Any MA folks out there that fish Blue Hills Reservoir? I'm looking to see if those of you who might have been having any luck lately. I was having a very good year there until August when it seems like the bass went on holiday.

I've worked zoom, Senko, spinner baits, and crank baits since the beginning of September with only a couple of small/med bass with T-rigged 7" gourd-green zooms.

Am going to keep at it. I'm pretty sure they're no longer deep buy the tank's gate, but right now don't know where they've gone off to. I don't have a thermometer so I can't tell you the water temperature.

Hope any of you who fish there have had better luck.

I haven't been the blue hills in a couple of months. My primary spots are the needham reservoir and Longfellow pond in Wellesley.

What's the shore fishing access like in Needham?  A friend lives out there and have been meaning to give it a whirl.

 

Thanks, very much...

It's very shore friendly, it's also very small. It's not the most productive place but there's fish in there.

Hit bhr this afternoon. Looks like they dredged the place, no weeds and they took out all the trees. The water looked a lot lower than the last time I went there too. Had no luck today, I threw buzzbaits, spooks, craws, tubes, poppers and got nothing.

Hit bhr this afternoon. Looks like they dredged the place, no weeds and they took out all the trees. The water looked a lot lower than the last time I went there too. Had no luck today, I threw buzzbaits, spooks, craws, tubes, poppers and got nothing.

 

There's never been any trees/weeds/pads in BHR, except for the natural shoreline.  It's a man-made reservoir that was finished in 2008/2009 after the state 'repaired' the original reservoir and installed the two underground 'reserve' tanks that are under the east hill where the flag poles are.  Here's the state's report on it: http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/04water/html/blue_hills.htm

 

I've also had very little luck since early August, and talking with other 'regulars' there, I'm under the opinion that it's over-fished and perhaps folks are taking the larger ones home for dinner.  At this point the water temperature there is down to the lower 50's, so I'll give it another go in the Spring. 

 

Best of luck to you if you continue there....