Upper Pond Fishing Spot

  • County: Essex
  • Acreage: 13
  • Last Modified By: grumpynerd on 09/24/17 09:06 AM
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Upper Pond Baits and Tackle

Jigs Check Prices

  • 6 Perch on the Ice Jig all between 1/2lb and 1/4lb
  • Nice Bass on the Ice Jig
  • Ice Jig
  • 10", 12" & 1-1/4lb Bass on Senko
    3/4lb on Rage Frog
  • My Biggest 2lb 13oz, followed by a couple 1-1/2lber, a couple 1lbers, and the rest were runts. Mostly shallow cranks, some jig, and senko too.

Wet Fly Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Rooster tail

Other Check Prices

  • The trout tend to hang in the area I marked on the map.
  • Senkos, jitterbug, and KVD 1.5 sunfish color.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Squarebill

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Rapala original floater #7 bleeding lip firetiger
  • Jitterbug
  • MS Slammer hitch

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Jerkbait

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • smokey joe colored lipless rattletrap

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • White, double silver blade
  • 2lb 2oz, and two 1-3/4lbers on a spinner bait
    1-1/2lber on a craw

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail - Brown Metallic

Upper Pond Description

This pond can be accessed by hiking in from the skating rink/visitor center in Saugus or by taking a longer hike from the vocational school in Wakefield.

The shoreline is heavily forested so you have to pick your way around or maybe find a rock to stand on, although much of the eastern part of the lake is shallow and can be waded.

The water is very clear with very little in the way of structure, although there are patches of lily pads here and there.

Juvenile largemouth are fairly easy to catch here, which means there's probably big ones. The name of the game here are BOUS -- Bluegills Of Unusual Size. There are certain spots where there are quite large bluegills, in excess of half a pound. The first time I hooked one I thought I had a smallmouth; the strike was vicious and very loud, and he have me a pretty good fight on my #5 fly rod; I was amazed when I saw what he was. Even the ordinary sized bluegills in this pond are unusually game.

I've heard fisherman's tales of bluegills topping 1 pound here -- make of that what you will.

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