Conference wahoo::fishing

       Got my limit at Fort Pond today. The stocking truck was arriving
    as I was leaving. They put in 900 fish. Some were over 15"
       I talked to a guy who rode around Wachusett earlier in the day,
    he said there were cars EVERYWHERE. Good Luck!
                                                                   Denny

    I took a vacation day Friday and went to Wachusett Res.  It was
    a slow morning, but I did catch a 18 1/2" laker about 10 am.
    He went for a live shiner on the bottom, I released him as he
    didn't have much weight to him, about 2 1/2 pounds.  Out of ten
    people in my area, only 3 fish were caught, and one of those was
    a short salmon. The other was a nice 4 pound salmon.  Will be back
    there tomorrow after work.
    
    Brian
    

    Opening Day was crowded, like the registry on the last day of truck
    registration. I saw 4 small ones taken and one 8 lbs that was released.
    The water is way down this year so spots that were productive in
    earlier years might not be as good. 

    I saw a photo of a 7lbs 3 once SMALLMOUTH taken opening day!!
    
    Does anyone know what the MASS record is?
    
    Nice fish.  It put on a better show then the Salmond caught
    
    Bassin BOb
    

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       I went out on friday with TBDW and some other gents.    Only
    got two short lakers.  TBDW whimpped out with in the hour,  something
    about the wife wanting him home if he is not going to work, I couldn't
    understand it all, alot of mumbling.    Hey TBDW glad to hear you
    found your way out of the woods, and thanks for the doughnuts.
    
    
    LES

    What's this opening day stuff?  I don't know what you're talking
    about.  Is there a closed season?????  We fish all year here.  Must
    be tough waiting for one certain day to start fishing.  You need
    to talk to your conservation agents.  On top of that, talk to someone
    else and tell them "I'M TIRED OF SNOW!!!!!!!!"       ;-)

    re
    There is a closed dates on the TWO BIG RES in Mass they are boston's
    water supply.  Quabin res and Wachuestte (sp) have close seasons.
    Wachuestts open friday and Quabin in two weeks.
    
    Bob
    

     I missed Opening day (and the next few) for the first time, thanks
    to a little "walking pneumonia" (or was it "the boogie woogie flu".
    I live in West Boylston now, and haven't heard much, but the two
    best places to go for info. are either The Outdoorsman" on rte 12,
    or the bar at the AmVets (divide what you hear by 8, but there are
    some guys there who really know that place).
     Basically, you're fishing for a fish thst likes to suspend in deep
    water most of the year (except nights, and the place is closed then).
    That means that early Spring and late Fall is your only shot. I'll
    bet most of 'em are around the old Nashua river channel, if there
    are places you can reach it from shore.
     I'm a lure chucker, so i don't have much chant at salmonids (they
    don't hit like they do in Lake Ontario from the shore). If you really
    want to catch fish, there's only one rigto use, and it means using
    bait: use around 8lb running line, run it through a 1/2 oz egg sinker,
    thru a small bead and tie it to a barrel swivel. Tie a 3' length
    of 6lb leader to the other end and tie on a hook which is appropriate
    to the size of your bait. Throw the thing as far as you can, set
    the rod down with the bail open and a length of line directly from
    the reel secured loosely !! under a small can with a few pebbles
    in side. then read a porno mag (or whatever anyone who wants to "fish"
    this way does for enjoys), and when you hear a rattle, close the
    bail and set the hook.
     I don't know why I bother with this place, except that it's pretty
    and has huge trout. It's really a much better smallmouth and largemouth
    place, but most guys don't fish for 'em ("if Roland Martin don't
    walk, I don't walk...). Face it guys, the world has gone to Hell!
    Even the good ole boys on t.v. don't chew anymore.
    
    Jack (the Discouraged but Durable Bandit) Varley
        

    Jack...if you ever want to go lure chucking for them Basstiges,and
    want some company...let me know.
    
    I got three trout Sat...but they were all pinheads...could've used
    them for bait at A1A (10" and under)

    				Jeff_of_the_Berlin_Lange's