I've fished it twice by boat. Once was in the Spring of 2001. I went all the way up river until you could no farther. Almost to Route 60. The water up river was polluted, stagnant, shallow, smelled and looked dead. Didn't get one bite.
The other time was in the late summer back in '97. I fished an area not too far from where the Malden River meets with the Mystic River. Caught a couple of 2 lb bass on a jig that were holding on some old wooden pilings close to shore. The place looked like it should have held more bass than it did. Supposedly the river is cleaner now than it was back then. No plans to go back there anytime soon.
The other time was in the late summer back in '97. I fished an area not too far from where the Malden River meets with the Mystic River. Caught a couple of 2 lb bass on a jig that were holding on some old wooden pilings close to shore. The place looked like it should have held more bass than it did. Supposedly the river is cleaner now than it was back then. No plans to go back there anytime soon.
im sure the occassional bass treks up there but for the most part it's carp. i use to live nearby the river and experimented there with a lot of different techniques and got nothing except a couple yellow perch on small jigs. when i started fishing for carp there in the spring i was cleaning up on em so thats all i would fish for in there. from late april, early may until early, mid june the carp fishing in there is excellent. not the huge ones you get in the merrimack but a ton of 5-15 lbs and they seem less wary then some carp in other waters ive targeted. probably cuz there is less fishing pressure there and also it's right around the spawn.
bassmonkey welcome to the hood! i live about five minutes from the river, their are huge carp their bring bread for bait and a worm hook float the bread. oh yeah and hold on! u interested in fishing tomorrow got a nice spot in the wilmington area. oh yeah my boat is on the lake some huge bass in their .let me know jimmy