Quabbin Reservoir Fishing Season Rapidly Withering

It is truly amazing how rapidly times flies and disheartening moments suddenly arise. If you are an angler who enjoys heading out to Quabbin Reservoir to take advantage of the great fisheries it offers that is exactly what is about to happen to you!

Quabbin's fishing season is winding down and almost to the point where there are only precious hours left before access to those glistening waters head off to hibernate until next spring.

Quabbin's 2010 season closes this coming Saturday!

So if I were you, I would be making a plan to make one last trip to partake of the Big Lady's finny bounty before the long winter sets in ...

Protecting Quabbin Valley's & New England's Forests

An interesting article appeared in a recent copy of the Boston Globe detailing actions by numerous individuals and groups to protect forests around the Quabbin Valley and across New England. The forest-lands around Quabbin and throughout the region provide a resource we need for many reasons including watershed and habitat production as well as production of forestry products.

We should all show our appreciation for groups such as these who strive to find sustainable solutions to real environmental issues.

Geocaching Around Quabbin

In today's hi-tech world of electronic gadgets that do almost anything, one popular device for outdoor enthusiasts is the handheld GPS. These relatively inexpensive devices are less accurate forms of advanced military and survey instrumentation that hikers, hunters, bikers, and even fisherman can use to help discover the hidden secrets of Quabbin Reservoir.

As a matter of fact, outdoor-rec types with a "Sherlock Holmes" mindset developed a pseudo-game called geocaching where a series of small "treasures" are scattered throughout an area, a log of geographic coordinates is prepared then people embark to locate these hidden stores. Once located, the coordinates are logged, the person (or people) remove an item from the cache box and replace it with something they brought.

Did you realize there are "geocaches" scattered about the Quabbin area?  Just so happens there are and you can read more about one person's geocaching adventure by following this link: ... Geocaching at the Quabbin ... Enjoy!

Quabbin's Abundant Wildlife

In case you missed the news, fishing at Quabbin Reservoir is winding down (since the open season ends soon) but fear not since there is still lots of things to do around the Quabbin Valley. Considering the time of year, apples, pumpkins and leaf peeking definitely spring to mind.

Another advantage of foliage and fall leaves (no not the raking!) ... it removes all those pesky leaves from blocking our view to see what's moving through the trees. The Quabbin area is teaming with wildlife ranging from deer, a few moose, eagles, turkeys, fox, ruffed grouse, waterfowl of varying types and the list goes on and on.

So the first time you start to feel sorry about not being able to head for a little fishing action at Quabbin Reservoir, pack up the family, a camera, a picnic lunch, and come over and enjoy the other features the Accidental Wilderness offers ...

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Quabbin Reservoir Water Level

It's not uncommon to have lower water levels as we enter the fall in many lakes and ponds across the Bay State but the levels this year seem to be much lower than the recent past. Quabbin Reservoir is also showing the effects of the late spring through summer dry-spell and is listed at ~ 91% of full pool as of September 1st. Though this may seem alarming to some, the last major drought to hit the region was over 40 years ago and Quabbin's water levels at that time were more than 45% below normal. It looks as if we should be thankful!

Quabbin Reservoir Rock-piles & Fishing

Via a post from Qiel.com ...

There are many secrets knowledgeable angler's keep regarding their Quabbin fishing tactics and one of those pertains to fishing Quabbin Reservoir rock piles which can be pure gold! ... http://bit.ly/dafBLq

Traveling Around Quabbin Valley

Now that fall and apple season is upon us, it's a great time to head out for a drive around the Quabbin Reservoir area. Here is a cool route from WCVB to follow: http://bit.ly/afgYen

Fall Comes to Quabbin Reservoir

After a fairly long and hot summer it looks as if fall is arriving in a big way. This somewhat welcome change of season also brings about changes in outdoor activities both on Quabbin Reservoir and throughout the valley region!

Check out the Quabbin Reservoir website to gain a little more insight as to how this will be affecting the outdoor enthusiast!