Mainebass1984

I fished for about 10 minutes about an hour or so after dark. On the 3rd cast with my spinnerbait I got a 4 lb 1 oz largemouth. Then it started down pouring and I left.

Who is fishing the long weekend ? I will be heading back to Maine after work today. Should be a great weekend to fish. The smallmouth spawn should be on and that is always fun.

Some nice smallies NEjitterbugger. This coming weekend I will be smallmouth fishing a couple days. They are a blast to catch on light gear.

I got out fishing after work yesterday for about 4 hours. It was my first time fishing the pond we went to. The water temperature was surprisingly very warm, 67 degrees. We saw a lot of empty beds but a couple fish still were on them. We caught a lot of pickerel. We didn't get a bass bite for over an hour to start of our outing. Once we figured them out then we started catching a couple. I ended up catching 5 largemouth and my friend caught 3. Between the two of us we caught 15 pickerel. All of the bass were between 2 lbs and 2 3/4 lbs except for one good one I caught on a jig. It was well worth making the drive after work to catch a few bass on a beautiful may afternoon. The good one. Measured about 20.5 inches, its tail was pretty beat up. It weighed in at 5 lbs 3 oz. My biggest bass so far in Vermont this year.

What are the bass doing where you guys are ? Last weekend I saw some male largemouths making beds. They are shallow. I even caught one while he was making a bed. The cold weather we have this week should push them back off. It seems like it is going to be the usual spawn time like it is every year at least for where I am fishing. Smallies spawn in the last two weeks of May. Largemouth spawning the last few days of May and the first week of June. Every water is a little different depending on a couple factors but generally what I said above I have found to be very true atleast for the areas I like to fish in western/southern Maine and Vermont.

Who is going fishing this weekend and where are you going ? I have to work this weekend. I might have time to fish a couple hours after work tomorrow. Hopefully everyone else will be able to get out on the water and catch some big friggin bass !

Keep at it clr9933.n Once you have your 5 fish then it will be time to upgrade.

Big bass were biting today ! The bite should be real could the next couple days too. Get out and enjoy the nice warm weather.

It was an amazing day in May today. An absolutely magical day. The big bass were biting real well today. It was overcast and misting when I arrived at the boat launch at 8 am. The water temperature was 55. I went directly to the spot I did so well at last week. They were still there and they were hungry. I was able to cull 4 of my fish today. The jig bite was on. 5 lbs 8 oz 21.5 inches 7 lbs 0 oz 23 inches 6 lbs 5 oz 21.25 inches 5 lbs 14 oz 21.5 inches 5 lbs 11 oz 20.75 inches 5 lb 1 oz It was one of the best day of fishing I have had in a long time. It is unfortunate that the 23 inch 7-0 was super super skinny. The five biggest bass for the day weighed in at 30 lbs 6 oz, the second biggest one day bag I have had. The morning bite was better but I caught fish all day mostly on a jig and a couple on a crankbait. I caught 22 largemouth today, 1 7lber, 1 6lber, 4 5 lbers, 2 4 lbers, and 1 3 lber. I also caught 3 smallmouth the biggest being about 2.5 lbs. It was a crazy amazing day of fishing. I will be going back there the next two days. I am taking my mom there tomorrow, hopefully I can put her on a 5 lber.

d**n Nev that's a fatty. Did you get a weight ?

It is all about perspective. I personally usually target bigger fish. There are days though when all I want to do is catch a LOT of bass. Ideally I would like to catch a lot of big fish. That usually doesn't happen. Each body of water is different and some bodies of water simply don't grow big fish. As far as learning a new body of water.. It is not easy. Like Nev said you got to pick an area and learn. That is difficult on big water though. One thing about bass fishing is that you shouldn't second guess yourself. Have confidence in what lure using and where you are fishing. Who is going fishing this weekend ?

This weekend looks like a great weekend to catch some big bass. Who is going fishing this weekend ? I will be all 3 days.

