Fishing near Chester in Hampden County, MA

3.56 Rating based on 121 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, American Shad, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 88
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 79
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Chester Fishing Photos

Me with my first bass (Largemouth) near Chester

Me with my first bass (Largemouth)

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Almost had it. near Chester

Almost had it.

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Nottingham Lake near Chester

Nottingham Lake

Nottingham Lake, Berkshire Forest, Becket, Massachusetts.
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Top Fishing Spots near Chester

Littleville Lake
Littleville Lake

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 8083

Westfield River Catch & Release
Westfield River Catch & Release

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 631

Middle Branch Westfield River
Middle Branch Westfield River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 914

Knightville Reservoir
Knightville Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 2
Views: 1255

Norwich Pond
Norwich Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1568

Westfield River Catch & Release
Westfield River Catch & Release

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 447

Chester Area Fish Species

Recent Chester Fishing Reports

Small Lake Mass. Fishing Report Jul 13, 2010

Small Lake Mass.

Becket, MA -

Fishing in the smaller lake near my father's house... first bass i ever caught!...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Berkshires fishing trip Fishing Report Jun 23, 2012

Berkshires fishing trip

white lilly pond, Ma -

It was getting dark at our berkshire house and of course i wanted to go out on the boat just before sundown and catch a few more bass. I didn't wa...

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 3 Views:
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Berkshires fishing trip Fishing Report Jun 23, 2012

Berkshires fishing trip

white lilly pond, Ma -

It was getting dark at our berkshire house and of course i wanted to go out on the boat just before sundown and catch a few more bass. I didn't wa...

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2 Views:
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Massachusetts Fishing Report Jul 06, 2010

Massachusetts

Becket, MA -

Fishing in the nearby lakes near my father's house. Not really expecting a good day windy and raining caught about 6 bass this being the biggest....

Avg. Rating: 5
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Weekend MA fishing again. Fishing Report Aug 09, 2010

Weekend MA fishing again.

Becket, Ma -

Fishing with my dad....

Avg. Rating: 4
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Mass 2 Fishing Report Jul 30, 2010

Mass 2

Becket, MA -

Berkshire Forest MA ... Nottingham Lake...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Baits and Tackle used near Chester

Check Prices

  • Bluegill
  • rubber grub
  • shinners
  • soft plastics to live bait
  • minnows, jig
  • 1/4 oz carolina lizard
  • Spro Bronzeye in Rainforest Black
  • Chartreuse spinner bait

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Meal worm
    Lures
    Powerbait

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

Tube Check Prices

Minnow Check Prices

  • Tip ups baited with shiners
  • Medium to large minnows on a tip up
  • Large Shiner on a tip up.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • black buzz bait

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • About 5 inch golden shiner thin profile top-water shallow diver lure ...
  • Z-Man Hard Legs Frog
  • Live Target Brown Mouse

Lizard Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz c rig watermelon 5in lizard
  • 1/4 oz c rig lizard

Crankbait Check Prices

  • yellow dancin eel
  • Red with black stripes/spots. dives 10-12ft. Small rattle noise.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Used Jigs, and yam's missed a lot of fish and caught a lot.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • White 3/8 Strike King
  • White Rooster Tail
  • White rooster tail
  • Phoebe and Rooster Tail
  • spinnerbait , plastic worms

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • caught a 3.1/2lb'er on an inch of worm.
  • Trout worn with a single split shop weight

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • 4" lipless craink bait pumpkinseed colored.
  • 4" lipless crank bait, pumpkinseed coloring.

Streamer Check Prices

  • Black Baed Haed Wooly Bugger

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 4 inch Senco green pumpkin
  • Texas rigged 4 inch trout colored Senco
  • Yamamoto 4 inch Senco

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Gold blade, Yellow n red Tail
  • Silver, black/red tail
  • silver blade, red/black tail
  • Silver blades, Red/white tail
  • meppes
  • white tailed

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • test
  • Bait Details

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Zara Spook

Nymph Check Prices

  • Copper John
  • PT

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps, Rooster Tails or a gold fish

Worm Check Prices

  • Yam's off all sorts and colors... thats it.
    Also caught smallmouth and a couple of chain pickeral.
  • Senkos and Tiger/perch cranks
  • 4 inch Green Pumpkin Yamamoto Senco
  • 4 inch CobraBaits padle tail worm and 4 inch Gary Yamamoto strech 40 worm in green pumpkin.
  • Zoom Trick worm Color South Africa special
  • Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa Special
  • senko
  • June Bug colored zoom worms
  • Junebug Zoom worm
  • 3 on Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa special
    1 on Live Target Frog
    Color: Bull Frog

Grub Check Prices

  • Orange color grub.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • Candy
    MMMMMMMMM
  • Corn and Garlic
  • Garlic
    Garlic with Corn
  • Chicken Liver
  • Powerbait rainbow

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