Fishing near Ludlow, Massachusetts

Set in Hampden County, Ludlow is a Massachusetts town. Some 22,201 people call it home. On the doorstep and beyond: Wood Pond about 0.6 miles to the north, Pickerel Pond about 0.8 miles, Haviland Pond about 0.9 miles to the north followed by Dimmock Pond about 1.1 miles. Dimmock Pond is the plain first choice: find the weed edge, then work the drop behind it. Flat water is the rule round here. Work slowly along an edge instead of casting about. Frost takes hold properly in this part of the world. Spring opening beats anything later in the year. At 5 acres, Wood Pond is the closest water to town. Parking is recorded at Wood Pond. Water round here typically opens up around late March. County records name bluegill, white sucker, pumpkinseed and brook trout among the fish present. Between Ludlow and Wood Pond there is nothing else worth stopping for....