives my wife nuts. 
	
		Do both surf and bottom fishing either off the Cape or
	out of Wellsfleet, Me. with a friend who has a place up there. 
	Try to go to Florida every other year and fish the Gulf side for
	a week straight. Love it down there. 

		Believe in mostly catch and release - 'cept when I crave
	for a nice rainbow or cod fillet.  Most fun time fishing is in
	Holyoke when the shad run in May up the Conn. River, or with my
	kids anytime. 

		Biggest fresh water:	4 lb. Largemouth out of A1
					(still havn't got my *^&%$% 5 lb. yet)

		Biggest salt water:	38 in. stripper out of the Cape Cod
					Canal. Legal but put him back.

    
    
    
    	Chuck Peterson Home: Hudson Ma. (Born Erie Pa.) Work: Da Mill
    
    
    	Used to fish ..ect a lot as a kid in N.W. Pa. A couple of years ago 
    	started up again in everything (fishing, hunting, ..) 
    
    	Fish right now mainly to spend time away from the house with my
    	kids.  I have a canoe, a couple of poles, and not much else.
    
    	My best memory is of an 8 or 9  inch trout I caught when I hiked back
    	"through the woods" behind my parents house in Pa.  It was a stream
    	that fed into (the clean section of) Lake Erie,   Coho were caught
    	there, and I pulled a 'Trout'  (don't ask me if it was a Rainbow or
    	a Brown or a..) out, then let it go. It was 1972 and I was almost
    	asleep when that fish sucked in that worm....
    
    	
    
    		Chuck
    

    My name is Thomas Martin and I live in Waldorf Maryland.  I've been in
    the state of Maryland for 2 1/2 years now and my fishing time has
    decreased due to 1) Lack of places to go  2) Shorebound angler
    
    I moved here from Mass in 1989.  How I long for the lakes of New
    England!!!
    
    Anyhow if there are any Maryland anglers that are into Bass and Crappie 
    fishing drop me a line and maybe we can get together.
    
    
    Thomas

    Hi people:


    I live by the old saying;	" A bad day fishing is better than a good 
    				  day working"

    It looks like I'm the only Kansan in this conference, I live in Wichita
    ks.  I'll fish for just about anything that has fins on it.  I like 
    crappie and bass fishing the best.  Also, Believe it or not we do alot
    of ice fishing for white and stripe bass when it's cold enough. 
    
    Brian Brooks
    dtn 450-7024
    

    
    Hi,
        
        name> Dick LeClair
        work> MK01, Merrimack NH
        live> Leicester MA
        
    I'm not specificly a bass fisherman but fish for most things that
    swim fresh or salt. Like to take trips (Lake Ontario...Canada or
    others).
    
    Beloged to a bass club a few years back, but lost a little intrest
    and droped out. May join another and fish tournement.
    
    This year I'm looking for a new boat probably a 16' SEA NYMPH or
    LOWE whith a 20HP motor and fishing package so I can chase smallmouth at
    the Quabin also looking for a new fishing buddy, preferrably one who
    also is a Grouse hunter, and likes to take a trip or two.
    
     Dick
    
    

    I've been reading this file on-and-off for a couple of years, so I
    figure it's past due to sign in.
    
    I'm a big fan of the salt. Locally I like fishing for cod, haddock,
    cusk, wolffish, etc and of course bluefish in season. I've done quite a
    bit of scup and tautog fishing in the past, but not so much any more. 
    
    Since I don't own a boat, I frequent the Yankee Fleet and occasionally
    Hilton's in Newburyport, but my favorite is to charter with a guy in
    Scituate who has a small boat (4 people max) and whose prices are
    really reasonable (he has a sliding scale depending on how many go, so
    you can actually go out with two people and not have it cost a
    fortune).
    
    I have fished quite a bit in Florida out of Haulover in Miami and down
    in the Keys. Still looking for my first wahoo. I actually caught a 40lb
    sailfish off a party boat there.
    
    I build my own rods -- I designed and use a 7 foot spinner which I use
    for plugging bluefish which is just about my favorite -- I get a real
    kick out of watching them come out of nowhere and smash a plug.
    
    I like jigging for cod and do it most of the time, but I do better
    with bait although I tend to catch smaller fish that way. I use Dacron
    on my Penn 113H for party boat fishing and an 8 foot jigging rod. For
    the smaller boat, I use a 7 foot graphite Daiwa rod and a Daiwa 50H
    with 30lb mono for jigging cod (it's a lot easier).
    
