A DAY OF FISHING AT COBBETT'S POND

One days' catch of the Pelham Fishing Club on "Corbett's Pond" in 1907.

    On February 28, 1907, the men of the Pelham Fishing Club made their way to Cobbett’s Pond with hopes of a bountiful catch. Without a record of the weather in Windham in February of 1907, it is difficult to say whether the pond was frozen over on that day. The most primitive ice fishing techniques had been developed by the American Indians centuries earlier, and it is possible the Pawtuckets, who lived along the shores of Cobbett's Pond had ice fished. Regardless of the weather conditions, the Pelham Fishing Club had a good turnout of members that day. In attendance that day were club members:

• Frank M. Woodbury
• Harry Atwood
• William Atwood
• Charles H. Coleman
• E. L. Overlock
• William Marsh
• Avery M. Jones
• John Cochran
• Ed Smith
• Ed Simpson
• Moses Raymond

With the regular club members were two guests: Frank Woodman and Joshua T. Day. When their day of fishing had concluded, the club members had caught more than a dozen photo worthy fish. After the strung fish were hung up, an amateur photographer, likely one of the men in the club, took a photographer, forever preserving the memories of the day.