Conference wahoo::fishing

re: 0

"I...would like to hit a nice clean pond where I can fish..."
    						Legend 


Now THAT'S a total contradiction!   There's no place that's CLEAN once the 
Legend has been there!  And you CAN'T FISH...so why bother?

-HSJ-

    IT'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AND I THINK I'M ABOUT TO GET A MOUTHFUL!!
    
    Thanks, PAPA SMURF!
    
    Legend

    Hey Legend, try the Atlantic ocean, we all  know that the sharks
    won't attack you. Professional courtesy, you know. And you can catch
    fish too.
    
    
    John.

    Thanks for ALL the imputs!  
    
    You guys really know your ponds?!!!
    
    Notice the TWO CLOWNS that responded?!  
    
    Spray paint the two of them....and BINGO!  
    
    INSTANT >>>>  PAPA AND MAMA SMURF!!
    
    I'm out of here....I'll find my own place!!!
    
    
    							Legend of the Lakes

    Another thing Legend, you should call the Corp of engineers in NH
    for a list of ponds that might be able to take the several feet of
    water rise to the shore line....NH folks dont need any more money
    spent on repairs to dams etc...
    
                                      Blue King

    Gee Legand,
    
    Wish I had responded in time for you GREAT fishing trip.  I have just
    the place for you.
    
    Massabesic!!   Great fishing and real clean water.  
    
    keith

    Dito on .6. Hey legend try this place, it's great. Launch at Deer
    Neck bridge and go due west to the other side. Great fishing and
    no pressure from other fishing folks.
    
    P.S. Just let me know when your going, OK.
    
    
    John.

   re: last two

   There's no swimming at Massabesic (sp?) though, as it's Manchester's
   reservoir.  Oh sure, you can take your oil-, gas-, and bilge-leaking power 
   boat in there, just don't get your feet wet.  :-(

   I've fished from the banks there and have had good luck with small stuff.
   Will probably try it in a canoe later this year.

   -- Sam (a Manchester dweller)

    That's why I won't fish Massabesic!  I also don't like fishing it from
    a canoe.  I fished it one day and by the time I got down in the back 
    of the "FANG" my trollmotor died and the wind picked up.  Of course
    the wind was against me all the way back.  My son was 5 at the time.
    He still talks about that day!
    
    						Legend
    
    Keith Dilsworth, where else do you go over in Ringe?  Have you fished
    Gilmore?  Is that water good for swimming too?
    
    There is a great looking place out on 119 heading into New Hampshire. 
    I asked a fella if it was Mass or NH...he said, Mass...and I had to be 
    a member of the club to fish it!  I just pointed to my hat and said,
    
    "I'M THE LEGEND OF THE LAKES...AND I FISH WHERE I PLEASE" 
    
    He shrugged his shoulders...and didn't seem impressed!
    
    Anyone belong to this club?  It is on the left...just before you hit
    the border.
    
     

    re .8
    
    Sam,  not only is it illegal, its a $150 fine.  But I am sure that that
    doesn't apply to the Legend.  He fishes and swims where he pleases.
    
    re .9
    
    Sorry Legend,  Grassy, Skatutaki and Hubbard are the only ones I fish in
    the area.
    
    
    keith

    Don Mac just called, BEGGING, me to take him over to Grassy Pond,
    Wednesday night.  We'll be over there so if anyone else out there
    would like to meet us there, come on over.  Great fishing..and you 
    get to meet the LEGEND...and see him in action!  
    
    P.S. Bring your own boat!
    
    
    						John

    
>>    Don Mac just called, BEGGING, me to take him over to Grassy Pond,
   
    Since folks will see that line and just assume the Legend is day 
    dreaming once again, I figured I'd step in here for a sec... 
    
    Yes, folks, tis true, the Legend and I will be fishing Grassy Pond
    Weds night.  However that wasn't *quite* how the conversation went.
    Need I say anymore?
    
    DonMac
    
    
       

    
    	Reply .9
    
    
    
    		Legend,
                        I belong to that club, if your referring to 
    	Swallow Hill in Ashburnham Ma on 119. It is a MEMBERS ONLY,
    	club. Police do take notice of trespassers, (non-members)
    	because of some problems in the past. So if you go, just don't
    	get caught. BTW its the Fitchburg Sportsmen Club.
    
    
    		b
    		

    B_SIART, I was just Busting them!  I wouldn't fish it unless I was with
    a member from the club...(heres your chance to fish with the Legend).
    
    How is the fishing there?  Any big ones come out of there?
    
    
    						Legend
    
    (who plays by the rules....Don Mac)

     The Lavender man and I fished Grassy Pond a year ago (after a cold
    front, I think, although the day was warm) and got zippo. It looks good
    though, and we're thinkin' about goin' again. Anybody got any advice
    (other than fishing it with the legend ?). I'm guessing "Rats" and
    Bubblegum worms and Buzzbaits might work, but these are just guesses...
    
    --The Skoal Bandit

    
    
    	Legend,
    
    		I know that you were joking, just wanted to let everyone
    	else know that in case they decided to fish in the area. Hey, I
    	caught me some nice smallmouth there last weekend, in the 2-3 pound 
    	range. If you ever see someone with a grey escort or grey mercedes,
    	its probably me. The area yeilds some nice pickerel, perch,
    	bluegill and others. The small pond near the club house is stocked
    	with brown and brook trout in the 12-18 inch range. The best I've 
    	done so far was a 13.5 inch brook. I'm usually there evey weekend.
    
    
    	brian

    
    Even though you didn't spell the Legend correctly...AGAIN!
    I will be a bigger person and give you some info.
    