    I don't care what it is -- if it swims in the sea, I'll fish for it.
    Maybe I'll see some of you folks on the Yankee Fleet. If anyone is
    interested in putting together a charter in Scituate, let me know --
    maybe we can work out a trip. 

	Art Greenberg @OFO
	NEMAIL::GREENBERG
	DTN 274-6229

            

    Mike Wasiejko
    Salem, NH
    LKG
    
    Saltwater is where I fish most.  Occassionally freshwater in NH;
    Winnipesaukee, Bow Lake, Back Lake, Whit Pond.
    
    I have a 25-ft Renken I/O that I have outfitted for both cruising and
    fishing.  My first-mate's not interested in fishing, so all of the
    sport rigging is portable.
    
    I operate out of Larry's Marina, in Amesbury MA, about 6 miles from the
    mouth of the Merrimack River.
    
    I'll fish for almost anything: stripers, blues, mackerel, cod, haddock,
    flounder, polluck, wolf fish, skate, and even crabs.  I frequent Plumb
    Island, the Ilses of Shoals, the top of Rockport, and occassionally I
    do well right in the mouth of the river; especially when mackerel or
    blues are running.
    
    I have no record catches, but I always have fun; fish, or no fish.
    Dad & I caught 174 flounder, averaging 1 - 3 pounds one sunny June day
    in 1986.  Spent the entire weekend skinning and filleting for the
    freezer, and ate like kings all winter.
     
    But, even when not fishing, I experience a level of serenity off shore
    that I can't attain on land, and occassionally go out just to relax. 
    No fishing, no destination, no hurry, no nothin'!  Just me and God.
    
    If you get in the area, give us a call on VHF Channel 16.  Ask for
    "Helen Highwater."  
    
    
    

Mike,
	CH 9 not CH 16 as of April

	Next time I go up to the Merrimack I'll let ya know.
	
	I launch from Salisbury State Park or 3R Marina on the Merrimack.
		

	Went out of the park on April 23rd Thursday with my 12yr ole daughter
	and her girlfriend.  It was a clear calm day.  Went to the Isle of
	Shoals first time ever.  Nice area.  Marked lot's of fish but
	caught nothing around the shoals.  Figured it was too early and
	mostly baitfish, sandeels etc.?  what do you think?  Haven't been
	back as I'm doin the Cape.  Caught 4 Stripers over Holiday weekend
	all schoolies but fantastic to catch on 6lb test light rod from
	the surf.  Didn't bring the boat (this time)  Fish down by 
	West Harwichport.

	Let me know when the Mack's are in....Othewise I'm down the Cape.
	
	Will give ya a call on CH 9 when up Merrimack R way.

	I'm aboard a 19ft SeaNymph Ctr console 70hp outboard...flag flying high
	on the "FishTeaser"

	-< Tuna Tail >-

	Dave Paulson
	Live and Work in Chicago suburbs

	Been fishing actively for about 10 years, primarily because 2 of
	my neighbors have fishing boats.  I also have a sister that lives
	on a lake in Wisconsin that has good Bass and Northern, so I spend
	a lot of time there.

	It is good to have two neighbors that get me to try some new things
	with fishing.  I have really been turned on to ice fishing and some 
	fly fishing the past 5 years also.  
	
	I have been lucky enough to go to Canada for the last 7 years and
	really like it a lot.  

	My wife has a realistic perspective about my love of fishing.  For
	my birthday she bought me a shirt that says:

	"The Way to a Man's Heart is Through His FLY".  Need I say more?

	Looking forward to sharing some good fishing stories and info.
    
    
    	Don't step in the bait-bucket,
    	Dave

    Kumar CHinnaswamy.
    
    I work in Maynard at the mill and live in Westminster, MA.  I LOVE
    fishing for salmon and trout.  Bass fishing falls in second.  Also
    enjoy fishing the ocean for blues.  I am always looking for people
    to hook up with to go fishing.  I have access to a 17' aluminum
    starcraft boat.  It is equiped with 2 down riggers and a fish finder.
    If anyone is interested in fishing for salmon or trout please send
    me mail.
    
    Kumar.    

    Bob "Canuck" Brown
    
    Work in MK1 as a Optical test/support Eng.
    
