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Massachusetts => Ice Fishing Massachusetts => Topic started by: SalmonAndStriper Stalker on Feb 24, 2018, 01:21 PM
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doesnt seem to be much activity on the site anymore. has most people thrown in the towel?
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doesnt seem to be much activity on the site anymore. has most people thrown in the towel?
Or they are fishing, ;D
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Pretty quiet on MFF
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Mid-day weekends tend to be slow on here. People out fishing.
I’d say half have packed it in, half are out there having one last go at it.
I’m going out Sunday/Monday and then putting the gear in the basement
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i mean a month ago there would be like 10 threads with activity each day and now there are only a few posts each day
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i mean a month ago there would be like 10 threads with activity each day and now there are only a few posts each day
Yeah, people packing it in
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It's open water for me . Every thing is open . Giving it a. Go tomorrow .
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im pulling out the rods now. have just enough open water at my favorite pond to float a shiner under a bobber. caught some really big pickeral last year right after ice out.
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im pulling out the rods now. have just enough open water at my favorite pond to float a shiner under a bobber. caught some really big pickeral last year right after ice out.
Good luck I'll be posting on Mff
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Good luck I'll be posting on Mff
i will be doing the same. may also try for some preseason lakers.
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i will be doing the same. may also try for some preseason lakers.
Ditto
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I was icing some lakers today.
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I was icing some lakers today.
Going to try for one in mass. got a couple around this time last year.
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Going to try for one in mass. got a couple around this time last year.
I don't see why not! Good luck.
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Lakers in MA through the ice? Or even open water this time of year that are legal to fish for?
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Lakers in MA through the ice? Or even open water this time of year that are legal to fish for?
There is at least one place in MA to catch them legally year round (except thru the ice, no ice fishing allowed there).
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https://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=345984.msg3681801#msg3681801
The decline in use this year was much steeper than previous years.
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Lakers in MA through the ice? Or even open water this time of year that are legal to fish for?
There are 2 possible places to catch lakers out of season legaly. one is only open water and a okay chance at getting one. then there is another place that is a long shot but you could possibly get one through the ice there
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I dont post much... But I am still fishing. i was out Friday and Saturday. Skunked on Friday and 2 MEH yellows yesterday in Pittsfield. Id be going back out next week too if my wife didnt have other plans for my spare time (unemployed - looking). I had a hell of season not working, I fished over 25 times, over 100 hours on ice.
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I remember one now, but can't think of the other...
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I remember one now, but can't think of the other...
The ice one is probably Quinnsig, where Mass wildlife confirmed one laker was taken thru the about three years ago.
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There are a few more places actually I've heard of Lakers being caught. Nashua river is one of them as it spills out to the Merrimack some deep holes and cold spots in there and therefore theoretically any tributary of Nashua or Merrimack could have them. Same goes of walleyes. The other is the fly fishing only section of the swift, just below the dam and pump house. That water in 30 degrees in the hottest days of the summer. In reality there are plenty of streams ponds that connect to quabbin and wachusett that could potentially hold Lakers. The odds are relatively low. Laker fishing gets old once you catch enough under 4 or 5 lbs then you start wondering where the big ones are... The truth is just sitting lazily on the bottom. I am willing to bet that rogue Laker out of quinsig was someone playing mass wildlife and dumping a small one in there.
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I was out Monday on a foot of brackish water black ice.
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The ice one is probably Quinnsig, where Mass wildlife confirmed one laker was taken thru the about three years ago.
Bucket biologist
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Bucket biologist
saw a trout come out of one of my favorite warmwater ponds this year. absolutely no stocking occurs here and is not connected to anything.
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The ice one is probably Quinnsig, where Mass wildlife confirmed one laker was taken thru the about three years ago.
not quinsig but i have seen people throw them in there
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out 8 hours yesterday, only 2 dink darts. 7" of ice
probably head back monday
burp
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Just drove down the Barton’s access on way back from grocery store... huts are still out there and ice is tight to shore. If the rain stops I might go spud around a bit and see what’s left of it.
Amount of water sitting on top makes me think there’s good ice down there still.
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Great Divide did a tap takeover around here. They brought their discontinued Barrel Aged Mexican Hot Chocolate Yeti. It is arguably the next best thing than walking on water.
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Espresso oak aged yeti is one of my favorite beers
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Agreed Masspike. Strong offering.
