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Rookie · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 487 Location: Milford Ct

Yo Paulie....... You a member YET?

WOW, where do i begin!!! Its been 2 seasons wishing and wanting, finally i did it. I took the boat i bought not very far from Quabbin to the lake it was rigged for Smile

I had a few clues it might be a good time to go and asking a regular confirmed it.

Picked Paulie up in north haven at 4am and took the 2 hour ride to the lake, arriving just after 6am to a long line. I didn't expect the line to fly thru so fast, but it went real fast.

While waiting in line, i noticed many other boats just like mine rigged for this place Smile

Some times i feel a little embarrassed with the smaller motor. Kind of like i used to feel towing with an old minivan
Sad

........... NOT THIS DAY, im []D[][]V[][]D[][]\[] Smile

After the line gets half thru, i see this blue tracker several cars back and right away think, HuskyBass? Sure enough, i see him throwing stuff in the boat, rigging his poles and so on Smile

Sooooooooooooooo, i say to Paulie, "cool, we'll just follow him". he he

We get to the booth to pay and stuff, im reading all the signs and this one post reads, "Yes, the fish are on beds" ......... Can you say
GOLD?
Ok, thats really not GOLD. Maybe you can say
Jackpot?

Anyways...
Follow Husky... NOT !!!!! We were launching out and i see him launching to the direction of the other ramp, which takes you to another side you cant get to from each other via boating. We were left wondering, WHY?

According to the map, that other side is smaller, but how small? Welp, by judging from the map, the side we ended up on and how much of it we saw, we wouldn't have seen the entire other end where Husky went either. This place is HUGE.....and i might add, to far from home!

So, some thoughts. This is my DREAM lake. With no development, no pleasure crafts and HP restrictions ..... Its what i dream of

and talk about clear water. oh my

If you have ever been to candlewood (ive only been once and saw very little), imagine IT without anything but woods surrounding it, with nothing bigger than 25hp and no jetski's, and no noise pollution whatsoever, and then multiply the size by as far as you can see ..... Something like that. Its hard to put words to the memories of the visuals. But ill have some photos later, just to help Smile

We ran out from the launch and headed to ......... who the heck knows where we were going. We went into this area not very far, found a couple tiny islands and started throwing stuff. Senko, super fluke, spider jigs and what ever else we thought would be good to try and started catching fish right off the bat!

We caught fish ALL day. There wasnt 15 minutes gone by a fish didnt visit us, and im am not kidding. I must admit here, i did play with more bedding fish than Paulie did, so in turn, i did catch more bedding fish. But listen, those fish were just a fraction of the fish for the day. We caught so many smallies around a pound, we found it just plain silly.

We finlay put the rods down at 6:15pm and headed for the ramp before the lake patrol came to take us by the ears. (Closes at 7pm)

We headed down the road on our way back into the real world while shaking our heads and questioning the day. Unbelievable! !!!

Lots and lots of smaller smallies, but it didnt matter to us, we were having a blast. We did catch some good sized fish though. Im not even going to try and put a number on us here. To much fun to even bother trying to count

A FAT 3.04 smallie

Nice 3.09 largie

Nother good smallie

Paulie with a pretty big pickeral. Dont remember weight, over 3? Paulie?

Fishermens POV

A double. Mines the larger Smile

Paulie sh!tting his pants LMAO

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cmorjoe · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 256 Location: Seymour CT.

Hi Rookie; question in the eleventh picture your holding a pickerl I was wondering what the white slimy stuff floating in the water is? The rest of the lake (by the way where is this place and what is the hp restriction) looks clean. Looks like you caught more fish in a day than I usually catch in a month. Looks like you had a GREAT DAY. A real good report....Joe

Keith T · Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 395 Location: Mooresville,NC.

Congrats on a great day....How much was the Mass license & how much to launch?
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admin · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:23 am Post subject:

Great report... I love the photos... those are some great smallies
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Just one more cast...

chuckc · Forum Police Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 1440

Awesome report Rookie! Looks like you guys were having a blast! Thumbs Up

jon s · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 142 Location: Plainville

nice report. good fishing Thumbs Up

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SkeeterJim · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2219 Location: Newington, CT

Awesome job guys, congrats. Nice report and pics.
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Rookie · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 487 Location: Milford Ct

We thought the white stuff on the water was some type of pollen. That is the only place we seen it and it was way in the back of that cove. The far back of the cove was the dirtiest we saw. All that white stuff is floating on the surface. Where it was clear of the white stuff, the water was just as clear as the rest of the place.

We launched from gate 43, which is in Hardwick Mass. Was 109 miles from Milford Ct. See "43" on map, ill link later.

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/quabbin.htm

Rookie · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 487 Location: Milford Ct

Oh, here. You can also rent boats, even with motors.
They all looked like open 14ft aluminums

2007 Fees:

Boat Rentals - Full Day
Rentals Parking Total
Boat $10.00 $4.00/vehicle $14.00
Boat & Motor $30.00 $4.00/vehicle $34.00

Boat Rentals - Partial Day (after 2 P.M.)

Boat $5.00 $4.00/vehicle $9.00
Boat & Motor $15.00 $4.00/vehicle $19.00

Shore Fishing $4.00/vehicle $4.00
Private Boat Launch Fee
Regular $2.00/person + $4.00/vehicle
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admin · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 9:54 am Post subject:

I see that stuff every year on the ponds around by me... I hate it... it always gets twisted up in your line...
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bassarama · Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 89 Location: New Milford

Awesome report and pictures Thumbs Up

This one has the potential for the classic book Very Happy

[/quote] Paulie sh!tting his pants LMAO [quote]

.....LMAO
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Keith T · Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 395 Location: Mooresville,NC.

Sounds like a great time Rookie....I have tomorrow off & sat. but i have a tournie on sat. I'm not sure what days off next week....I would help with the gas & pay the launching fees & Licenses..... Very Happy

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Rookie · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 487 Location: Milford Ct

Heres a really cool read over the history. http://www.westfordcomp.com/quabbin/

For those of you who want the good parts, but dont wanna read the whole thing....

Flooding of the valley started in mid August 1939 and in 1946 the reservior was filled to capacity

Houses were bulldozed, bodies dug up (except for Native Americans), factories demolished and millions acres of trees were cut down.

When you are on the water you can look down and see the ghostly remains of old foundations and stonewalls built many years ago by the long dead inhabitants of the four lost towns. Some people claim that the Quabbin is haunted and if you've ever been within it's borders after dark you'd find yourself hard pressed to argue with them.

Satellite: http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/photogallery/article/0,13355,1618550_13,00.html
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Paulie · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 52

Oh, I see that Rookie only posted the pictures of his big fish, none of my big ones, ha ha..
Threw my first cast at 6:20 am and hooked a fish. After that we literally caught fish non-stop until we had to leave at 6:20 pm. unbeleivable!
Oh, and that pickeral was a freakin monster!
Don't quite remember what I was doing in that strange pic of me that appears to be me crapping my pants.
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