Fishing near Ludlow in Hampden County, MA

3.76 Rating based on 142 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, American Shad, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 96
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 172
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Ludlow Fishing Photos

3 lb near Ludlow

3 lb

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3 lb 6 oz near Ludlow

3 lb 6 oz

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Boag Hog Jig near Ludlow

Boag Hog Jig

Boag Hog 3/8oz jig with Havoc slop craw trailer
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4 lb near Ludlow

4 lb

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Top Fishing Spots near Ludlow

Alden Pond
Alden Pond

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Red Bridge Pool
Red Bridge Pool

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2
Views: 3132

Nine Mile Pond
Nine Mile Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 4636

Long Pond (springfield)
Long Pond (springfield)

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Loon Pond (springfield)
Loon Pond (springfield)

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 3
Views: 3442

Lake Lorraine
Lake Lorraine

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 4973

Ludlow Area Fish Species

Recent Ludlow Fishing Reports

springfield reservoir Fishing Report Sep 09, 2009

springfield reservoir

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bass fishing
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Avg. Rating: 2
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Springfield Reservoir  Fishing Report Aug 05, 2011

Springfield Reservoir

Springfield Reservoir, MA -

I decided i wanted to take a quick trip up to the Springfield reservoir in Ludlow. The spots on the reservoir has pine needles all over the ground, i ...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Slow Fishing Report Jun 01, 2010

Slow

Ludlow Ma -

Went to Haviland pond to try my luck at tiger trout. Was a slow evening.Almost ready to give up and caught a rainbow. Guess it wasn't a total loss...

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Finally some action Fishing Report Apr 07, 2012

Finally some action

Wilbraham, MA -

Decided to get out on the water today so I got my buddy and we headed out. Went to Red Bridge Pool, which is just the Chicopee River that was dammed ...

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the hunt Fishing Report Sep 09, 2011

the hunt

Red Bridge, ludlow, ma -

gonna take one of my novice friends out, not sure where yet but hunting for the bass. Not a good day, only 3 all day. Water was to high....

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Bass hunting Fishing Report Sep 08, 2011

Bass hunting

Red Bridge, ludlow, ma -

hitting the pond side for relaxing without current...

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Baits and Tackle used near Ludlow

Check Prices

  • Spro Bronzeye in Rainforest Black
  • Flies and Jigs
  • Green pumpkin and watermelon straight tail worms.
  • minnows, jig
  • soft plastics to live bait
  • berkley power bait trout nugget
  • Goldfish spoon,the gold one,quarter ounce,thanks Don!
  • 1/4 oz carolina lizard
  • shinners
  • shiners off tip-ups and jigging rods.

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Live Carwfish
  • Big shiners
  • eel
  • They bite sand-worm and night crawlers
  • Nightcrallers & worms

Minnow Check Prices

  • We used several baits, mostly minnows. We caght them off of deep diving crank baits, senko's, spanky worms and swimbaits. caught 1 good size largemouth under boat dock with jig n pig.
  • you play the bait and bobber set up similar to the canal at the cape.I set the bait at about 24-27",sent it up curent and let it pass you reel it back and repeat.
  • Med Shiners
    Wish we had gotten some larger ones
  • Minnow. Just below ice and a foot off bottom

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Heddon Tiny Torpedo -- Baby Bass

  • Live Target Brown Mouse
  • Z-Man Hard Legs Frog
  • Popper
  • Lunker city Salad Spoon
  • Popper, Color Gold and black

Lizard Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Rubber Frogs with swim legs, lots of noise and action of the top of the water
  • Live target frogs. Bass pro enticed football jig with an elite swim'n'chunk on the hook

Streamer Check Prices

  • Black Baed Haed Wooly Bugger

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Rapala blue and white rattle
  • Texas rigged 4 inch trout colored Senco
  • Yamamoto 4 inch Senco
  • 4 inch Senco green pumpkin
  • Rapala Original
  • Yamamoto 4" Senco Texas rigged in green pumpkin, weightless

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Rooster Tail
  • meppes
  • rooster tail

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • test
  • Bait Details

Nymph Check Prices

  • PT

Worm Check Prices

  • Watermelon Plum zoom finesse worm 6"
  • 3 on Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa special
    1 on Live Target Frog
    Color: Bull Frog
  • Junebug Zoom worm
  • June Bug colored zoom worms
  • I just used pumpkin seed green worms here all day and got tons of hits.
  • Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa Special
  • Zoom Trick worm Color South Africa special
  • black senko
  • senko
  • green pumpkin senko

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • jig heads / swim tails
  • 6 inch light green senko
  • Senco stretch 40
  • SALTSHAKER WITH JIG HEAD

Hard Baits Check Prices

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Surprised I only got one today!
  • Two 3/4lbers, and 4 shorts
  • 1-1/4lber and some 1lbers

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • Actually used a trout magnet 's to catch 1 Brook trout and 1 Brown.. C aught a rainbow on a 4 inch Yum Dinger..
  • Most were caught on a Trout Magnet . 1 on a Rapala and the other on aRooster Tail . Largest fish was the Last one caught . Trout magnet was the right bait to yse today.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Gulp Alive

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • ratl trap

Jigs Check Prices

Crankbait Check Prices

  • just use a cheap 2.99 crankbait with a white belly I caught other fish on my new pop r
  • spinner bait
    yamos
    crankbaits
  • nofish but I know they're here sometimes
  • yellow dancin eel
  • X-rap for this fish, but have had grea luck with a jig and grub
  • Booyah tiger

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 4-1/4lb on a jig
    3-3/4lb and 1lb 15oz on senko
    two 1lbers on buzzbait
  • All on a swimjig

    My 9.75lb Limit was:
    2lbs 11oz
    2lbs 2oz
    2lbs 1oz
    1lb 8oz
    1lb 6oz

    5 more in the 1-1/4lb to 3/4lb range

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Reaction Innovations Soft swimbait

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 3/4oz. Silver kastmaster

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Brother in Law got only bite - but did land the fish
  • Trout worn with a single split shop weight

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Zara Spook

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps, Rooster Tails or a gold fish

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout Magnet Jig
  • Trout Magnet Jigs
  • Trout Magnet Gold Jig Gold Body.
    One Brook Trout and one Rainbow.
  • Trout Magnet
  • Trout Magnet Jigs .Gold with Gold body

Other Check Prices

  • Rainbow Powerbait
  • Powerbait rainbow
  • Garlic
    Garlic with Corn
  • Corn and Garlic
  • Chartreuse Extra Scent power bait, or Natural color Extra Scent power bait
  • Candy
    MMMMMMMMM
  • rainbow or green powerbait
  • Chicken Liver
  • We use #2 hooks with leaders and tie them to our line
    A 3 oz weight to hold it on the bottom
  • YELLOW GRUB
    WEIGHTS
    BIG HOOKS

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