Made it out to Loon pond in Gilmanton.
No parking so I had someone drop us off and pic us up.
Another slow day but alot better than I have been doing.
Water temp was 43. 7 hours with 6 bass to show for it.
I caught 4 lg and my friend caught 1 lg and 1 sm.
Biggest was a lg a little over 4. All on jerkbaits but the biggest on a okashera screw head. Looks like Friday may be nice out.
Get out there while you still can.
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Anthrax
Got out Friday and Sunday to a spot out in Vermont. Water was 48-49 Friday and then 47-48 Sunday.
Managed to tie my PB smallie at 5.00 lbs, with a few heavy 3's to go with it, and a 3.5 lb largie for good measure.
Went Sunday with my buddy Andrew and had the best day of smallmouth fishing we've ever had. Andrew caught his new PB smallie at 5.00 lbs as well, and a 4.88 and 4.63 lber to go with it. I caught a 4.69, 4.50 and 4.06 lb smallie to round out the day for our biggest, and we had another dozen or so in the boat that were mostly 2's and low 3's, with just 3 rats on the day.
Slooooow dragging stuff on the bottom in 45' of water has been the ticket. Blade bait bite still hasn't quite taken off but it's getting close there. Going back Friday hoping for a new PB...
Sounds like a great time. Thats some nice smallmouth.
Congrats to the both of you on the PB.
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Hit Newfound Sunday morning for a few hours. Water temp 42-44. Found a couple of rats in 30-35' but just just didn't have the time to try more places.
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How the F does Vermont have warner water then here lol
That is an excellent question. This place may be spring fed? lol no idea and a wild guess there. It's not even that big either, nowhere near as big or as deep as Newfound yet still warm.Originally Posted by JerryT
Fished Stumpfield on Saturday for 3+ hours, threw a finesse jig only, super slow, targeting the main fast drops within sight of the beach. Also worked the same in front of the launch area (where there's a few laydowns near the edge). No bites. Did run into a couple gents (in a fish & ski Ranger) that got there early and had picked up one. Water temp was 39-42, air breezy.
Went to Gregg for 2 hours late on Sunday. Worked the outside of the ledges w/ the two red spars with a deep jerkbait @ 5-10 second pauses, then ran back through with a deep crankbait (the only things that's been producing anything for me, since the temp touched 45) - then hit the big hump and the trailing rocks off the black spar with same. No bites. Water temp was 37-41.
I had a pretty good spring with the jerkbait there in similar temps, I'm eating crow (and worse) this fall!
I may try newfound on friday as my holiday plans totally went in the crapper. Which was fine by me..... Like to catch some more fish as I think it will be a while now before I can ice fish.
Tim, don't tell us what to do !! In the last tree weeks, we have been out there for about 1- 1/2 hrs.and could not get the skunk out of the boat ? We have had some very bad wind and we have been doing yard work, but now we are just about done and we will be getting out .. Good report ...Have to give you a call.....
Nice to talk to you as always Everett.
I Hope you and Jane get out this weekend.
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Anthrax
Hit a local pond and wasn't all that good. 2 bass,2trout,1 pickeral and a perch.
Paul, you should give up fishing ? NO !!! I'm just bull sh!+ing You got out and we bet you had some fun .....
Tim, I'll probably get after 'em tomorrow. Although it's currently 88, warm, no breeze but blue bird skies.
Good luck hope you stick a few. Going to be 50 or so here .
I'm going somewhere.
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Anthrax
Not giving up yet. Going back out Sunday and hoping for better results. Hope you 2 get out soon and catch'em
Made it out to Skatutakee lake. Water temp was 37.
Cold and windy all day.
I caught 3 decent largemouth, 2 were about 3 pounds.
All 3 on a jerkbaits.
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Anthrax
Man I haven't fished that lake since I was a teen. Always loved that lake and always caught good fish there. How was the water level?
I've only been there a couple times.
Like everywhere else it's low.
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Anthrax
Main stem of the Merrimack was 37 also Saturday, 40 in the 393 backwater (lots of floaties, pretty muddy - could see pink braid to about 12"). Worked that over for 1.5 hr with a Ripstop and a deep Pointer for 2 crappies.
We did get out for about 4 hrs,on Fri. caught 6 bass and a bunch of other fish, ( well Jane did) I caught 2 of the bass , Jane had 4 with the best of about 2 3/4 lbs
The 2 I caught, hit a - 1 and Jane's fish were all on a Shad Rap in about 4 ft. of water that was 48*+ or - .
Don't know if we will fish today, but we should get out, we have some bad weather on the way ..
Play it safe out there....
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