    Just bought a house (July 92) in the southern part of Nova Scotia with
    a small dock attached to property...and as such intend to buy a small
    aluminum fishing boat (what the hell the house is on a island and is
    in a area that has approx 300 island. Any body know of a good deal on a
    StarCraft??
    
    Have always been a salt water fisherman...mostly Nova Scotia Red Fish!
    
    Regards
     BBrown 

    Stuart Robertson - Product Technician - VLSI Ayr.
    
    Live in Ayr and just restarted fishing - used to do sea fishing now 
    switched to Pike fishing in local Lochs.

    NAME:  Tim Hall
    WORK:  CXN2 (Colorado)
    LIVE:  Colorado Springs
    
    BOAT:  17' Blue Fin Spectrum (center console)
    	   Equiped with 85hp outboard, downrigger, fishfinder, and a
    	   BEAUTIFUL first mate.
    
    GEAR:  1 ice pole, 2 ultra light spin, 2 light to med spin, 2 med to
    	   heavy spin, 2 bait casters, 2 little people poles, 2 med to heavy
    	   ocean, 2 down rigger, and one fly pole.
    
    FISH:  Mostly kokanee and various trout.  When the water level is up we
    	   fish the so called warm water lakes for white bass, crappie,
    	   catfish, drum, and wipers.
    
    SIZE:  Largest catch was a 29" sucker weighing 6 1/2 lbs. YUK! Largest
    	   real fish was a 24" brown trout weighing 5 1/2 lbs.
    
    LOVE:  Besides first mate, whenever I'm on the water fishing, ice,
    	   shore, or boat.
    
    DREAM: To be close enough to fish the ocean a lot. Awful hard to do
    	   from Colorado though. I guess you can't have your cake and eat
    	   it to or is that fish?
    
    HOPE:  That the water gets soft soon!
    
    HISTORY:  Fished a lot for bullheads and bluegill as a kid. Did some
    	      bass fishing up to my mid twenties.  Laid off for 15 years
    	      and then started up 5 years ago. I went to this other Digit's
    	      home one day to look at his boat.  He had 14 rods hanging in
    	      the garage.  I thought to myself "What a fool".  Five years
    	      later here I am with 16.  WHAT A FOOL!
    
    Good luck and good fishing!
    
    Tim

    	Howdy,
    
    
    	I've been reading this file for awhile and have learned a lot of
    good stuff in here.  I feel like I know some of the players after
    reading their thoughts here and like one of the other guys said, it's
    like we're family or somesuch.  Fishin' will do that to you.  I've made
    a lot of good friends over the years with a fishing rod as the common
    denominator as I'm sure a lot of you can attest as well.  
    	Praise the Lord for the privledge of havin' this fantastic file at
    your fingertips my friends, it's truly one of Digitals best kept
    secrets!  
    	I live and have fished in Canada for over 30 years and have caught
    about everything there is to catch in our cool clear waters and have
    released at least 90% of those fish.  I fish for the love of it!  I'm a
    life member of B.A.S.S. and have been a subscriber to In-Fisherman
    since they started.  I tie my own bucktail jigs and tinker with
    crankbaits on my outdoor workbench.  My 4&5 years olds (boy/girl) are
    crazy for this sport so far and are asking me about every week-end if
    it is going to be spring pretty soon.  I figure another 30 days in the
    hole max, before show time.
    
    	Long live the Fishin' file!!
    
    
    	Larry Bass
    

    
    Dougie Brown  AYO  SCOTLAND
    
    Hi Folks,
             I fish only salt water over here in Scotland although I have
    fished in several contries. I have my own boat which is 14 feet with
    a 40hp Yamaha. A lot of the fishing that I do is competitive and this
    year I have been chosen to fish for the Scotland international team
    against England, Ireland and Wales.
     We fish for many different type of fish both from the boat and shore.
    My number one type of fishing is Tope fishing from the boat. These are
    a small shark that fight very hard. They average about 30lb but do grow
    up to about 60lb.
     My best fish to date was a 198lb yellowfin tuna from Grand Canaria.
    I hope I will get a chance to fish on your side of the pond some day.
    
    cheers
    
    Dougie
    

    
    Steve Longland        
    Hollis, N.H.	
    Work: Merrimack, N.H.
    
    Just another insatiable fishaholic.
    Spend most of my time on the water looking for salmon and trout.
    Enjoy smallmouth fishing as well.
    Release most - all I keep are eaten.
    Spend quite a bit of time in rivers if the water's right - the
    fishing pole or tip-ups are always in the car with me.
    
