Quabbin Reservoir
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Quabbin Reservoir, as the state words them
Franklin County · Lake · MA
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from MA's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- Lake Trout(see note 6) (dates as written)Daily limit 2Size 18
- All fishQuabbin Reservoir fishing season generally starts the third Saturday of April and ends after the third Saturday in October. These dates can change due to weather and other factors. Except during this open season, Quabbin Reservoir and its tributary streams within the Quabbin Reservation are closed to fishing.
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- All Other Freshwater Species 9 Jan. 1 – Dec. 31Statewide
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- Licensed anglers may take bait for personal use at any time by any legal method.Statewide
- Poles
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Landlocked Salmon | 2 | min. 15 | Statewide |
Chain Pickerel | 5 | min. 15 | Statewide |
Black Bass | 5 | min. 12 | Statewide |
Northern Pike | 1 | min. 28 | Statewide |
Tiger Muskellunge | 1 | min. 28 | Statewide |
Walleye | 5 | min. 14 | Statewide |
Smelt | — | - | Statewide |
All Other Freshwater Species | — | - | Statewide |
Frogs (except leopard frogs) | 10 | min. 2.5 inches or less snout to vent | Statewide |
Bullfrog, green frog | 12 | min. none | Statewide |
Snapping turtle | 2 | min. 12 in. | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Quabbin Reservoir's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Quabbin Reservoir
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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