jrskblx125

more pickerel today, no bass. this place isn't your typical bass fishing location. ive been to places in MA where i can throw a yum dinger wacky and catch largemouth all day... my brother had a smallmouth hit on his banjo minnow lol but he lost it... naturally

haha yeah the shore is half the d**n pond at this place lol. and its 1400 acres its a big body of water. just wicked shallow

yeah we come up here once a year at the same time every year, so that explains the pickerel pandemic lol. they do hit anything. theoretically though, the bass are feeding in the same areas as the pickerel, so they must be present and the pickerel are just hitting the bait. either way with the 10 # and the 7 # i feel like i was in the right place at the right time. but i only fish like 4 days a year lol. tomorrow mornin i'm gonna go out before sunrise and work the edges again. might run a buzz bait and see what kind of response i get.

along the shorelines its mostly pads and stalks, and that goes out about 100 feet into the pond maybe more. theres no drop off where i go its all gradual. this pond grows to twice its size come ice out. there is one river (saco) tributary that feeds this pond and there is certainly a lot of junk / cover by the mouth. there are no docks because there are hardly any camps, and the water level changes so drastically that it makes no sense to have one. i caught the 7 pounder around 630-7 last night and i was using a dark purple terminator spinner bait w single tandem. i mean youre looking at 1-2 feet of water for 300 feet to the shoreline. its verrrrrry gradual.

well thats the thing. the bass in my avatar is the bigger one around 10 lbs. i cant consistently catch bass at this place... now the pickerel population is ridiculous ive caught 20 pickerel to my 2 bass. theres never any consistency. WHAT CAN I DO theres no one on here that can give me some shallow pond advice?

hey guys i'm new to the forums. not new to fishing though! i'm up here in southwestern maine on vacation. the lake i'm staying at is at deepest right now 8 feet deep. lakes 1400 acres. I have no idea how to fish it consistently for bass. plenty of pickerel they'll hit anything. ive caught a largemouth and a smallmouth yesterday. largemouth was about 7 lbs i'd say. smallie was tiny. i'd like to catch these bass consistently however. what do you guys think!?

yeah i'm out here near conway NH in maine. going to the fryeburg fair. i've had some luck on the pond im staying on.

yeah i've had a bass out of water for 2-3 minutes and it had no problem swimming off. smallies are much more resilient it seems when it comes to being out of the water. i always take the front treble hook off minnows and cranks though just to avoid that extra time getting those things out.