    Here at DEC, I [attempt to] do software support for the Technical
    Consulting Ctr. in MK01

Dennis Rihm
Glastonbury, Ct

Hi!

I fish mostly for trout, mostly from shore or wading. Although, I'm not averse
to hitching a ride on a friend's boat now & then. I like my St. Croix Ultra-
Light outfit w/ artificials & live bait.

My largest catch is 33" 14lb 7oz steelhead caught Oneida NY during last
October's Salmon run. It should be arriving home from the taxidermist soon.

I work in the RCH facility in Rocky Hill , CT in Field/Customer/Digital/MVS
Service.

    Hi my names Bill Rawnsley
          work ZKO
          Live in Merrimack, NH
          Also own a home on LOng Pond in Pelham, NH.
    
    Today is my first day reading the fishing notes files and like others
    have already said, I feel like I already know quite a few of the people
    here.  Some I do that are from ZKO, but I didn't know they were
    fishermen.
    
         Like I said I own a house on Long Pond and the boats there are:
    
         18' tri hull w/115 horse Merc-this is only for water sking.
    
         14' crawdad, best bass boat I've ever owned.
    
         12' Old Town canoe
    
          2 paddle boats, these are for when I want exercise while fishing.
    
       Haven't gone fishing as much as I'd like, work seems to always get
    in the way.  I fish mainly for bass but will take anything that bites
    the hook.  I believe in and have taught my 4 boys, CATCH AND RELEASE.
    My #2 son (23 yrs old) in one week on the lake caught a 3lber, 3 1/2,
    4 1/2, 5 lber and 5,4 lber.  Let them all go, made me feel great.  He
    did learn something I taught him.
    
       Anyone in ZKO or around here want to drop a few rubber worms some
    weekend, call me DTN 381-1010.
    

    
    
    George Abrams
    Home: Sandown, N.H.
    Work: Salem NI0
    
    Saltwater is were I do all my fishing.  I have done most of my fishing
    on the N.J. Shore but am now fishing the Merrimack/Newburyport area.
    
    Currently I am having a new boat built, it is a 27' Eastern (lobster
    boat style) rigged strickly for fishing.  I have already obtained a
    slip for next year which is going to be out of Larry's Marine in
    Amesbury, Ma..  Next spring if you are on the Merrimack River just give
    me a yell, boats name is JOY III.
    
    I fish for just about anything that swims in saltwater so I will
    probably see most of the noters that fish in the Merrimack area.
    
    	George

Dave Rathnow, Vancouver, B.C.  

I was born and raised on the West Coast of B.C. and have a deep love for
fishing.  I am primarily a fly fisherman, doing it exclusivley in fresh
water and occassionaly in saltwater.  I am an avid saltwater salmon
fisherman and do it as much as possible during the summer month.

    Hi ya'll,
    
    I'm new to DEC and am quite a fishing enthusiest.(run the gammit on
    species)  I recently joined Team Bass Anglers of Massachusetts, and
    have been getting smoked in the tournaments all year.
    
    I was wondering if there is still a Bass Notesfile like I saw a note
    on.  I tried Deming::Bass_fishing and was unable to access it.
    
    I would appreciate any pointers to helpful Bass information that could
    help me and my partner stop the embarisment!!!!!
    
    Feel free to send mail to Meta::Graham if you think you can help.
    
    Thanks
    
    Salmon Dave

	Send mail to either SUBPAC::MATTSON or RANGER::MACINTYRE and
	ask to be added to the membership list.

	Hint:  Be careful about saying things like "getting smoked
	in the tournaments" in there...  They tend to be a little fiesty!

					B.C.

    
     ha ha ha   Com'on over !!!
    
                                        Kiv

    Lincoln Crawley	Work: Auckland, New Zealand
    			Home: 

    Jean-Paul HOURY Valbonne France
    
    Hi folks
    
    I fish only in saltwater here in the Mediterranean see (tuna) and each
    time I can in Senegal (africa) my best fishes are a tune 68lbs and
    barracudas 50lbs.
    

    Hi,                                                        
    
    My name is Doug Kidd and I work in SNA and SNL supporting VMS and UNIX
    Factory Installed Software (FIS) systems.
    
    I am very much a novice fisherman having only been "hooked" about nine
    months ago. Prior to that I fished maybe once a year. Now nothing else
    really matters.
    
