Hey PH23249,
I am also a student at Umass Lowell. You commute or live on campus? (Do you have car access and/or a boat?) If so I can recommend some good places a short car ride from Lowell. I don't have a boat so my recommendations are mostly shore related.
There's lots of great fishing in the area. There's the Merrimack River which you already mentioned, Its got Smallmouth, Salmon, Carp, Walleye, and on and on...
There's also the Concord River, which empties into the Merrimack. I have pulled many a bass and some pike out of there, especially the Billerica portion, which is a pretty short distance from campus. Its easily one of my three favorite places to fish.
There's also Nuttings Pond in Billerica, which is good for bass.
And Mascopic Lake, which is very close to North Campus, but fishing from shore there is very tough, you kind of need a boat to get good access, which I don't have so I hardly ever go there.
Another place is Winnings Pond, which I still gotta give a shot, I think thats in Chelmsford maybe... its right off Rte 3, exit 28 or 29 i think.
And then theres some places in Tygnsboro, which I havent tried yet. I read about them on the MassWildlife website and want to try them out soon too.
I am also a student at Umass Lowell. You commute or live on campus? (Do you have car access and/or a boat?) If so I can recommend some good places a short car ride from Lowell. I don't have a boat so my recommendations are mostly shore related.
There's lots of great fishing in the area. There's the Merrimack River which you already mentioned, Its got Smallmouth, Salmon, Carp, Walleye, and on and on...
There's also the Concord River, which empties into the Merrimack. I have pulled many a bass and some pike out of there, especially the Billerica portion, which is a pretty short distance from campus. Its easily one of my three favorite places to fish.
There's also Nuttings Pond in Billerica, which is good for bass.
And Mascopic Lake, which is very close to North Campus, but fishing from shore there is very tough, you kind of need a boat to get good access, which I don't have so I hardly ever go there.
Another place is Winnings Pond, which I still gotta give a shot, I think thats in Chelmsford maybe... its right off Rte 3, exit 28 or 29 i think.
And then theres some places in Tygnsboro, which I havent tried yet. I read about them on the MassWildlife website and want to try them out soon too.
i have fished lowell for 9 years now, and have often found some of my best fish have been caught, between the merrimac rapids for smallmouth or below the aiken for small, large bass pike, carp catfish or whatever. The concord river is a gold mine from trout, bass, fall chubs, pike, and shad and even one eastern silvery minnow (endangered). Try a swim bate for early spring,rooster tail for late spring, and plugs and crankbaits for summer, you can legaly access almost all areas of both rivers.
mgl CHAPTER 131INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCESPrevNextSection 36Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted landPrevNext
Section 36. A person shall not fish, hunt or trap on private land without permission of the owner or tenant thereof, after such owner or tenant has conspicuously posted thereon notices which bear the name of such owner or tenant and which state that fishing, hunting or trapping on such land, as the case may be, is prohibited.
mgl CHAPTER 131INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCESPrevNextSection 36Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted landPrevNext
Section 36. A person shall not fish, hunt or trap on private land without permission of the owner or tenant thereof, after such owner or tenant has conspicuously posted thereon notices which bear the name of such owner or tenant and which state that fishing, hunting or trapping on such land, as the case may be, is prohibited.
