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Conference wahoo::fishing

Title:	Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:	See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:	DONMAC::MACINTYRE

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1660
Total number of notes:	20970

803.0. "Bamboo fishing the Delaney area in Harvard" by DECSIM::DEMBA () Tue Jul 19 1988 09:38

    I want to take my four year old fishing in a local stream/pond.
    It doesn't matter what she catches ... she just wants to 
    catch a fish. The Delaney area (in Harvard, MA) is just a
    walk through the woods for us. The questions I have is:
    
    	1) Is is legal to fish with a bamboo pole without a licence
    	   in Mass?	
    	
    	2) Is there any area in the Delaney where you are more likely
    	   to catch a fish. I don't even care if it is a guppy. 

    
    
    Thanks,  Steve

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
803.1	You Need A License	PCCAD2::RICHARDJ	Bluegrass,Music Aged to Perfection	`Tue Jul 19 1988 10:39`	9
	> 1) Is is legal to fish with a bamboo pole without a licence > in Mass? Steve, you need a licence to fish for yourself no matter what equipment you use. The only exception is on some private ponds such as Sunset Lake, in Ashburnham, where I live we don't need a license.
803.2	sure take the kid Kibby fishin!	AD::GIBSON	Rainbow Chaser dtn 225-6501	`Tue Jul 19 1988 13:37`	11
	You need a lic. but the young ones don't. I think it should be free for everyone who wants to enjoy it. Thats just an opinion though? There is an age cutoff point, Check with the town hall, They have a residant citizen minor fishing lic. that costs $6.50 Here's a thought? When a youngster starts to fish thy are given a can pole( I was) and then when your an accomplised angler you go back to cane again. Of course the diffrence between men and boys is the price of there toys.
803.3	Nice Pond	GRAMPS::LASKY		`Tue Jul 19 1988 17:11`	11
	Steve, I fished the Delany project many times and if you've never fished there befor your in for a treat. Your children will catch enough blue gills to keep them happy for years to come and you might latch on to some large size BASS!! I've always fished it from my canoe so I don't know how it will be from shore. Good Luck, Bart Lasky
803.4		PERFCT::WIERSUM	The Back Deck Wizard	`Tue Jul 19 1988 18:26`	9
	If you get to delainey befor the weed cover, it is a good place. also, We caught hornpout as fast as we could pullem in. BTW, I think I hold the record. 14 hornpout on the same worm. TBDW
803.5		SONATA::LANGE	Won Ton On	`Wed Jul 20 1988 09:24`	5
	I went to the delaney in mid may... It allready had so much weeds in it,it wasn't funny
803.6		SALEM::RIEU	Mike Dukakis Should Be Governor	`Wed Jul 20 1988 13:17`	3
	You might also try Sandy Pond in Ayer. Fish from the road to the left of the public beach. Lots of Kibbers. Denny
803.7	Fort Pond Is Stocked	PCCAD2::RICHARDJ	Bluegrass,Music Aged to Perfection	`Wed Jul 20 1988 13:31`	3
	You also have Fort Pond in Ayer, off Rt2 Jim
803.8	A nit	SALEM::RIEU	Mike Dukakis Should Be Governor	`Wed Jul 20 1988 14:06`	2
	Fort Pond is, I believe, in Lancaster. Denny
803.9	I Better Check The Map	PCCAD2::RICHARDJ	Bluegrass,Music Aged to Perfection	`Thu Jul 21 1988 09:34`	5
	Ayer, Lancaster, or whatever, its close to Havard. Or maybe Havard is close to it? Jim
803.10	Fort Pond IS in Lancaster	JETSAM::CATALDO		`Thu Jul 21 1988 12:58`	8
	Fort Pond IS in Lancaster, but the access to it is limited to the public boat ramp, which is now over-run with non-resident power boaters. Shoreline fishing is extremely slow there at this time of the season. Even fishing it by boat should be approached at the early morning hours to avoid the speed nuts once they get on the pond. Most of the residents on the pond avoid their own boats until activity slows down on weekend nights. Carlo