Author Topic: 2010 VT trout opener on Pecham (Read 3179 times)

Vtgooseman · « **on:** Jan 16, 2010, 05:27 PM »

Made it out to Pecham pond today a bit breezy but a good day.

1st Trout of the year.

I had no idea the size of the Perch in here. 13.5"

The line up at the end of the day. Goose

dinosaur454 · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 16, 2010, 05:30 PM »

Nicely done Goose!

Vtgooseman · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 16, 2010, 05:34 PM »

Thank you sir.

hunter13 · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 16, 2010, 06:39 PM »

nice line up there wouldnt mind 50 of them perch

hunter13

razzledazzle · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 16, 2010, 06:40 PM »

Nice stack of Brown's!
I hear they get pretty big in Peacham...is it true?

razzledazzle · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 16, 2010, 06:40 PM »

Quote from: hunter13 on Jan 16, 2010, 06:39 PM

nice line up there wouldnt mind 50 of them perch

hunter13

I agree!

hunter13 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 16, 2010, 06:43 PM »

only trouble is i dont know if 50 of them perch would fit in a 5 gal. pail lol

hunter13

dinosaur454 · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 06:08 AM »

Quote from: razzledazzle on Jan 16, 2010, 06:40 PM

Nice stack of Brown's!
I hear they get pretty big in Peacham...is it true?

Yes it's true Razz. I personally have seen 2 about 10 pounds come through the ice there in the past 3 years I've fished it.

They won't hit minnows, you've gotta jig up some smelt and bait your tipups with them. I do OK on the smelt with a white #2 Swedish Pimple tipped with spikes.

flaguptrouton · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 08:48 AM »

That looks a lot better of a day than I had on Waterbury Res. nothing but small perch nicely done. How many tipups did your group run, never fished the pond, but always wanted to where do you access the pond.

dinosaur454 · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 11:00 AM »

Peacham's off of 232, the Groton state forest road. Turn onto Peacham Pond rd (its marked) go down to the Y, bear to the right and follow it all the way. Takes you right to the launch. Last year the parking area was rather slick most of the times I was there, had to put the Jeep into 4WD to get out a couple times. Its a nice pond to fish but CAN get real windy at times.

Vtgooseman · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 17, 2010, 02:05 PM »

There was four of us and we only ran a dozen Laker tip-ups. Some fish came on night crawlers and most fish were caught on med shiners.

Leafmountain10 · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 19, 2010, 03:28 PM »

Just got back from Pecham Pond. If anyone hears of someone forgetting some gear out there (this weekend most likely) please connect them to me.

Tried to find bait between Barre/Mont. and Pecham with no luck. Joe's Pond wasn't open. Any ideas?

No luck jigging up smelt for bait?! Tried everything that fills buckets of 'em in Magog. Cut bait

Ended up jigging and trying to find the browns. Ended up with one about 14"

Only one other group out there and one shanty.

Vtgooseman · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 19, 2010, 04:38 PM »

You can get bait at Ricks bait shop, on rt.14 in E. Calais. Goose

dinosaur454 · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 19, 2010, 04:56 PM »

Goose you have a phone # for Ricks?

It's not listed in the VT F&G list of bait dealers and I've never been there but it's closer than The Fly Rod Shop outside of Stowe. Thanks.

Leafmountain10 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 19, 2010, 06:06 PM »

Thanks for the info about Rick's. I have the number somewhere and will share it when I find it. There is bait at Joe's Pond but that means a 15 mile round trip back to Peacham and the hours are all over the place. Open weekends and there is a number on the door that you can call to get bait at other times.

Leafmountain10 · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 08:48 AM »

Great Pics Gooseman! I will post some soon I hope ....Wanted to bump this to the top again and say once more that I found some tip ups frozen in the holes and forgotten on Peacham Tuesday. If anyone hears about someone loosing them let me know.

K

fishlord · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 09:00 AM »

well well Goose,good to see you can catch a few fish without me around holding your hand

Hey nice catch there Buddy.wished you was here the end of this month,Pathy's big Hawg derby is then and were gonna have a blast.I will post a pic or 2 when the dust settles so you can see what you missed.good job ol budd
Randy

flaguptrouton · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 02:28 PM »

Quote from: Vtgooseman on Jan 17, 2010, 02:05 PM

There was four of us and we only ran a dozen Laker tip-ups. Some fish came on night crawlers and most fish were caught on med shiners.

Thanks for the info, where's the best place to target trout on the pond, or do you just focus on the edges like a lot of other ponds,reservoirs? Might try this weekend or the next is it a good spot to go all winter or does it get fished out? thanks again

Vtgooseman · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 03:31 PM »

I mostly fish the edges there but folks are having luck all over. If it was me I would set up any where along the edge of that rise from 60 FOW, some where around 12-20'. Goose

TRT · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 20, 2010, 07:59 PM »

Ricks bait shop 456-1152

flaguptrouton · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 22, 2010, 09:33 AM »

Quote from: Vtgooseman on Jan 20, 2010, 03:31 PM

I mostly fish the edges there but folks are having luck all over. If it was me I would set up any where along the edge of that rise from 60 FOW, some where around 12-20'. Goose

Thanks again for all the info Goose, can't wait to see my 4 year old daughter catch a trout through the ice, no luck yet this year, maybe we'll have luck this weekend thanks to your info. Thanks again. J

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