Whittemore Pond Lunch Trip
First time to Whittemore on lunch. Limited access to shoreline. Water was about 2-3' deep off shore with muddy bottom dotted with milfoil. Plenty of lilypads on left and right margins with 2 spots out in the center. One angler caught a 1lb lgmth out of the center pads while I was there. I used a senko, shakey worm, jig and shallow crank - got nothing. It was hot though. Really need a kayak to make the most of the cover available on the ponds NE edges. Fishing from shore is very limited but better than nothing. I think this spot qualifies as "casting into a puddle" which beats a boring lunch in the breakroom. Parking for 4-5 cars is tight. If you drive down to the water you risk getting blocked in by someone parking in front of the access road. Lots of baitfish on shore. I may go back with a frog and work the pads.
It would help to know the deep spots (bathymetry) so they can be located. I've yet to give up on it. If there are 1lbers there are probably bigger ones especially where there is so little access from shore, plenty of "safe" places for bigger fish to hold.
I've fished there a few times. I was on the RR track side, and something big took a hit at my worm as it was dragging it over pads, but other than that I haven't seen anything in there. Roumors say there's big fish there though.