nhbassin

I will be out on the water Saturday morning around the Concord area, then will be out on Merrymeeting all day on Sunday for some smallmouth action!

My most productive bait thus far has been a chatterbait with rage craw trailer. I fished a tourney on Powdermill Pond 2 weekends ago and 4 of the top bags were all caught on chatterbaits.

Just got this 6 pound 1 ounce, 20.75 inch largemouth on a chatterbait with rage craw trailer. I realize the ruler is tough to see in this picture, so let me know if that is an issue for the competition...It is actually pretty conservative at 20.75 because its jaw is hanging over the begining of the ruler a bit.

Check out this beauty that I caught this evening on a chatterbait with a rage craw trailer. At 6 pounds 1 ounce, it is my 5th biggest bass ever. It sure made my evening!

June 7th or 14th works for me. Im in!

Got out on Powdermill Pond yesterday for my first tourney. Ended up 4th out of 11 anglers with a 5-4 limit for 2 fish. Biggest bag of the day was just under 8 pounds and the lunker was 4-11.

IM IN!!!

I read how that list is compiled, and there are a few B.A.S.S. members to represent each state, and they give their personal opinions on what lakes in their state are the best for fishing tournaments on. They also do their best to include every state on the list...otherwise half of them would be in Texas and Florida. Still cool to get the recognition though.

Thanks Jaystraw. Good to hear that we should be able to get under the bridge still.

Ive got my first tournament this Sunday on Powder Mill Pond. Anyone know how the water level is looking there?

Yeah, NEJitterbug is putting it together again, starting in May. There was bunch of discussion about it a few weeks ago in the "Anyone Have any Luck in Southern NH Yet" thread.

There ya go! Even if you didn't get any fish, it can never hurt to learn your baits better, so thats still a successful trip.

What is this, troutresource.com? Go throw some jigs and jerkbaits for some bass!

Nearly all ponds and lakes in the southern part of the state have at least a few feet of open water around the edges. Some people around the Nashua area have already been catching fish because the water is open on sunny/smaller ponds.

Aim for back water areas with shallow, slow moving water right now. If you can find any in the sun, they should be noticeably warmer than the main river. I know the Merrimack around NHTI in Concord has some good backwaters that I would target right now if all of the ice is off of them.

I aim for any shallow points or flats that are close to deep water. In my opinion, as soon as ice is out, largemouth will move from deeper water onto very shallow points or flats in the afternoons, once the sun has warmed the water up. Perch seem to get active quickly as the water warms up, so its tough to beat yellow perch jerkbaits or jigs in most NH fisheries in April.

I dont know if the forage has changed at Deering Res, but when I used to ice fish there 12+ years ago, nearly every big smallmouth I caught was a short ways off the big island with no houses on it, and many of them spit up craw fish once we got them through the ice. Let us know if you guys have any luck there.

I would love to, but at this rate we won't even have open water by the end of next month! we are definitely still making ice today.

Got two largemouth over 6 pounds last fall on a bluegill swim jig with rage craw trailer. That was my go-to bait last year, and will likley continue to be at the top of my list this season too.

I agree. Keeping it to New England would be cool since we all know each other, but I'm in either way.

Me and CLR9933 saw you out on the water this day. That was when we had back to back 80+ degree days in March. I can only dream for that kind of weather right now.