FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham’s three beaches will be open beginning Thursday, June 17th, 2021 through Thursday, August 12th, 2021, 10:00am to 7:00pm as staffing allows.
The beaches are located at Learned Pond on Shawmut Terrace, Saxonville Beach on Lake Road, and Lake Waushakum on Nipmuc Terrace.
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FRAMINGHAM, MA – With the temperature below freezing for the past week, many people look for warm, comfortable, indoor activities to pass the time on a New England Sunday afternoon, but Jim Richards would rather do something he’s done for the past 40 or so winters… go fishing!
Richards, a custodian at the McCarthy School, packs his rig– a handmade wooden box with ski like runners, and heads out on the frozen surface of Learned Pond for a day of ice-fishing.
To pass the time Jim listens to a battery operated police/fire scanner, and talks with friends who stop by to see if the fish are biting.
Using a hand auger, Richards set five traps in the 5-6″ thick ice, (he noted that five was the the legal limit, and that you must also have a valid fishing license to ice-fish).
When the ice gets much thicker he uses a gas powered auger.
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