Enyce7017

Hey I'm plan to do alot of fishing out around Springfield Massachusetts and western Massachusetts in general. I usually spend my time looking for trophy size bass in Spencer ma. But out in western Massachusetts as far as I know outside of lake congamond and the quabin there Is not as far as I know a good concentration of big bass. I been to water shops pond, five mile pond and all the rest in between and maybe I'm missing a good lake,pond or river to check out.. would like some advice as to where to go, and some advice on the striper fishing in the Connecticut river at the western Massachusetts section.