Nice fish Nev

JIGS !! Crankbaits and senkos too. Water temps have been around 52-55 degrees. Now is one of the best times of the year to catch your biggest fish of the year !

Thanks. Looks like we finished in 4th place. I will be fishing all of the hooper tournaments also. Kezar is an awesome place to fish, some giants in there. Its my favorite place to fish.

I also fished the Sebago tourney yesterday. That place sure can be tough. We got hailed on where we were too. We managed 7 bites for the day and 1 was a short. We weighed in 5 fish for 13.21 lbs. I have no idea where we finished. 1 st place was 22 lbs, they absolutely crushed them, very impressive. I think second was 18 lbs. Any where I can find the standings ? Any one going to do Kezar next month ?

It IS a magical place. I will be there 2 or 3 days this weekend. The tournament didn't go quite as planned yesterday on Sebago. We finished in 5th place out of 16 boats.

Today was an amazing day of fishing on my favorite lake. Got to the launch, step out of the truck and there is a turkey gobbling at me in full strut 100 yards away. That was pretty cool. I launched the boat about 8 am and the water was 50 degrees. The fishing was amazing today. Fish # 1 19 inch 3 lb 14 oz on a jig While I was fighting this fish to the boat there were two GIANTS that followed her in. They were actually trying to get the jig out of that fishes mouth. So I back off the spot and a couple casts later I caught this fish. Fish # 2 21.75 inches 6 lbs 2 oz on a jig A couple casts later I get another hit. It is huge. Much bigger then the 6-2. I fought it a while. Got it her to the boat. I cant see my jig. She must have inhaled it. I reach down and grab the net. Moments before I am about to net her.. She opend her mouth and y jig just comes out. Bummer. She was around 8 lbs with out a doubt. That was sad. I move up 10 yards or so from where those fish were and I cast my jig out to shore. Bump. another big bass I on. Fish # 3 20 inches 5 lbs 6 oz The fishing was really good for an hour at this particular spot. I caught a lot of fish of this one spot and good ones too. I caught fish over 3 lbs on a jig, spinnerbait, senko, smoked grub and crankbait. After the bite died down I decided to try another spot, to give this spot a rest for a couple hours. After another 30 minute run with my trolling motor.... First cast. Fish # 4 22 inches 5 lbs 14 oz. Unfortunately she was kind of skinny. I wish she had some more girth. After landing that fish and a couple quick pics I cast back to the same spot. Before the jig hits bottom the line jumps. I set the hook. Immediately a big bass around 6 lbs goes airborne and spits my quick back at me. I make my way back to my first spot. I caught a few more fish and was about to go to another spot when I got a nice hit on a crankbait. Fish # 5 20 inch 5 lb 6 oz What a fatty ! Big smallmouth for the day, 3 lbs 1 oz It was an amazing day. Landed 19 largemouth and 10 smallmouth. 11 of the largemouth were over 3 lbs and 1 of the smallmouths. Biggest 5 bass went 26 lbs 6 oz. I am pretty bummed out about losing the 8 lber just as I was about to net it. I caught 3 lb plus fish on every lure I had tied on today. If I didn't have a tournament on Sebago tomorrow I definitely would be going back !

I will be going to my favorite big bass lake tomorrow. Hopefully I will have a few pics.

I fished Sebago today. It sure was pretty choppy this afternoon, kind of like an ocean. Fishing was ok. Landed 7 bass, 4 largemouth and 3 smallmouth. Got a 2-14 smallmouth as well as two decent largemouth a 3-4 and a 3-7. Got a nice sunburn too. Tomorrow I will be fun fishing my favorite big bass lake.

Falcon Lake

Good luck ! Tourney there a couple weeks ago. Winning weight was 8 fish 11 lbs. Let us know how you do. Let me know when and where and I might be able to make it.

You never know when the next 7 plus will bite. Hopefully I will find one on Saturday. A 10 pounder would be cool too.

I will be fun fishing Fri and Sat then a tourney on Sunday.

First day of the competition tomorrow. Who is going fishing ?