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Fisheries Information

Broodstock Salmon Stocking

January 2013

Hard water anglers across the state will be able to take advantage of a late January stocking of broodstock Atlantic Salmon. Each district will receive 75 retired broodstock salmon ranging in size from 3-11 pounds from the Nashua National Fish Hatchery in Nashua, New Hampshire. Due to the challenging of stocking fish through iced-over waters, only a select number of waters received the fish.

December 2012

Depending on weather and access to water, broodstock salmon stocking will begin in mid-December and will be completed by the end of the year. Each district will receive 124 fish, all from the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife's Roger Reed State Fish Hatchery in Palmer. The fish will range in size from 5 to 12 pounds. To find out when lakes and ponds are stocked, contact the DFW District office in Ayer (978) 772-2145; Belchertown (413) 323-7632; Bourne (508) 759-3406; Dalton (413) 684-1646; or West Boylston (508) 835-3607.

Winter 2012--Broodstock Salmon Stocked Waters
District Town & Water Body
Western Pittsfield -- Onota Lake
*Western Lee -- Laurel Lake
Western Lee/Tyringham -- Goose Pond
Western Stockbridge -- Stockbridge Bowl
*Western Windsor -- Windsor Pond l
*Conn. Valley Belchertown -- Lake Metacomet
*Conn. Valley Orange -- Lake Mattawa
Conn. Valley Southwick -- Congamond Lake (Middle Pond)
*Conn. Valley Springfield -- Five Mile Pond
Central Douglas -- Wallum Lake
Central Lunenburg/Fitchburg -- Whalom Lake
*Central Hubbardston -- Comet Pond
*Central Worcester -- Lake Quinsigamond
*Central Webster -- Webster Lake
*Northeast Concord -- White's Pond
Northeast Framingham/Natick -- Lake Cochituate
Northeast Groton -- Baddacook Pond
*Northeast Haverhill-- Lake Saltonstall
*Northeast Hopkinton -- Hopkinton Reservoir
Northeast Lynn -- Sluice Pond
Northeast Methuen -- Forest Lake
Northeast Wenham -- Pleasant Pond
*Northeast Woburn -- Horn Pond
Southeast Brewster -- Cliff Pond , Sheep Pond
*Southeast Plymouth -- *Little Pond ,* Long Pond
*Southeast Sandwich -- Peters Pond

*= salmon stocked in late January, 2013