I need to go east

[Crazy Joe]

I was looking at the pics from another site.I feel good about a 3 lb Bass and these guys are catching 5 lbs all day.Mabe it's time to travel?Notsure

[JayW]

Less pressure on the lakes eastward. More saltwater fisherman so not as many fish freshwater. At least thats my opinion. I agree with you Joe. The fish out on the Cape are insane!!!

[G.Horne]

I don't know if theres less pressure in the Cape area. I think the herring runs and maybe a little longer growing season produces some big fish.

[knotreelly]

Agree1 you hit it on the head g. horne. had a trailor on john's pond for 10 years and it was incredible. trout, bass, and herring for the stripers, what the bass didn't eat. wakeby-mashpee, peters, to name a couple.

[G.Horne]

I have seen some awesome weights fishing T's since "98" in southeastern Ma The State record for a 5 bass limit is 39+lbsYikes out of Mashpee in the early 80's. In recent years there have been some 38+lbs 8 fish limits wieghed in at Mashpee and one that would have gone over 40lbs but they were DQed because they brought in 9 fish. Last year there was a 37+lbs limit weighed in at E.Monponsett in the Freedom TOC.
Heres some pics of big fish weighed in from the cape area.

6.5lbs from Weququet ABA T a couple weeks ago

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/ghorne/bigbass_091006.jpg

two 5+lbs Freedom T also Weququet

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/ghorne/Wequacket2001freedomtourney.jpg

Part of a 37+lbs limit(8fish) E.Monponsett Sept"05" 7+lbs, two 6lbs and a 5lbs Freedom T

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/ghorne/E.jpg

part of a 26lbs limit(8fish) three 5's and a four W.Monponsett Freedom T

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/ghorne/Monponsett9-11-04.jpg

[knotreelly]

very nice, congrats

[JayW]

Nice fish. How about ice fishing? I have some friends tell me that winters are usually a little warmer than than Western Mass so ponds freeze later.

[buckmanjr]

Ice fishing here, IMO, is better than the reports i get from out west. I dont know if its because we may have bigger bass, but either way, i dont care what im catching.

[Crazy Joe]

I dream of the Okacohbee in FLA to catch big Bass or Canada.You guys do well .We used to Race at the Middleboro MX track in Carver,and they told me of nice fish in the ponds out there.I never got to fish them.I guess I sould have made the trip!Thumbsup Bow1Bow1

[YOTE BUSTER]

Joe you don't need to go east for big bass.You need to get away from the pan fishThumbsup

[fisher16]

I dream of the Okacohbee in FLA to catch big Bass or Canada

I hear ya Joe both have alot of great water with some really big fish. Ockachobee is nice but the everglades are top notch. Fish the glades quite a few times.

Greg those are some really great bass, very healthy looking and BIG. Two great qualities

[ThomT]

Joe go to canada i have been to both. Caught a lot of different fish more than I did on the the Big O. Canada doesn't have to real costly if you do a self guided trip. We stayed at a provential park and camped for a week had a ball catching hammer hamdle pike, walleyes and white fish never mind all the eildlife. I was great getting woken up by Loons calling as they are flying over the tent or seeing a pair of otters fishing in the strream and finding the bear tree that wasn' t a bear tree when we went down the trail. ThomT

[Crazy Joe]

If I go to Canada,I would not come back!One of My dreams. A place on the ocean. My dream too.Maybe someday.Wink1 Families are so demanding and work,it messes up my fishing time!Laughing1