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By Mike RocheA visit Tuesday morning to the MassWildlife web site revealed that Lake Mattawa was stocked with rainbow trout on March 21. A search for “Massachusetts Trout Stocking” gets you started, and the trout stocking report gives you the ability...

By Mike RocheThis spring, people have been buzzing about how early things are happening in the natural world. Ice out on local lakes and ponds happened earlier than anyone can remember. Some ponds went from 5-6 inches of ice to ice out in less than a...

By Mike RocheYou may remember a reference a few years ago to a brown trout study in the Deerfield River which was chronicled in this space. At the time, MassWildlife biologists were beginning to look at population dynamics of the Deerfield River....

By Mike RocheSpring has grudgingly arrived and that means trout stocking of local waters is underway. Those of us ‘Old Codgers’ remember when fishing season in Massachusetts started on the third Saturday of April and it was a much-awaited event. Many...

By Mike RocheMarch 17 is a day when everyone is Irish and celebrates the Patron Saint of Ireland. A lingering myth is that he drove away the snakes, but in truth he is credited with bringing Christianity to the island.St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated...