Forest Lake (palmer) Fishing Spot
- County: Hampden - Palmer MA
- Acreage: 44
- Public Fishing: Yes
- Mean Depth: 10'
- Max Depth: 26'
- Last Modified By: vinny60 on 08/18/09 07:51 PM
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Forest Lake (palmer) Baits and Tackle
Other Check Prices
- Chartreuse Extra Scent power bait, or Natural color Extra Scent power bait
In-Line Spinner Check Prices
- Rooster Tail
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.
Panfish Jig Check Prices
- Trout Magnet
- Trout Magnet Gold Jig Gold Body.
One Brook Trout and one Rainbow. - Trout Magnet Jigs .Gold with Gold body
- Trout Magnet Jigs
- Trout Magnet Jig
Nightcrawler Check Prices
- Brother in Law got only bite - but did land the fish
Forest Lake (palmer) Description
This is a 43-acre marginal trout pond. Roughly 10% of the volume is classified as trout water. Average depth is ten feet, while maximum depth is 26 feet. The watercolor is clear with a transparency of 10.0 feet. The bottom consists of gravel and mud. There are 1.5 miles of shoreline, roughly 30% of which is developed. Emergent aquatic vegetation covers 15% of the surface area. Access is an informal gravel launch area located off Bennett Street, over the area, which also serves as a beach. Limited boat trailer parking is available. At present there is a horsepower restriction. Check with local authorities. Gamefish included largemouth bass, chain pickerel, rainbow trout and brown trout. Nongame species are yellow perch, white perch, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, red breasted sunfish, golden shiners, killifish, brown bullhead, yellow bullhead, and American eel. Walleye have been reported from here, but none were found during sampling operations.
Forest Lake receives trout during both the spring and fall stocking seasons. The majority of trout are rainbows nine inches or better; the rest are brown trout. Heaviest pressure on trout is from late April to late May. Largemouth bass here display average growth rates, but the population is over harvested, and quality fish over 12 inches are scant. Chain pickerel growth rates appear slow. Yellow perch fishing should be good, as 60% of the sample was eight inches and better. The lake also has a good population of brown bullheads 10 inches and better.