    My favorite style is surf closely followed by rock fishing then
    estuary. I have easy access (1/2 hour drive) to all these venues, but
    not to good freshwater fishing. I am keen to try my hand at Trout, Bass
    and Yellow-belly, but this will take a little longer (about 4 hours).
    
    If anybody wants info on Aussie fish or fishing, feel free to ask or
    reach me at SNLV01::KIDDDOUG and I'll give it my best shot.
    
    Regards,
    
    Doug

    thought I'd say howdy since I've been reading this conf. for a year 
    but missed the "hey day". Things are slow in here now, i'm sure due to
    TFSO's. 
    
    Randy Barnes (rfb and/or deadhead)
    contract tech writer since being TFSO'd last year after almost 20 years
    at DEC. Work now at CX03 in Colorado Spgs for MCS fault management
    team.
    
    Been fishing all my life. My dad was 30 years in the Air Force and we
    fished in almost every state and country he was stationed in. 
    
    I fish for Colorado trout mainly nowadays and not even the big ones. I
    find the best times are on a small high altitude stream or beaver pond
    where I'm trying to outsmart mainly brookies, but bows and browns are
    plentiful also. A cutt sneaks in occasionally too. Early Spring (like
    soon!) my dad and I head east to the Colorado prarie lakes for
    blue and channel cats, crappie, white bass and the occasional other
    warm water fishes like drum..not too many places that I know of have
    smallies or bigmouths. 
    
    Just fished for the first time this year yesterday on teh South Platte
    RIver out of Lake George COlo.
    
    deadhead

    Hi All
    
    This is my first time in these notes so I'd just like to say hello
    to you all, ofcourse only special people are allowed in here as I'm
    sure no matter where in the world your all from you will all have 
    the one thing in common, I've never met an unsocialable fisherman
    yet and I hope I never do, I've just started fishing again after a very
    long spell out of the sport and I'm truely amazed at how its changed
    over the years, the things you can get it beats the old cane rod and
    bread when we were kids, if there are any freshwater fishermen in here
    that would like to bring me up to date with tips that will take years
    to learn the hard way I would be greatfull.
    
    I shall carry on reading all the notes now but in the mean time good
    fishing to you all.
    
    Regards
    
    Mike.

    Hi Folks,,,,
    
       Does anyone know if places like Comet,,,,Fort Pond or Lake Whalom
       have been stocked for the spring or if they're open enough to
       fish yet??
    
       I also heard the Ma fishing license is 35.00 this year??
    
                                            Thanks,,,,,,,,,Vic

    Vic,
    
    All three have been stocked. In fact I was out on Fort Pond two weeks
    ago. My buddy and I got 11 (catch and release). Some real nice sized
    Rainbows (for around here anyways).
    
    Unfortunately, all three are frozen around the shoreline. Well, I'm not
    quite sure about Whalom!!!!
    
    Yes, the licenses are expensive. I buy a sporting so not sure what just
    a fishing cost......
    
    Bob M

    	Kevin Ficzere        Richmond, On. Can.       Kanata-manufacturing
    
    
    Moved to Ottawa, Ontario area in '88. I am originally a Newfie and
    spend the majority of my childhood on the salt water with my dad
    jigging cod, squid, mackrel, and had my hands into just about anything
    else that would keep me busy. Most of my relatives were commercial
    fisherman as well. 
    Newfoundland doesn't have anywhere near the variety of fresh water fish
    as does the mainland. Various species of trout and salmon are the
    freshwater fishermans staple down that way. 
    Last summer was my first year dipping a hook into fresh water since I
    was a kid and I was intantly hooked- No pun intended...This Bass
    fishing is a blast, and getting a pike or muskie smashing a top water is a
    rush all of it's own!
    I am very excited about getting on the water this spring. I've been
    doing a lot of reading and shopping for tackle is a topic all on it's
    own...
    
    fiSh On!
    
    -kev_  

<    was a kid and I was intantly hooked- No pun intended...This Bass
<    fishing is a blast, and getting a pike or muskie smashing a top water is a

kev_,

	You might want to poke into the BIGQ::BASSFISHING notes conference
too if you're specializing in bass. Most of the good information that WAS in 
there was flushed along with all the "trash talk" when the conference went
public last year, but the noters are generally very knowledgeable... 

Al

    Thanks Al, I'll check it out!