The New Year morning arrived cold at our quiet house. I awoke my usual early hour, bought new fishing licenses and decided to head out. I wasn’t expecting to catch anything. But, I’ve not fished in a while and decided it would be fitting to start 2018 with a fly rod in-hand. So, I headed
Category: Ponds
A Golf Course Pond Fishing Escapade
It was a morning for living dangerously, at least, for a middle-aged guy. There’s a golf course pond in our town. It is tantalizingly close to the parking area, and I’ve heard from someone on “the inside” that bass are there. I’ve been thinking of fishing it for decades. With Real Life keeping me from
Walden Pond and Smallmouth Bass
TL;DR: Walden Pond. Smallmouth bass. Easy pickings. With family and work schedules pretty chock full, there won’t be any trout fishing for me in the coming few weeks. Of course, I think about fishing pretty often. It’s a sickness, an obsession or both. So, I started to think about local waters near my house
Boston area warm water
With limited time the last couple weeks I’ve been relegated to local fisheries – not that I’m complaining, I love warm water fishing. The trend of cool, wet weather has continued and the warm water fisheries in the area have responded accordingly. I spotted a number of beds at several lakes but no male bass