padlin

The sprawl of vacation homes has been happening for years, you’re just seeing it now in your area. The retirement of the boomer generation isn’t helping. All of us who grew up back when you could enjoy the freedom to hike or canoe anywhere you wanted find it depressing. Back when I frequented the Adirondacks city folks started buying it up around the time of 9/11. The locals were ticked, they could no longer afford apartments as rental prices skyrocketed, they had to live elsewhere. Covid made the Berkshires unaffordable, NY and NJ folks bought up everything to escape. My favorite ponds have seen the fishing quality nose dive since then. Too many retired folks, me included.

Welcome to the forum. Have you walked the trail at the canal? I know the CT has bass and carp and the canal does look inviting, at least what I’ve seen of it. We tried hiking it last winter but the trail at the bridge is blocked off till mid April. It would be worth walking it and seeing if you can get at it to fish from shore. Supposedly you can bike it so you could do like the Cape Cod canal where they carry all their stuff on the bikes. might be able to get to parts of the Farmington too. There is a boat launch near the airport, not that I’ve tried it. The Rainbow Reservoir launch, might use the yak to check it out fr shore fishing.

I dress like my idea of a fisherman, old ratty clothes that I don’t care if a fish or 2 bounce off them, mostly old hiking stuff that dries fast. I see I’m not alone. I do own a few St Croix T’s.

Thanks for the heads up.

Sounds like the tendinitis I get in the shoulders at least yearly. For me it’s a month or so in PT and not lifting the shoulder more than a little or very slowly. Hopefully it’s a one off for you. At least you got injured for a good cause, me not so much, shoveling snow, running the weed whacker, fun stuff like that.

My lightest saltwater setup is a Tidewater that I like, it’s paired with an old Diawa Capricorn that’s built like a tank.

This comes up pretty often, if you do a search for “leader” you’ll get a bunch. Here’s one. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/265614-leader-questions/#comment-3146824

I’m glad the closest we get is snapping turtles. I’ve been thinking of bringing the canoe down on a winter vacation, not anymore.

Yes, I only take the plastics with me that I plan on using. I take one of the small zippered storage bags per trip, hold maybe 10-15 types.

They still send out the paper catalogs. Mepps catalog request It’s pretty amazing how many variations you can get.

Resuscitating an oldie but goodie that I hadn’t seen before. In all my years fishing T rigged craws, I’ve never once fished them on the bottom. I use them roughly 90% of the time I spend on the water and have great success with them, at least to me I do. I fish them at a steady speed, at whatever height seems to be working. I vary the height by adjusting the weight and speed. The waters I fish are shallow, under 8’, and by June fairly weed infested. The bottoms are mostly stumps and muck, covered with last years weed stems, this is why I stay off the bottom. That said, I’m headed out in a few minutes for a morning on the water. I’m going to try to fish the bottom and see how it goes.

I dislike any wind over 5mph, at least when I want to fish. Under 5 is good, it breaks up the surface, hides a little noise, and if I try I can use it for a slow drift across where I want to fish. Don’t think it’s ever helped me to get back to the put in, it always blows the wrong way, kind of like campfire smoke. Once it gets up around 10 I don’t launch, or I head back if I’m already on the water. Many Tim’s investors driven an hour only to find it a lot windier at the ponds in the hills then it was at home. I do try and watch the trees and flags I pass on the way, let’s me turn around early. Very hard to fish a real weedy pond if there is much wind, it’s more work than I’m willing put into t. Is it just here in Ma that it seems like a crazy windy winter and spring?

I fish from a canoe and think I’m too low to see in the water even with polarized glasses although at times I can see them to some extent. For me they cut the glare, that’s enough. I use wrap around style so all glare is cut.

There’s one of these in the stretching room at the Y, I had no idea what it was for, until now. Thanks.

Might be how the charge level is determined. SLA batteries, and this box, read the voltage level to determine. Lithiums don’t drop much in voltage, until they are dead, or there abouts. Like a lithium flashlight, the beam stays strong till it just stops working. So the voltage level you’ll see on the box shouldn’t be counted on.

Well I was right, first bass today, also first time out. Took out the Bass Raider, due to weeds it can only be used this early in the season. Got about 10, 3 about this size, 2.5 lbs. A lot of fun when I can get away with using a ML, 2.5 feels like 5.

I was a computer tech for 40 years. Bought a new Denon Reciever for surround sound 2 years ago replacing my old Onkyo that still used RCA connectors. After buying all new cables and getting that straightened out to my 6 speakers I couldn’t figure out the receiver software, must be a million things you need to tweak to get it to work. 2 months ago I bought a soundbar and repurposed the receiver as a radio in the workshop. The speakers awaits the next dump run.

At times like that I hope there are no little kids on the water, voice carries pretty far.

Hoping for the best for you.

Google it, there seems to be numerous reasons, acceptable or not.

The baits and techniques are mainstream, fishing from a canoe is not I guess. I can spend a whole morning fishing a 100 yd x 100 yd area, maybe even less.

Flatfish, being last they don’t make it out of the basement.

Thanks folks, I put in a couple orders.

Both these and the Battle Baits are sold out, bad time to be shopping for them. Good thing I’m in no hurry.

Any recommendations for 3/16 double bladed and or 1/4 compact double bladed spinnerbaits? thanks