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flyorice
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 Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:39 pm Post subject: Mashapaug walleye |
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Drove up to Union today. Cold and windy. 10" of good ice. Fishing was slow but managed 2 walleye(17" and 19") from the same hole, and in 9' of water.
Flags started popping at 6:30PM, off the ice at 10. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:37 am Post subject: Re: Mashapaug walleye |
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| flyorice wrote: | Drove up to Union today. Cold and windy. 10" of good ice. Fishing was slow but managed 2 walleye(17" and 19") from the same hole, and in 9' of water.
Flags started popping at 6:30PM, off the ice at 10. |
Fantastic job! I'm jealous of your keeper. I caught a couple of dozen walleye in open water at Batterson Park Pond last year and got only one keeper.  This year will be a different story, though! 
How much ice did you find?
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fishfinder
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:41 am Post subject: |
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He wrote 10" of good ice.
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CtFishinGuy
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| Is Batterson fishable right now? |
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| CtFishinGuy wrote: | | Is Batterson fishable right now? |
I'm sure that it's "fishable"  , but you can't fish it. It's closed right now.
| Quote: | BATTERSON PARK POND, Farmington (140 acres)
Facilities: SL
walleye lake
•Species: (CB YP WP S LMB WA)
•Season: Open 6:00 a.m. 3rd Saturday April–October 31.
•Other: Use of internal combustion engines prohibited. |
| fishfinder wrote: | | He wrote 10" of good ice. |
 Thanks, fishfinder. I haven't finished my coffee, yet.
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CtFishinGuy
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| what a shame - I'm so close to it....may have to try Silver Lake |
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Rather B. Fishin
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Location: Bristol, CT
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I guess that there are a lot of springs feeding Batterson, making it unsafe. I drove by Silver Lake this morning and saw at least a half dozen guys setting up. |
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Rather B. Fishin wrote: | | I guess that there are a lot of springs feeding Batterson, making it unsafe. |
Nope, Batterson Park Pond is fed by runoff, not springs. Here's an excerpt from the 2007 update to the Town of Farmington’s Plan of Conservation and Development:
| Quote: | The Batterson Park Pond drainage basin is one of four subwatersheds of the Connecticut River described in this chapter. This basin is also one of three watersheds discussed which drains into a body of water as opposed to a brook or river. The 2,600 acres comprising the Batterson Park Pond drainage basin in Farmington account for more than three-quarters of the pond's entire watershed. Approximately three-fourths of the basin area is either developed or included within the boundaries of the Dead Wood Swamp. A network of wetlands and minor streams feed the pond from the southwest and north. This natural drainage system has been modified to some extent by the construction of I-84. There are no regular occurrences of flooding along these waterways which discharge into the pond.
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According to the State 1997 Water Quality Standards, surface waters, which are not otherwise designated are considered Class A. Therefore, all lakes and ponds within Farmington are classified as having Class A quality. Batterson Park Pond, however, was given a lake trophic classification of eutrophic by the State. As a eutrophic lake, Batterson Park Pond is highly enriched with plant nutrients, and is characterized by frequent nuisance blooms of algae. Batterson Park Pond, along with Lake Garda and Dunning Lake are currently managed with annual applications of chemicals to control the algal blooms, and maximize their recreational value. In addition the City of Hartford recently received a grant from the DEP for the installation of storm water structures designed to reduce sediment load into the lake. Sediment has been found to carry nutrients, which further contribute to the lake’s algae problems. |
The reason that it's closed is that it's owned by the City of Hartford, which I've heard is afraid of the potential liability from keeping it open during the colder months of the year.
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PECo
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, flyorice, did you hear any stories about 20 pound walleye coming out of Mashapaug when you were there?
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flyorice
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PECo - I heard that a 13lb fish was caught from a boat last year. But have not heard about a 20 pounder. My buddy is very tuned into walleye, goes to a lot of different bait shops, and has not heard anything about it.
And as far as the ice depth, a good 10" everywhere. Used my ATV to get out there  . |
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androux
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| I was just on Lake Garda on Saturday. Tried to mix pond hockey with ice fishing, every time I'd get back into the game, a flag would go off. I'd skate back and by the time I'd get there, shiner would be spit. Must've happened 4 times in a row, probably a school of whites. Then I decided to get serious about fishing and didn't get another flag. Figures, right? |
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PECo
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androux
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Heh, I should've mentioned that I was fishing maybe 3 feet of water, prolly closer to 2. They drew the lake way down this year, and for a lake that already isn't very deep it's left very limited options for hard water, unless you want to walk to the dam. The perch love to hit the tail of the shiners, by the time I got the jig down the hole they had vanished. |
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