Fishing near Montgomery in Hampden County, MA

3.55 Rating based on 127 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, American Shad, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 97
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 131
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Montgomery Fishing Photos

Largemouth near Montgomery

Largemouth

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Montgomery fishing photo 2

threw my waders on went out and caught first bass out of open first day of spring
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Ct River near Montgomery

Ct River

nice mat, thanks Jaraslow
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Ct River near Montgomery

Ct River

bucket list
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Ct River near Montgomery

Ct River

Shad baby

my first
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Top Fishing Spots near Montgomery

Woronoco Dam
Woronoco Dam

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Manhan River
Manhan River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 3094

Russell Pond
Russell Pond

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Middle Branch Westfield River
Middle Branch Westfield River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 914

Littleville Lake
Littleville Lake

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 8083

Buck Pond
Buck Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 2
Views: 4756

Montgomery Area Fish Species

Recent Montgomery Fishing Reports

day at the brickyards Fishing Report Mar 27, 2012

day at the brickyards

Brickyards, westfield, MA -

decided to go hit up the brick yards and throw some crank baits i showed up there and first thing i got a hit on my yellow dancin eel but no bites af...

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my 117th species ever caught in next day!  Fishing Report May 21, 2013

my 117th species ever caught in next day!

Connecticut River -

Guess what I caught? That is what I expected! SHAD!!! I was totally crushed them! Fished at connecticut river on saturday midnight to 6am before I wen...

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Ct River baby!!!!!!! Fishing Report May 02, 2016

Ct River baby!!!!!!!

Ct River -

Shad and Carp and Stripers o my

o yeah...

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Muskie Adventure Tours Carping on the Ct River  Fishing Report Jun 09, 2013

Muskie Adventure Tours Carping on the Ct River

Ct River -

My first trip ever to the CT River, it will not be the last either!! It's great when long rides are worth the trip.
Morning starts at 2am, 45 ...

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New boat first fish Fishing Report Apr 18, 2015

New boat first fish

Congamond Lakes -

got the day off on Tuesday and was itching to get the new boat out. Launched at Congamond around 930 after the rain had passed. began just to putt put...

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Need to fish Fishing Report Jun 30, 2009

Need to fish

Big Pond -

Needed a day to Fish and went on a Sunday...

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Baits and Tackle used near Montgomery

Check Prices

  • rubber grub
  • 1/4 oz carolina lizard
  • Bluegill
  • Chartreuse spinner bait
  • Spro Bronzeye in Rainforest Black
  • shinners
  • minnows, jig
  • soft plastics to live bait
  • mixed color senkos
  • a good choice of bait for highland lake is shiners down about 13 feet with a weight to keep them down or nightcrawler allways work good too!!

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Nightcrallers & worms
  • Meal worm
    Lures
    Powerbait
  • eel
  • They bite sand-worm and night crawlers

Minnow Check Prices

  • Tip ups baited with shiners

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Heddon Tiny Torpedo -- Baby Bass

  • Popper
  • Lunker city Salad Spoon
  • Z-Man Hard Legs Frog
  • Live Target Brown Mouse
  • Popper, Color Gold and black

Lizard Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz c rig lizard
  • 1/4 oz c rig watermelon 5in lizard

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • White 3/8 Strike King
  • White Rooster Tail
  • White rooster tail
  • spinnerbait , plastic worms
  • Phoebe and Rooster Tail

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Rubber Frogs with swim legs, lots of noise and action of the top of the water

Streamer Check Prices

  • Black Baed Haed Wooly Bugger

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 4 inch Senco green pumpkin
  • Texas rigged 4 inch trout colored Senco
  • Yamamoto 4 inch Senco
  • Rapala Original
  • Yamamoto 4" Senco Texas rigged in green pumpkin, weightless

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • meppes
  • white tailed
  • Rooster Tail
  • Gold blade, Yellow n red Tail
  • rooster tail
  • Silver, black/red tail
  • silver blade, red/black tail
  • Silver blades, Red/white tail

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • test
  • Bait Details

Nymph Check Prices

  • PT
  • Copper John

Worm Check Prices

  • senko
  • Yam's off all sorts and colors... thats it.
    Also caught smallmouth and a couple of chain pickeral.
  • Senkos and Tiger/perch cranks
  • 4 inch Green Pumpkin Yamamoto Senco
  • June Bug colored zoom worms
  • Junebug Zoom worm
  • Zoom Trick worm Color South Africa special
  • Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa Special
  • 3 on Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa special
    1 on Live Target Frog
    Color: Bull Frog
  • Watermelon Plum zoom finesse worm 6"

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Senco stretch 40
  • jig heads / swim tails

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • Actually used a trout magnet 's to catch 1 Brook trout and 1 Brown.. C aught a rainbow on a 4 inch Yum Dinger..
  • Most were caught on a Trout Magnet . 1 on a Rapala and the other on aRooster Tail . Largest fish was the Last one caught . Trout magnet was the right bait to yse today.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Gulp Alive
  • litle plastic minnows
  • black buzz bait

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • ratl trap

Crankbait Check Prices

  • yellow dancin eel
  • nofish but I know they're here sometimes
  • spinner bait
    yamos
    crankbaits
  • just use a cheap 2.99 crankbait with a white belly I caught other fish on my new pop r

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Used Jigs, and yam's missed a lot of fish and caught a lot.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • caught a 3.1/2lb'er on an inch of worm.
  • Trout worn with a single split shop weight

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • 4" lipless craink bait pumpkinseed colored.
  • 4" lipless crank bait, pumpkinseed coloring.
  • red craw by bill lewis

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • 2 inch, color gold and white

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Zara Spook

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps, Rooster Tails or a gold fish
  • purple rooster tail & live minnows

Grub Check Prices

  • Orange color grub.

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout Magnet Jigs
  • Trout Magnet
  • Trout Magnet Jig
  • Trout Magnet Gold Jig Gold Body.
    One Brook Trout and one Rainbow.

Other Check Prices

  • Candy
    MMMMMMMMM
  • Corn and Garlic
  • Garlic
    Garlic with Corn
  • Chicken Liver
  • Powerbait rainbow
  • rainbow or green powerbait
  • Rainbow Powerbait
  • We use #2 hooks with leaders and tie them to our line
    A 3 oz weight to hold it on the bottom
  • YELLOW GRUB
    WEIGHTS
    BIG HOOKS

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