Tomorrow morning I am heading out to Chauncy in a canoe with a few friends, and hoping to actually put some fish in the boat and could use a few pointers.
- How deep do you think the fish are at recently? Chauncy only goes to about 20ft.
- I have had a lot of luck on jerkbaits/crankbaits this season so far, but Chauncy is typically infested with milfoil, what can I do as an alternative so that i'm not dredging the place one treble hook at a time?
Bathymetry
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwchau.pdf
- How deep do you think the fish are at recently? Chauncy only goes to about 20ft.
- I have had a lot of luck on jerkbaits/crankbaits this season so far, but Chauncy is typically infested with milfoil, what can I do as an alternative so that i'm not dredging the place one treble hook at a time?
Bathymetry
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwchau.pdf
Jig or weedless style plastic up close to shore. Focus on docks, downed trees and overhangs.
With the warmer weather and rising water temps the fish should be up close or in deeper flats close to shallow water.
If you cant find anything up close (but you should be able too) jigs dragged or hopped just a little deeper could do alright.
With the warmer weather and rising water temps the fish should be up close or in deeper flats close to shallow water.
If you cant find anything up close (but you should be able too) jigs dragged or hopped just a little deeper could do alright.
Tomorrow morning I am heading out to Chauncy in a canoe with a few friends, and hoping to actually put some fish in the boat and could use a few pointers.
- How deep do you think the fish are at recently? Chauncy only goes to about 20ft.
- I have had a lot of luck on jerkbaits/crankbaits this season so far, but Chauncy is typically infested with milfoil, what can I do as an alternative so that i'm not dredging the place one treble hook at a time?
Bathymetry
http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwchau.pdf
The millfoil isn't that bad. I was throwing a jerkbait there a few weeks ago and did well.
Sounds like a great trip, I would love to catch a limit in a half day, let alone 1 hour. I can usually pull a couple out of the water on a half day trip, but so far I cannot put up numbers unless I use a small 3-4" worm, like a roboworm, but then the fish are invariably small as well.
I've done well in a little warmer weather with dark colored Senko's there.Caught a nice 3lb pick my first time out this yr in March with ice still covering most of the lake off a Senko ha ha.Let us know how you do I haven't been out there since March and I plan on hitting it up soon now that the water has warmed.
All three of us put up goose eggs for bass. I landed a small pickerel near the beach and a yellow perch a little left of the launch, and that was it. Spoke to two other boats and they came up empty as well. Bass must have been sleeping yesterday. We'll be back.