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A little slow lately, smal bass are easy pickins. Harder to get the big ones to bite. Big bait

I fish it often from shore in the evening, topwater and texas rigged are a must due to weed and they produce. If you're in a boat you can find the weedlines and run pretty much anything just along the weed edges. In my experience it's hard not to catch some fish at the Nip. There are tons of good spots!!

Depending on where you're fishing, fish and game can roll up on you and be tapping on your shoulder before you even know it!! I fish the winni ice derby (yeah, it's a derby, they bring in the troops for enforcement) and one minute your friends or neighbors are cruising in or out of 'camp' on sleds, the next thing you know it the fish and game are there, they blend right in with everyone else.

I've seen it and probably won't be able to make anything prior to laborday , and I don't know that pond either (not that I'm ever opposed to trying something new, especially something on the cape!). Next time yall wanna have a get together at the previous location, let me know, I can be of assistance in gaining access to private land abutting the lake for additional trailer parking/whatever.

Thanx for the pic! Good point Wayne.

One more Q on running the wire. I plan on putting the display on the port side, 'ducer on the starboard, and the motor has electric start. How far away from the power wire for the starter (or does it matter) do I need to stay? This is a 20hp honda tiller. Thanx again! Can't wait to mark fish with this thing!

Wish I had checked this website earlier in the summer I would have joined yall! Next time you're all planning on going let me know!! I you run into parking issues I can solve them no problem.

What is "the clay banks" in bridgewater? I work in BW near the nip....no fish in there though.

OK, thank for the advice. I'm getting more and more confident that I will be able to do this right, the first time!! I searched google for pics of transom mount transducers and most of what came up were pictures of how NOT to do it...and multiple holes in the transom!! It's my brothers boat, he's letting me borrow it for a week and take it 3 hours away (that's far for us New Englanders) and I'd like for him to let me borrow it again in the future!!!

Thanx Lund Explorer. Is there any other reason for the ducer not to go below the bottom other than hanging up on stuff? I was planning on putting it down below maybe 1/2" or so?? Should be level though, eh? Not really afraid of running stuff over and I believe that it will pop up if it did hit. It's a skimmer transducer made to mount on the transom for a cuda 350.

I was wondering if anyone with an aluminum boat (Lund or otherwise) that has the transducer mounted on the transom could share some pics, especially if they're happy with the mounting!! I think I generally know where to mount it (starboard, ~16" from the motor, away from seams and just below the bottom of the hull) but was wanting to see how other people had had success or places that people didn't like before I drill holes in my brothers boat! This would be going on a 16' lund dlx. Also, I'm wondering how thick the aluminum is and if there is like a hollow part or something? I'm assuming that I'll need to plug the holes with silicone before I put it back in the water. How long does the silicone need to cure? Thanx in advance for any help!!

The Nip in Bridgewater has been open since mid week last week. It was iced up last saturday and there were a bunch of people on there, myself included.

Not news to me and I'm fine with it, I've been using tungsten for a few years and love it. I am much more cautious when I get snagged that I don't lose my ~1 dollar tungsten bullet weight though!! I know in NH the rule for jigs is if it's over 1" long, it's all good. I haven't seen the exact language for MA though so I have no idea if it will be the same.

I've had a busy summer and haven't gotten to fish as much as I would have liked to. I caught my biggest bass, ever, in mid-July, 8.5# 24" larry, from shore!! Only got a crappy cell phone pic, and she went right back into the water to be caught another day. Since then I don't think I haven't caught anything over 3#s, even from the boat!!

I can't help you with specifics of this particular pond but a reclaimed pond means that they (usually DEP/DES/DEM, etc.) killed off all of the fish there and then re-stocked with a different species.