Rick in Milford had lots of people out fishing last week, and most did fine. Probably the best report came from T.J. and his buddy. They fished Wallum Lake and tallied between thirty and forty 1.5- to 2.5-pound smallmouths, four largemouths of the same size as the smallies, and an 18-inch rainbow, all on drop-shotted baits in thirty feet of water. Elsewhere, other anglers did not score as many fish but did pop some dandies. Among them were a youngster who caught a 4- to 5-pound smallmouth on a shiner at an undisclosed site; a lady who had a 4.5-pound largemouth on a minnow in the evening at Lake Maspenock (North Pond); and a couple of fellows who bagged a big largemouth and a nice pickerel on shiners at Lake Winthrop. The bike-ridin’ kids continued to have fun with a variety of species at Milford Pond and Louisa Lake. The kids especially enjoyed catching bullheads at Milford Pond. Rick also mentioned carp being taken on hair-rigged baits from shore at the Blackstone River.
