| Well, right in Pepperell, you have Heald Pond. Its roughly a
10 acre pond, it has public access (on Heald Street), and there is only
one home visible from the pond itself. I haven't fished there myself,
but I have been told that largemouth bass, pickerel and assorted
panfish inhabit the pond. On the weekend, I'm sure you'll see a boat
or two, but during the week, you might just have the pond to yourself.
Good luck.
Russ
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| I don't know what kind of bait or lures you're likely to be using, but
this pond is guaranteed to let you catch fish with slowly reeled
surface lures or a dangling bait worked four feet below the surface:
Long Pond in Tewksbury, MA.
Get to I-495 N from Pepperel. Take the Rte. 38 exit south. At Pleasant
St., take a right. At the end of Pleasant (Whipple Rd.) take a left. At
the Y, bear right onto Pond St. Keep going until you see a clearly
defined spot to park your car. Put in there.
Canoe or row boat only.
It's a eutrophic pond that is on its way out, so any kind of motor
quickly fouls in the vegetation. This is the main reason it is such a
quiet pond. Bass, pickerel, black crappie, blue gill, yellow perch,
and shiners galore.
Patience -- at least five minutes' worth -- and even a modicum of
technique will produce caught fish.
You should either release or drop the fish on shore after catching
them. Bioaccumulation of toxics of an undefined source make them unfit
for human consumption.
Long Pond constitutes the headwaters of Content Brook, a significant
tributary to the Shawsheen River, for those of you long time readers of
this conference who might wonder why I know anything about this pond...
<g>
John H-C
P.S. Be aware that an EPO lives in one of the houses on shore, and if
he's in a foul mood, he'll look out the window in search of an
infraction.
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