I want to thank the
Wachusett Reservoir Addicts for their help. Most everything I know about laker fishing I gleaned from going fishing with them and from their Facebook page.
At 5am I meet the Addicts at gate 35 and we gear up. Their trunk is littered with empty Kastmaster packages. We head out in the dark on the long hike to the Rook with what Johnny on the Spot calls 'lots of heavy artillery'.
After an hour of fishing Nick hooks a 3.5 pounder near shore with a copper colored 3/4 ounce, you guessed it, Kastmaster.
This fish isn't the catch. It's the heavy artillery, along with a huge water bug that somehow got hooked on the secondary treble. I'm not sure if this rig is even legal with the bug on there too ;). The guys told me it is a fallfish they caught with a worm and put into their tank. They catch worms to catch kivas to catch lakers. Only a biologist knows what that horrendous bug is.
I had been engaging with their popular Facebook page for some time and decided to ask the Addicts if they would help me catch my first laker. They said they would be happy to. I noticed that they have done the same for other people as well. That is the kind of guys they are, and it is in this spirit that I created my fishing website.
This is how you do it if you are an Addict. The bail remains open so the fish doesn't feel tension and is allowed to run. When the rock falls check your rod. Thanks for the useful tip.
My first lake trout was caught with a large shiner. Johnny was on the spot with the net.
Ground zero
If it looks like this on the trail to the resie the lakers are coming into the rocky shallows to spawn
