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Shop hours for the upcoming holiday weekend are as follows; Friday, 7am to 4 pm; Saturday, 7 am to 4 pm Sunday, 7am to 12 pm and Monday, the holiday, 7 am to noon. We expect to have plenty of shiners but erratic business patterns make adequate suplies difficult to predict. Make sure you get your shiners early!
Perch and crappie fishermen found plenty of action throughout ponds all along the North Shore. Fishermen scored on everything from bait to jigs and numerous combinatons. For the most part, the action was good and most anglers rated it as fast. Some of the best action took place at the smaller ponds along Cape Ann. Pillings Pond in Lynnfield was rated as good among local fishermen as was Spring Pond and Flax Pond. Using a center hole to suspend bait to draw fish worked well for some fishrmen. Jig fishermen did well on bare jigs as welll as dressed jigs. Anglers liked to sweeten the jig with a strip of bait.
Trout fishermen have enjoyed plenty of action from Pleasant Pond to Horn Pond and from Sluice Pond to Baldpate Pond. Caution had to be exercised at all ponds because ice conditions varied widely. Conditiond included hard ice, punky ice, slushy areas and thicknesses from two to seven inches of ice. Good numbers of trout were caught just below the ice on a wide variety of baits including salmon eggs, meal worms, worms and shiners. Baits were often mixed for the best results. If you were not successful during the early morning hours, the odds of you scoring were dramatically reduced.
Largemouth bass activity remained strong throughout last week. Fishermen scored well at most bass waters along the North Shore. Shiners presented along the water column from about mid depth to the bottom produced fair to good numbers of bass. Working along submerged weedbeds, rockpiles and other structure prodced bast, were larger than the average size bass that have been caught so far this winter were found. Although bass have been caught throughout the course of the day, it appears that the most active part of the day has been during the period from late morning thru early afternoon.
Trophy sized salmon were caughtin good numbers at the popular trout pondin Lynn. Sluice Pond fishermen rejoiced at the first salmon brought thru the ice last week. This past weekend fishermen presented shiners just below the ice and waited patiently for a strike. Before the clock struck high noon, there were four salmon flapping on the ice. Fishemen gathered around the feshly caugt salmon to admire their beauty and congratulate their captors. Fisrmen now look for trophy salmon besides their regular search for bass, trout, pickerel and perch. I am sure that this popular, local pond will daw great numbers of fishermen this weekend. Fishern ill be loaded down with penty of bait in search of salmon.
Finally the snow has stoped and the ice fishing can begin! With he promise of 40 degree temperatures and sunny skys, fishermen are sure to load sleds with ice fishing gear and decend upon local ponds for a fix of ice fishing. Local waters will be crowded and a sea of ice traps will look like a forest nursery. Flags will "go off" and cheers will be heard. All is right with the world.
Bass fishermen did well this weekend if they chose Putnamvile Reservoir in Danvers to bait hooks, set traps and fight fish. Good numbers of bass treated anglers to an early season treat of fighting broadly built powerhouses. Medium and large shiners were best at attracting hungry bass. The most active sections of the reservoir occurred along the wall and the island. Perch and crappie action appeared best along he back of the reservoir on the right side of the island along the shalws. Good numbers of hefty perch fed heavily on small and medium shiners and were quick to chase sweetened jigs. Crappie went after jigs. Small to medium pickerel were quick to chase down all sizes of shiners. Anglers wre surprised at the size of the shiners the pickerel would chose to go after. Often times the bait was close to the size of the predator.
Fishermen reported varying ice conditions on the popular lake from as little as three inches to as much as 6+ inches. Perch and crappie activity was reported as strong with most of the action taking place along Echo Cove. Secondary action was reported along the coves. Schools of perch showed definite preference for small and medium sized shiners. Although crappie fell victim to shiners, they definately preferred small ice jigs sweetened with bits of bait. Meal worms and maggots worked well. A few bass were located at the mouth of Echo Cove and along the Island. Some Points produced fair sized bass and the largest bass that was reported tipped the scales at just over three pounds. It took a large sized shiner. Pickerel were actively feeding on medium sized shiners and good numbers of pickerel were caught in the 12 to 15 inch range.
A few anglers found temselves drilling holes and setting traps along South Peabody's popular pond. Reports included anglers catching fair numbers of crappie and perch but very few bass. The bass that were caught struggled to reach the legal length limlt. Most all of the activity took place on shiners. A few fish, mostly perch, were caught along the weeds at the Peabody Square side of the pond. Bas were found along the Lynn side.
Ice conditions were good reported fishermen that worked the popular trout pond. Fair numbers of fishermen hit the pond with great expectations. Most fishermen were hapy with the action. Fair to good numbers of trout were found cruising just under the ice and were enticed by small and medium shiners,jigs sweetened with a meal worm and bits of crawlers rigged on tear drop jigs. At times, aggressive anglers scored in herring rigs, sweetened with bits of bit. Most anglers agreed that filling your limit was frequently achieved. The first salmon of the season that was caught at Pleasant Pond was caught last wek. As the news spreads, there will be increased activity at the pond as fishermen will be trying to cash in on the big prize - a trophy salmon. The secret will be fish early, fish hard, and fish long.
After a short supply of bait last weekend, we have recovered and should have plenty of bait for this week. We have small shiners, medium shiners, large shiners and pike shiners. We also have trout worms, dillies, night crawlers and meal worms. Just a note to concider: Bait shops order bait based on what they sold the week before, if you buy your bait from a different shop each week it makes it difficult fr the shop owner to determine the proper amount of bait to buy. This is why there are shortages
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