Forest Lake Fishing Spot
- County: Middlesex - Methuen, Ma
- Acreage: 55
- Public Fishing: Yes
- Mean Depth: 10'
- Max Depth: 28'
- Bathymetry Map: View Forest Lake Bathymetry Map
- Website: http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwfors.pdf
- Last Modified By: fruka9989 on 07/24/20 10:28 PM
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Supposedly, there was a 32 lb carp taken in 1990.
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Are there realy carp in Forest Lake?
Forest Lake Baits and Tackle
Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices
- 1/8 ounce gold Phoebe
Other Check Prices
- Canned Corn
- i use just plain old oatmeal with a special homemade dippin' sauce
- Much like many of the spots along the Merrimack we have been hitting. Chick peas and Dat food have constantly out-performed everything else.
- Dat food and chick peas performed well once again. Maple peas had a run but we lost the fish.
- Power Bait, yellow. Used on #12 treble hook.
- We used Chartreuse Powerbait Nuggets with a 3/4 ounce weight.
- We used chartreuse Powerbait nuggets with 3/4 oz. weights.
- a mixture of ice tips using minnows , power eggs( can't tell you the color) and a mixture of lures .....
- Dog food boilie
Crankbait Check Prices
- Shiners are cheating here...
Have to use your shallow swimmer crank bait.
Worm Check Prices
- My Friend and I used Power and Zoom worms. Caught 8 tiny LMBs. 4 a piece.
Tube Check Prices
- T-rigged Pearl Damiki Hydra
White Ice Zoom Small tube
White Super Fluke Jr drop-shot
Bass Jig Check Prices
- Black n blue jig n pig
Nightcrawler Check Prices
- on tipups shallow as heck
Minnow Check Prices
Forest Lake Description
This 55-acre, relatively infertile natural great pond has a maximum depth of 28 feet and an average depth of 10 feet. It is located about two and a half miles east of Methuen center. Transparency is fair at seven feet, but aquatic vegetation is scarce except for scattered patches in the coves. Development of the shoreline is moderate to heavy, with the exception of the northeastern end, bordered by town forest. Public access is provided by a paved beach ramp located off a road through the town forest. Parking space is limited and the ramp is best suited to car top boats and canoes. Fish species: largemouth bass, brown bullhead, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, golden shiner and bluegill. Stocked trout are also present during at least a portion of the year. This lake also receives broodstock salmon when they are available.
Annual spring stockings of trout, usually rainbows, provide most of the fishing action at this pond. As a result, fishing pressure is high throughout the spring and trout stocks are depleted by early summer. The warm water fish species generally cannot provide fast action because production is low and most of it is taken incidentally by trout anglers. Jigging for perch through the ice is somewhat productive, however, although the fish are not of large average size. We have reports that nice bass are occasionally taken through the ice as well.