Chapman Pond

[ImmovingtoMaine,OUCH]

As it is now accepted that the flood in 2012 really demolished the pike fishing in Chapman, does anyone have a confirmed report of a pike caught there recently last couple years by any means( open water or ice? I have ice fished there last 3 seasons with live Golden’s first ice and only landed bass and a couple pickerel

[Sdinwoodie1988]

DEM started restocking pike 2 years ago. I caught what I believe to be a young pike thru the ice last season. I saw pictures of juvenile pike from the mass dem and it was a perfect match. They are in there, just hard to come by. Hopefully now that they are stocked we will see some bigger ones the next couple years.

[Sdinwoodie1988]

http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/fishwild/pdf/wriwin17.pdf

This is the link to the article with the information about the pike stocking program

[ImmovingtoMaine,OUCH]

http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/fishwild/pdf/wriwin17.pdf

This is the link to the article with the information about the pike stocking program

Thanks! I must of missed that updated newsletter, hopefully next few years brings some positive results

[MRC2572]

Shame what happened there. Was once a great spot. It's my understanding that pike in Rhode island  take some time to grow so it will be quite a while to get back to the way it was

[Sdinwoodie1988]

The one I caught was probably 14-16” long. There is plenty of baitfish in that pond for them to be able to grow at a solid rate.

[TheManDJV]

I’ve been there a handful of times never any pike myself.. I remember one of my first seasons at wordens I thought I got a small pike because I never caught one before but it turned out to be a Redfin pickerel ... finally caught my first two pike at black stone river on back to back casts this summer at the black stone river... from the dock at that waiting for my friend to show up with his boat hahaha... hopefully jack winter sends us some love soon

[Sdinwoodie1988]

I’m hoping we get some real cold soon. I wanna get out on some ice

[halfhooked]

15 lbs is the biggest I have personally seen heard of bigger I like the pond for catfish in the spring and always hoped the the sea run white perch would make tier way back they might now with the mods done to the fish ladder and may even see the herring move in  in the near future

[SHaRPS]

15 lbs is the biggest I have personally seen heard of bigger I like the pond for catfish in the spring and always hoped the the sea run white perch would make tier way back they might now with the mods done to the fish ladder and may even see the herring move in  in the near future

Halfhooked, are you still talking about Chapman for the sea run white perch and herring? I never knew there was a connection to the ocean but you are correct with the Pawcatuck. That would be sweet.

[halfhooked]

oh yeah dumps into the pawcatuck by way of the marsh

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chapman+Pond/@41.3883886,-71.7962069,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e5e7bd9d50f7f3:0xd5d85d8da1a3d97!8m2!3d41.3798181!4d-71.7963506

check the on the north side it goes under rt 91

[Sdinwoodie1988]

A few years back my buddy pulled up a 36” pike in Chapman’s. Next day another guy pulled up one at least 42”.

[SHaRPS]

Thanks Halfhooked.

[ImmovingtoMaine,OUCH]

A few years back my buddy pulled up a 36” pike in Chapman’s. Next day another guy pulled up one at least 42”.

Was that before or after the flood?

[icemansect]

I fished it a few weeks back and caught 4 Pike to 23 inches they are in there and they are getting bigger

[MRC2572]

Sweet

[hardfloor]

  I fished Chapman a lot from 2003 till 2009 and the fishing was awesome but those days are gone now. I would get 3 Pike on average and a bunch of Big bass , huge White and Yellow Perch and Crappie each trip. Now we are lucky to get 2 to 3 flags a trip, very different lake indeed! If I want slow fishing I just go for Walleye now in CT. I hope things change soon because that was a go to spot for action.

[Sdinwoodie1988]

Was that before or after the flood?

This was in 2012.so after the flood. Flood was in 2010.

[halfhooked]

its coming or mostly come back and I would not be surprised to see giant gold carp in there because of the flood of 2010