Spy Pond, Arlington, MA Fishing Report

Spy Pond

Took my friend Jon out to Spy Pond this evening. In my 12 years of knowing him, I've taken him fishing plenty of times. He's gotten hit, but has never managed to get a bass.

Most times, I think that shiners and live bait for freshwater fishing is for young kids and old people, but I wanted to get him hooked on fishing, so we hit up Arlington Bait & Tackle and got a couple dozen.

We started off on a private section, sort of in someone's yard but she didn't seem to mind. There were a couple of strikes there. I caught on a Pumpkinseed colored Gary Yamamoto senko. He was about 18 inches or so. This guy had a saltwater line with a swivel stuck in his throat! Must have snapped the line on someone! I tried to pull it out, but was unable to loosen it, so I cut the line as far down as I could and removed the swivel. Hope that hook rusts out and that fish is ok, he was a big one for inside city limits! Dropped another little guy. The shiners, unbelievable didn't get hit at all in this area, so we moved to the other side of the pond behind the Boys and Girl's Club.

We went to a little dock and could see big bass breaking just beyond our cast zone. I went to cast my friend's line and the shiner dropped into the water for a second. Out of nowhere, a little 10 inch Larry popped out of nowhere and snagged it. Boo. What a pain.

We cast out by some new weeds that seemed to have developed in the area, and after losing three or so shiners because, like every n00b, my friend tried to set the hook real excitedly without tightening the slack, he finally nailed one that was about 13 inches. He hooked up with his second one about five minutes later, after going through a few more shiners. I hit a few on my senko, but nothing bigger than 14 inches or so.

Overall, a relaxing day. I wish I still had a boat. There were some big fish chasing minnows to the top just beyond our zone... We got hit a lot today too; definitely felt a bit like the autumn bite...

• Added By: jessekayboston on 08/23/11 08:22 PM
• Location: Spy Pond, Arlington, MA
• Report Date: 8/23/2011
• # of Hotspots: 2
• # of Photos: 5
• # of Fish Caught: 6
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