Putnamville Reservoir Fishing Spot
- County: Essex - Danvers MA
- Acreage: 270
- Public Fishing: Yes
- Last Modified By: bloomagoo on 06/30/13 09:54 AM
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fish there almost once a week w/ my crawdad.never have had any type of problem
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From the turnout on the lake recently and the comments on the article it does not seem to be enforced very much if at all....i guess one of those "at your own risk"
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I was there recently and saw no less than 4 car toppers and a dozen kayaks on the water.
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@berkleegrad
There is NO kayaking nor canoeing allowed at this location -
No boat launch but good for kayaking and toppers. Parking is along route 35, there is a wide enough shoulder to allow vehicles to pull off. Depending on where you park, you may have to wheel your boat a short way down the road to reach the trail head. Not a problem in the early morning but route 35 gets pretty busy during the day, especially on weekends. Water is quite low in the fall, expect to launch in some mud.
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Putnamville Reservoir Description
Owned by the Salem-Beverly Water Supply Board, the Putnamville Reservoir is located on 454 acres with several points of entrance on Locust Street (Route 35). The reservoir is often used for walking and hiking, as well as fishing. The water itself covers 312 acres, leaving 142 acres of surrounding watershed land. Water pumped from the Ipswich River is stored in the Putnamville Reservoir and is drained through a pipeline and into the Wenham Lake Reservoir. The water supply board then drains water from the Wenham site into its treatment plant in Beverly, treats it and stores the converted drinking water in its underground reservoir. The cities of Beverly and Salem separately pump drinking water from this body of water into their own water-distribution systems.
map http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dfw/habitat/maps-ponds/dfwputna.pdf