jbmaine

Another SB fan here. Give me an overcast day, submerged weed beds in 4-8 ft. of water, I'll catch fish all day on a chartreuse SB. Caught my PB on one. 5+ lb. LM. Hit my SB 4ft from the boat in 5 ft. of water. Saw it come up and hit it. Still think about that morning.

Say what you mean and mean what you say. I don't know who said this first, but these are words I live by.

I'm just a few minutes from the KTP. There's also a fly fishing shop and a mom and pop bait and tackle shop within a half an hour.

Only long sleeved shirts I own are flannel.

It's been my experience that seeing turtles in a body of water is a sign of a healthy ecosystem. Seeing turtles has always meant waters with good fish in them, to us. No science to back that up, but 60+ years of observations.

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Best way I ever saw for catching stocked trout was a trick an old fella showed me many years ago. We were fly fishing the same pond and he was out fishing me 10 to 1. I finally asked him what fly he was using. He was nice enough to show it to me. It was nothing more than some brown felt spun on a hook. I stared at it for a bit, then asked him what it was supposed to represent. He smiled and asked me, have you ever been to a trout hatchery? Ya , when I was a kid, it was fun feeding the trout. What did you feed them? he asked. Well, the light dawned on marble head, and I realized that bit of brown felt on his hook was an exact imitation of the brown pellets those trout had been eating all their lives. I've kept a couple of flies like that in my fly box ever since.

As a fellow Mainer I believe I speak with some experience when I say 50% of the time bass will be right where you think they should be, and 50% of the time where you'd never think to look for them. We've caught some very nice bass in the most unexpected places, mostly by accident.

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If I could go back...................... I would.

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Wife and I play from time to time. Good mental exercise.

Mine was in september, overcast day, about 11AM. 6 ft of water, weedy bottom, got it on a chartreuse spinnerbait. Hit 4 ft from the boat.

Don't really have a sure fire method to offer, but you're post reminded me of one particular time. There is a section of shoreline my wife and I used to fish. A shallow cove with trees, bushes right to the water. We have found that ( beyond any reason I can think of), on a hot summer afternoon, when the shade starts coming out into the water, the bass stack up along the shoreline, like cordwood, in a foot of water, or less. If you can get a T-rigged Senko in close enough it will get bit. We have actually got a dozen bass in a hundred yard stretch. On one cast my wifes senko went over a tree branch, thru a bush, and into the water. She pulled, but it was stuck. as I'm working the boat into the shore, we see a big bass swimming out. When we got close enough I start working the line free. As I'm freeing the line it starts pulling back. I ended up pulling in hand over hand a 4 lb LM. The 8 lb test mono was all worn and abraded, Don't know how, but it didn't break. Sorry I can't be more help, but thanks for triggering a good memory.

We are seeing a lot of the old camps sold, torn down, and mega houses built on lakes in this area as well. On one lake in particular we see a whole row of new mansions, each one seems bigger than the last. It may be just a coincidence, but the water quality has gone down a lot over the last couple of years.

At least for me, the best summer weather is fall.

I don't, but I used to have a buddy that was sea sicker than everyone I've ever known.? It was funny though. He and I spent years in canoe's, trout fishing in rivers and lakes that tossed us around plenty. No problem. I picked up a 18" boat for fishing in the salt water. He was puking before we left the dock. He never did get over it. At first it felt strange fishing with out him.

We love most any kind of egg. Had a couple this morning , over easy, Just now my wife put some in the potato salad she was making, and did up some deviled eggs as well.

Tight spaces ( caves) where I might get stuck, or the ceiling lets go. Burning to death ( I must have 15 smoke alarms and half a dozen fire extinguishers in the house.) Heights, I have vertigo. And the last one is more of a concern, running out of money. My wife and I both had to leave the work force early due to disabilities. We're not poor, but not what I would call " well off". With everything costing so much , I worry for our future.

I used to swim a culprit worm on top a lot. The curly tale left a perfect wake. I got to say though, I haven't done it in years. Thanks for the reminder. I'll have to try it again.

I keep mine in the original packages. Probably doesn't matter, but why take the chance.

He'll be in our thoughts and prayers. RIP

And so it begins? good job.

Mostly garter, milk ,water, or corn snakes here in Southern Maine. I've read that Maine and Alaska are the only two states that don't have venomous snakes. Could never understand how the venomous snakes knew not to cross the border, but that's what I've read.

We tow our 16 ft lund with a Ford Edge with factory tow package. Tow package is rated for 3500LB. Tows great, no ,issues. Jim