Anyone Have Any Luck In Southern Nh Yet? (4/6/12)

[EddieC1981]

Shane I believe I met you at Turtletown yesterday. Thanks for that ragetail. Got a few swipes at it but I had to bail. Thanks for the info yesterday too!

[llPa1nll]

Anyone have access to get onto Gumpas pond in Pelham,NH? Everywhere is now blocked off with NO trespassing signs. I fished there last year and there was no problem.

I have fished that a few times. You need to "know a guy" to get on that lake. It is about as private as private gets. One of the things that bothers me with access in this state. Gumpas pond, Harris pond, Little Island pond, Long pond, Captains pond, Millville Reservoir, Arlington mill Reservoir, and Shadow lake all in Pelham or Salem not a one having public access.

[Shane J]

Hey, Eddie, yeah, that was me, and it's great to meet you. We'll have to get out and rip some lips sometime.

[deaknh03]

I have fished that a few times. You need to "know a guy" to get on that lake. It is about as private as private gets. One of the things that bothers me with access in this state. Gumpas pond, Harris pond, Little Island pond, Long pond, Captains pond, Millville Reservoir, Arlington mill Reservoir, and Shadow lake all in Pelham or Salem not a one having public access.

Arlington has a canoe access as well as captains.

[EddieC1981]

Went to Turtletown again tonight. Got 1 that was between 2.5 and 3lbs. He had about a pound of weed on him when I pulled him in too! lol Lost a couple in the weeds that I couldn't drag out. Throwing weedless 5" senkos at the lilypads and moving them along the top slowly to moderately. Only action I've seen there to date is topwater over the pads.

[unhbass37]

Went to Turtletown again tonight. Got 1 that was between 2.5 and 3lbs. He had about a pound of weed on him when I pulled him in too! lol Lost a couple in the weeds that I couldn't drag out. Throwing weedless 5" senkos at the lilypads and moving them along the top slowly to moderately. Only action I've seen there to date is topwater over the pads.

Eddie where is turtletown? I only find turtle pond in the Clark's book.

[unhbass37]

I have fished that a few times. You need to "know a guy" to get on that lake. It is about as private as private gets. One of the things that bothers me with access in this state. Gumpas pond, Harris pond, Little Island pond, Long pond, Captains pond, Millville Reservoir, Arlington mill Reservoir, and Shadow lake all in Pelham or Salem not a one having public access.

I use to fish Gumpas all the time and no one ever bothered me. Now they have bleeping no trespass signs everywhere. Just BS if you ask me. I mean really it's only fishing and we are not dragging a boat across there lawns. Just P.O.

[EddieC1981]

Turtletown Aka Turtle pond is in Concord, Right off exit 16 on I-93. After you get off the exit you'll drive 3 miles down the road and you'll see a marsh on your right that says Turtletown Preserve. Just after that is the entrance. I just fish the boat ramp because it has lilypads on each side. The boat people seem to kill em out there.

[nhbassin]

Im heading to Highland Lake in Andover, NH for July 3rd and 4th and plan on catching some smallies. Anyone got recomendations for what depth range they have been getting smallmouth at in the past week or so?

Here is the depth map for the lake if that helps.

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/bathy_maps/highland_andover.pdf

[Shane J]

12' has been about where the smallies are liking for the better part of the day, nhbassin. Football jigs, for sure, and drop shots where you find small schooling baitfish.

[WinniMurph]

12' is a little shallow right now on Winni at least. Thats not to say you can't get them at that depth cus fish do swim but I just got back in for the night and I found most fish in the 15-20 foot range. Started at about 630. Prob had 18 bites but something was off with me today and only got 8 decent fish in the boat. Nothing to write home about. I was deep crankin and throwing a grub with stand up jig head. How'd you guys end up doing in that tourney?

[nhbassin]

Thanks Shane & WInniMurph. Ill probablly start in the 10'-12' range and work my way deeper from there if I dont have any luck.

[Shane J]

We did alright, even though I didn't catch my first fish unti 11:00. It was a 3lber followed by a 3.65 15 minutes later. Took me another hour to find keeper #3 (4 fish limit tourny), then lost 'em after that. My partner never found his groove, and we were out of the money, but still enjoyed the lake. I'll go back, but preferrably on a no-wind day. That place is like a wind tunnel!

[Jones508]

I just got back from 4 days fishing on Squam. Some smallies in just a few fow in rocky areas, all largmouths were caught only in back coves along grass/weedlines and pads. Pickerel were super active almost everywhere we were. No doubt the high heat made it a little tougher bite but we did alright as a whole.

[WinniMurph]

Shane,

If it was easy they'd call it catching. Everyone has their days. You gotta come up here and fish winni some day. Bite is on!!!

[Shane J]

I'm on it, man. Just trying to get a free day to do it. I'm looking forward to one of those 50 smallie days on Winni. I'll let you know when I can get up there, and maybe we can get together and get on 'em.

[nhbassin]

Got out the past 2 evenings right around sunset near my appartment in Boston and have been killing them with swim jigs & a rage craw trailer. Yesterday I got a 3.25, a 3.5 and a 3.9 pounder, then tonight I caught this 4 pounder and lost another one that was around the same size.

The largemouth here have been comming up into literally 1 foot of water, nearly touching the shore line once the sun sets on these really hot days. Anyone else had good luck in the evenings in REALLY shallow water in the past 2 days?

[WinniMurph]

This is what winnipesaukee small mouth fishing is all about. Giant.

[EddieC1981]

This is what winnipesaukee small mouth fishing is all about. Giant.

Those are beastly smallies. Should be worth the trip up there. Next step is getting a boat to go out in lol.

[Shane J]

Oh, yeah! Nice fish, guys.

[EddieC1981]

Gonna try the pond over at NHTI and maybe the Merrimack after work tonight. See how she goes!

[unhbass37]

Gonna try the pond over at NHTI and maybe the Merrimack after work tonight. See how she goes!

Post your thoughts of that pond.

[Nashua Nev]

I have had the best luck at both ends and not so much luck in the middle. walk down the path to the right. there are some spots to climb down to the rocks on the shore and fish across in all the weeds. i had good luck with a white plastic floating rat dragging across the top of the weeds in less than 2 feet of water. very slowly

[nhbassin]

I have caught many 1-2 pounders at NHTI, but nothing good. I also happen to catch poision ivy every time I go there!

[Nashua Nev]

i agree for the most part but my 13 yr old pulled a 3 and a couple oz out last year on a frog in the weeds. i believe there is a bigger one or 2 in there.