    I stopped into the small tackle store right at the site on Friday.
    The fella in there was saying PURPLE with a Pink fire tail was working
    real well a couple of nights ago.  He said the color that usually does
    real well is MOTOR OIL.  He has never caught a bass out of there on
    anything but rubber.  I am not a big worm fisherman...so I need to
    give the worm more time on GRASSY POND.
    
    Why don't you and Lavender come over tomorrow night!  I'll carve a
    capital "L" in your forehead...backwards!  That way there..everytime
    you look in the mirror...you'll see the CORRECT way to spell LEGEND!
    
    
    						John
    
    Stay tuned for more..."LEGEND TIPS"

    Hey lead-gen, from all the hype you've been putting out in the NH
    tournament note I got the idea that you were the master of all types
    of baits. A proverbial MASTER BAITER if you please. I'am sure you
    could get some leasons from the likes of Don Mac, HSJ, Lavender
    Jack, Gitzit, The Skoal Bandit, The Doctah, TBDW, Ranger Bob, Don
    Bourgault, Spinnerbait Dilsworth, or Bass-O-Matic and a few I didn't
    name. I will even give you some tips on wormin, but it will co$t
    you.
    
    
    John.

     Thanks, Legend ! I guess it's true that a man never stands so tall as
    when he stoops to help a demented Bandit. Come to think of it, we
    stopped at the same Tackle shop, and the guy told us the same stuff.
    Could still be good, though. To me, the place is too shallow for
    weighted worms, but - ya never know. There's so much cover that a
    Spinnerbait would probably let you cover the largest area the quickest,
    but "who knows, the night is young and my cell, she is Oh so small..."
    (courtesy of Dom Irrera, one of the sickest guys on HBO).
    
    --The Skoal Bandit

    .19....No problem Bandit!  Anything for you!
    
    .18  ..Oh look...the EASTER BUNNY crawled out of his HOLE again!
         anyone got a carrot for this babbling MORON!  My fishing BUDDY,
         the BANDIT sums it all up....you can cover a lot of turf chuck'in
         a spinnerbait...than you can a worm!
    
         I'm not a big fan of the worm because of the time needed to work
         it.  The Legend likes getting into a lot of fish...QUICK!  
    
         Maybe if I was cover with HAIR like you...I could find the
         patience to fish the worm correctly.  What do you do while 
         bumping the worm up and down...PICK THE LICE FROM YOUR BEARD?!
    
         There....now that we SHUT THE WABBIT up again...we can get back
         to.."Legend TIPS"
    
         I used a black 8"worm with a red fire tail...and got a ton of
         SHORT bites....I suggest a black or purple 6"...should do the
         trick!  the Legend has a bag of MOTOR COLORED WORMS with a pink
         firetail...from what information I've gathered....Tomorrow night
         the BASS in grassy pond....Are going to think they died and went
         to HEAVEN!  
    
         "GET THE NET....DON!!!!"

    re:19
    
    	If the place is to shallow for weighted worms, don't use a weight.
    
    	I do over 50% of my bass fishing with worms and almost always use
    them without a weight. I use 6 lb. test which will cast a 6" worm with no
    added weight.
    
    	There are probably more ways to fish a worm as there are to rig them. 
    The two ways I've had most success with are to just cast a weightless worm 
    as close to the shoreline as possible and let it sink. I may twitch it once 
    or twice as it's sinking and after it's been on the bottom but usually, if 
    I don't get a pickup by the time the worm hits the bottom, I'm not going 
    to get one. The other way is to use it like a top water lure and drag it 
    over lily pads. I usually let it sink after I drag it off the edge of the 
    pads and see if I get a pickup.
    
    	I have had some luck using curly tail worms with a slow retrieve
    but most of the time I get kibby, perch, and pickeral hits, especially
    on the firetail worms. You can usually tell when you get these as
    either the tail will be gone or the worm will be cut in half. For the 
    most part I stick with solid color flat tail worms. Black or purple are 
    still my first choices but I have had luck with other colors such as blue, 
    green, motor oil, and natural color. I haven't tried the bubble gum color 
    yet.
    
    	Another rubber bait I've had some good luck with is a 6" green Snatrix 
    (water snake) but I can't find them anymore. 
    
    	Hope this helps......RAYJ

     Ray, I've tried both of your methods, and they do work. LJH and I have
    been using the worm hooks with the tiny screw type springs attached to
    the eye which you run through the worm. Then you stretch the worm
    straight back and bury the hook point to make it weedless. We have our
    best luck with the 4" "Western (Kalin) Worms" or the black/grape 4"
    "Producto" segmented worms.
    
     BTW, don't miss the bubblegum floaters ! Hagerty broke my chops with
    'em the first time he used 'em...
    
    --The Skoal Bandit (Who uses 6lb on his "All Star" all the time).

Back to the question...

Try Gregg Lake in Antrim. Take 101 West, then 202 North out of Peterboro;
no turns, just keep going straight. You might pick up 31(?) in Antrim.
Just outside the Antrim village there's a sign on a pole on the left hand
side of the road for "GREGG LAKE".

You launch just past the beach; room for parking maybe 6 vehicles. Swim
near the road, catch smallmouth at the opposite end of the lake. Max
depth is around 41 feet.

I caught a few there last Saturday B^).

Art

    Answer to .6
     
    Keith I know you hate Massabesic! but this is the highest level of
    pollution that you are trying to impose on this beautiful fishery.
    This could have the impact of the Exxon Valdez if the LEGEND should
    slime the water. 

    Don, your back!  Nice to hear from you!
    
    Sorry, the Legend has already fished Massabesic.  I won my first
    tourney.  Yep...the Legend caught his limit!
    
    I'm UNBELIEVABLE!!
    
    God...am I good!
    
    Legend
    
    I noticed Don isn't mentioning all the fish he caught when he was on
    vacation!
    
    John