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Already packed the ice gear away since last weekend and dusted off the freshwater rods. Time to target prespawning pike in the local rivers. This was caught the first week of March a couple of years ago.
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Lakers in MA through the ice? Or even open water this time of year that are legal to fish for?
Yup. There is an area you can get lakers open water this time of year but you can never ice fish it. May even get a salmon if your lucky.
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Bartons cove is still fishable, but has been slow. Im looking to get out again tomorrow but not sure where I want to go fish. Im close to 91/202 area.
Im wondering if anyone has seen DAR, Russel Pond, or somewhere else that is still solid, not interested in Pittsfield, to far. PM if you want.
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Bartons cove is still fishable, but has been slow. Im looking to get out again tomorrow but not sure where I want to go fish. Im close to 91/202 area.
Im wondering if anyone has seen DAR, Russel Pond, or somewhere else that is still solid, not interested in Pittsfield, to far. PM if you want.
I live close to Russell Pond. I haven't driven by but based on the conditions of other local ponds I doubt it would be safe. All of the other ponds in the area are completely open water. Granted Russell has some elevation I still doubt it would be safe.
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I went by DAR yesterday to take a look. Was able to walk right on but rest of edges are starting to get rough. There was a guy fishing right by the access and looked like fresh holes further out. Not sure about thickness but it seemed fishable.
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Thanks for the responses, I went to DAR last year and got skunked, didnt mark a fish either.
I am thinking about Ashfield pond, but have not fished it either, not sure about access...
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Thanks for the responses, I went to DAR last year and got skunked, didnt mark a fish either.
I am thinking about Ashfield pond, but have not fished it either, not sure about access...
Thats a shame. I usually slam them there.
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Thats a shame. I usually slam them there.
Ive done some research about that lake and basically come up with dont use shiners, I got about 18 of them burning a whole in my bucket.
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Thanks for the responses, I went to DAR last year and got skunked, didnt mark a fish either.
I am thinking about Ashfield pond, but have not fished it either, not sure about access...
Access at ashfield is really good.. just not so much the ice. Edges were bad enough yesterday that I didn’t even bother getting out to spud it.
More the type of pond you bring the kids to though... not a place I’d pick for ‘serious’ fishing.
Love the Lake House though. Good eats and decent music on weekends.
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Ive done some research about that lake and basically come up with dont use shiners, I got about 18 of them burning a whole in my bucket.
That would be my advice for DAR. Skip the shiners.
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Ended up at Rohunta, about 5-6 inches of ice when I left. Open water by Route 2, ice wise I'd say its done after the rain we get Friday.
Fishing wise, first 2 hours were slow, I never did mark a fish or get a nibble jigging. But kept moving my tip ups and finally found fish or the fish started biting for whatever reasons. Ended the day with 10 flags, 4 fish 3 bass and 1 good sized pickerel. I'd fish here again in my boat or next season...
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On more ice today, more dinky yellow perch than I can count, 3 pickerels. Over a foot of ice 20 minutes east of Greenfield.
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Fishing tomorrow if anyone is interested, and has anyone seen or driven by Tully lake off 32?
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Tully had no edge by the ramp, but about 100 feet to the side of the ramp you will find better ice, some of its broken up a little bit, couple holes. Getting on was pretty easy, but by the time I left 6 hours later the edge was soft and I sank a little bit on the way off the ice, stayed dried. Ice was 9 inches and pretty solid most of the day I was out on Tuesday. Top inch got squishy in the sun.
The fishing was slow at first I was fishing 200 feet from the ramp in about 10-15 FOW, no flags marked a couple jigging but nothing doing at all. Friend of mine has fished it before and told me to relocate to a deeper spot and then I found some fish, mostly caught gils, and 1 bass, crappie, yellow perch, about 20 fish in all. The bass was on a flag. The other fish were jigged out of the deep which is always fun to reel the fish in 20-30 feet or more. Single hooked job was not getting any hook sets, switched to a terrible hooked spoon and started getting hookups then.
I know its not the best idea to keep fishing, but I keep finding ice to fish on. Holding my breath with the weather but the temps 36, 35, 39, 38 (highs) and 19, 22, 20, and 21 (lows) for the next week in the town Tully is in makes me think I am not done yet. Depends on this damned snow...