Parts of the Charles are starting to open up in the Dedham area.
Really? I was ice fishing on the Charles around there last week. 5" of ice. Some stretches of open water but not enough to make an effort to try and fish it.
How about the Mystic River. I drove by two weeks ago and it looked open?
The Mystic was open in spots, up to the lower lake. Parts of the lower lake on the edges were melting and the upper lake was starting to recede a little in places. Mouth of the Aberjona River going into the Upper Lakes is opening up too. Getting there boys & girls!
billington is 95% open,ice house cove has ice.fresh pond was 80% open yesterday.fished mill pond saturday without a biteand tried billington sunday with the same result.I would think most of the cape ponds will be open too.
I was vacationing down in Falmouth this weekend and every pond and lake I drove by was wide open. No ice. What were you using for lures ?[/quote]
After seeing some open water on the web cams, I walked the Boston side of the Charles River Basin last week. Still frozen solid.
The Cambridge side appears to have a lot of open water now:
http://sailing.mit.edu/webcam.php
And the section from the Longfellow to the Museum of Science looks open on both sides:
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/massachusetts/boston/?cam=boston_hd
Hoping the Boston side west of the Longfellow clears up over the next week for some lunchtime jerkbaitin.
The Cambridge side appears to have a lot of open water now:
http://sailing.mit.edu/webcam.php
And the section from the Longfellow to the Museum of Science looks open on both sides:
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/massachusetts/boston/?cam=boston_hd
Hoping the Boston side west of the Longfellow clears up over the next week for some lunchtime jerkbaitin.
I guess it varies from place to place. Last winter right after ice out i caught a decent amount of bass on lipless cranks and chatterbaits being fished right below the surface? While jerkbaits and jigs weren't doin nothin. Go to another place and had to deadstick soft plastics for years to get a bite.. With the rare occasional bite of the fall with plastics or jig.
