It's been a couple of weeks since Walt & I were able to get out fishing. Weather here has been terrible. Seems like every "decent" weather day, one of us had a doctor's appointment! Oh well. We did get out today. That's what matters.
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Hard to believe....haven't been fishing since last year! Between myself, Walt, and my wife's illnesses; compounded by the lousy weather this spring with more snow than normal, we have not previously wetted a line. Incredible.
Walt & I decided to "pull the plug" today. Air temps are not going up over the 40 degree high for the day. Nights are near or below freezing. Went for a drive around to check out some shorelines and everything pretty much has
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We launched at 8:40 am this morning and pulled off at 1:40 pm. Cool start to the day with the air at around 47 degrees and the water at 59 degrees. The high temp today is suppose to be around 70 degrees or so, so it was a very nice autumn day
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Very interesting day! For the past 2 1/2 days, we've had torrential rains and wind. Today the storm finally broke and the weather people predicted a very nice day with plentiful sunshine and temps in the upper 60's. Sounded good to us, so Walt
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Walt was laid up with a medical issue for today. Hope he gets this under control soon! Anyway, with a beautiful stretch of weather coming our way - for a change - Jim & I hit a lake he is more familiar with than I am. Quinnisgamond Lake
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Walt & I launched around 7:50 am this morning, hoping to improve our score from the previous trips. Air temp was around 63 degrees with the water at 74 degrees. The breezes/wind did not materialize significantly until almost 11 am. Which
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Finally, Walt & I were able to get together to stretch some lines for crappie. First time this season! Between medical problems, doctor's appointments, weather and life in general, we just haven't been able to hit the water like we're use
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Please bear with me! This past Tuesday, a small, single engine plane made an emergency landing on a sand bar in the middle of our Quabbin Reservoir. No one was hurt and yesterday, a recovery helicopter hoisted the plane in the air
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Been a long couple of weeks since we've last been out on the water. With lousy weather, doctor's appointments (tough getting old!) and yard work, we finally said enough is enough! We launched at 7:15 am. Air was a brisk 53 degrees with the
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It's been tough trying to co-ordinate time available with the weather folks these days. Seemed like it was going to be a decent day today, so Walt & I launched around 7:30 am. Air was a brisk 51 degrees when we launched and only rose to
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The weather folks predicted windy conditions today with 10 - 15 mph winds which would be ideal for our "speed drifting" technique. So, this is what we did today, launching around 7:30 am in cool air (53 degrees) and calm conditions
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Temps are going down fast! We launched yesterday around 8:30 am with the air temp just above freezing. Water is still in the mid to upper 40's, so I knew this was going to be a challenge. Scouted several areas for signs of fish
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Same scenario; on the water by 7:30 am and off by 2 pm. Out of the 71 that we caught & released today, only 2 were bluegill and one yellow perch. No giants, but respectable crappie no less. Air temps started off at 45 degrees today and
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Yesterday, my fishing partner Walt & myself, hit the Quabbin Res again for crappie. Wind wasn't blowing as much as we'd like. Only 5 - 10 mph. We'd much prefer 10 - 20 mph for our "speed drifting" technique, but what are you going
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For whatever reason, the weather here has been very windy, with daily thunderstorms and hail in the afternoons. This limits our fishing activities on some of the larger reservoirs and lakes up here. So, yesterday, Walt & I hit one of our
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