I occasionally get the opportunity to take a long lunch break from work and fish a nearby pond. One of the places I was interested in fishing was Notown reservoir. RT 2 runs right by it and it’s beautiful. There are four gates that lead to the water and the first three(the north end) say no fishing, but the fourth (south end) says, “Fishing in south end only.”.....
Texas, sounds like you had the pleasure of meeting Paul Kennedy.
He is deputized by the Leominster water department to patrol keep the bad elements away from the town’s water supply districts.
Around 2006 or 2007 Leominster opened the south end of the reservoir to fishing. To access this small area, you need to drive to the end of Mt Elam road then walk into the woods for about a ½ mile or more and fish a secluded area around Sandy Beach.
Back in that time-frame, I’m out there one Sunday morning pitching rubber worms down by the old junkyard and along come’s Mr. Kennedy. I never saw this guy in my life. He does not look like any of the State’s Game wardens I’ve seen and he never identified himself either. To me he’s just some older guy being rude and carrying a large side arm. He pulls the same on me about my fishing license and you can’t fish here. So, I gave him an argument! It turns out that the city’s sign hangers messed up bad. They posted open fishing signs in the wrong places. He still takes my information and threatens me that I could get a summons to appear in court. Just to cover myself, I went back later that day and shot a pile of photos reading the “Fishing Allowed” signs.