Fishing
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| + | =Fish Populations:= | ||
| + | A fisheries survey conducted in the summer of 1982 recorded six species: largemouth bass, brown bullhead, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, golden shiner and bluegill. <br> | ||
| + | Stocked trout are also present during at least a portion of the year. <br> | ||
| + | This lake also receives broodstock salmon when they are available. <br> | ||
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| + | =Fishing:= | ||
| + | Annual spring stockings of trout, usually rainbows, provide most of the fishing action at this pond. <br> | ||
| + | As a result, fishing pressure is high throughout the spring and trout stocks are depleted by early summer. <br> | ||
| + | The warm water fish species generally cannot provide fast action because production is low and most of it is taken incidentally by trout anglers. <br> | ||
| + | Jigging for perch through the ice is somewhat productive, however, although the fish are not of large average size. <br> | ||
| + | We have reports that nice bass are occasionally taken through the ice as well. <br> | ||
| + | February 1998 | ||
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[http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/fishing/awards/sportfish_awards_program.htm Mass Wildlife Awards] | [http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/fishing/awards/sportfish_awards_program.htm Mass Wildlife Awards] | ||
