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

[Mainebass1984]

 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.

 

[jaystraw]

 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.

 

Nice fish!  I do a decent amount of fishing in far northern Vt....near Jay Peak.  Good stuff up there, and little pressure.

[NEjitterbugger]

Went out for some smallmouth today and we got what we wanted! The first fish I hooked up with was without a doubt my biggest smallie... I thought I was on the bottom until I felt her head shake, then she came to the surface jumped, dove and snapped my line.... It was pretty depressing but exciting at the same time LOL. After that we got on them pretty good starting with a 2lbs 10 oz on a KVD sexy shad squarebill...

 

 

The next fish was the lunker of the day a 2lbs 15oz on a 3/4 football head with a gambler little EZ swimbait as a trailer... (Cut off all my hair, not the reason I'm wearing hood lol)

 

 

Then I stuck another good one at 2lbs 13oz a storm arashi squarebill

 

 

This fish had probably just spawned 2lbs 0oz and looked pretty beat up and skinny...

 

 

Then another 2-10 and 2-6

 

 

Then I finished of the day with another 2-8

 

 

We caught two under two pounds the entire day... Fun day!

 

 

 

 

[Shane J]

That's what's up.

[DevilDoc]

My addition from Sunday!

[bobh64]

Did a get together one fish tourny Sunday and it was fun to watch several fish being brought in and there was no more then a couple ounces separating the winning lunker from waht was shown by people showing their lunkers,  everyone had to take turns with the balance beam. lots of 2-3 pound fish being caught but the big ones are hiding. 

[clr9933]

Got a few smallmouth this weekend.  Like last week, I didn't get a bite until the wind picked up and then they started hitting my jerkbait.  I didn't get any big ones, but even with the small ones it's awesome when they knock slack in your line or load your rod up when they hit.  Had a couple treble hooks get straightened out...  Smallmouth rock.  Got one largemouth on a jig, watched it swim right out of the roots of a stump and take it.  Way to go everyone, happy bassin'.

 

 

[MikeOGNR]

Was out on Northwood all weekend. Had the biggest bass of my life get pf just near the boat he was easily 6lb+ and of course Shane he was on your famous Rage Craw!!!! Haha. Anyways we ended up strangely getting on a school of Black Crappies or Calico Bass as my Uncle calls them. This happened to be the biggest one he caught it on a Rapala Jerkbait.

[je1946]

Did Arrowhead today for the first time.  Over 50 LM, biggest just under 4# mostly on windblown wood and stumps with spinnerbaits. water temps low 60s. 

[bobh64]

Did Arrowhead today for the first time.  Over 50 LM, biggest just under 4# mostly on windblown wood and stumps with spinnerbaits. water temps low 60s. 

That's a great little lake with tons of coves, one shore line a couple years back I caught 6 fish 5 lbs and over within 50 yards with my dad including the days lunker at 6.7 lbs glad you got to fish it.

[je1946]

That's a great little lake with tons of coves, one shore line a couple years back I caught 6 fish 5 lbs and over within 50 yards with my dad including the days lunker at 6.7 lbs glad you got to fish it.

I enjoyed it but wouldn't recommend fishing it without some sort of GPS tracking easy to get yourself turned around on there.

[MainelyBASS]

I enjoyed it but wouldn't recommend fishing it without some sort of GPS tracking easy to get yourself turned around on there.

Truer  things have never been said. I cant even count the number of times ive crawled through a narrow outlet in the back of a cove with my trolling motor, only to have it open up into a backwater with lots of inlets feeding it. That place is huge. I have a hard time wanting to fish places that arent named Lake Arrowhead due to its big fish looking habitat. 50 fish is amazing also. For me its usually nothing or 10 decent fish. Never near 50 and ive been fishing it for almost 13 years now. Way to go!

[je1946]

Truer  things have never been said. I cant even count the number of times ive crawled through a narrow outlet in the back of a cove with my trolling motor, only to have it open up into a backwater with lots of inlets feeding it. That place is huge. I have a hard time wanting to fish places that arent named Lake Arrowhead due to its big fish looking habitat. 50 fish is amazing also. For me its usually nothing or 10 decent fish. Never near 50 and ive been fishing it for almost 13 years now. Way to go!

Yep, up until noon time we only had 8 fish on texas rigged senkos and jigs right into the stumps, then the sky got dark and the wind started to blow and the guy I was with said we're making a big move, when we got to where we were going he tied on a spinnerbait and hooked up on the 3rd cast and 2 more quickly followed, he said "tie on a spinner bait we're in for a 40 fish afternoon" and he was right, the harder the wind blew the better the fishing got.  I've had days like that on Winni with spinnerbaits for smallies, fishing the wind blown flats.  What's funny is I couldn't find the place again by myself if you paid me, when we we're leaving he said which way is out I pointed to the way I thought, he laughed and headed the opposite way.

[mhtranger]

Ok need to ask where this special place call Arrowhead is? Can't find it on google other than in California so I'm lost.

Thanks

[je1946]

Ok need to ask where this special place call Arrowhead is? Can't find it on google other than in California so I'm lost.

Thanks

Maine, right above Little Ossipee.  Be very careful on there very shallow with hundreds of coves, thousands of stumps, dead falls and of course millfoil. 

[bobh64]

Ok need to ask where this special place call Arrowhead is? Can't find it on google other than in California so I'm lost.

Thanks

Off of rt5 in Waterboro maine head to new dam road and the launch is you guess it next to a dam.

[mhtranger]

Thanks. A little to far for me to take my old truck towing my boat. Maybe someday I will make it up there. 

[MainelyBASS]

Did Arrowhead today for the first time.  Over 50 LM, biggest just under 4# mostly on windblown wood and stumps with spinnerbaits. water temps low 60s. 

Did you drive all the way up from Mass to fish Arrowhead?

[je1946]

Did you drive all the way up from Mass to fish Arrowhead?

Yes I did, only about 95 miles I make a day of it.  I've driven to Auburn, Thompson, Little Sebago.  Any further than that and I'll stay over night fish the nxt day and come home.  I'm retired, so no work committments.

[jaystraw]

Hey, we had some luck in Southern NH today!  Here are the pics;

3 lb 10 oz smallie

 

4lb 6 oz smallie

 

And my buddy caught another 4lb smallie that I do not have a picture of because we wanted to get her back in the water ASAP.  These were just the biggest fish, but I also caught another 3+ LMB and a ton of smallies.  What a great day.

[clr9933]

Sounds like an awesome day, those smallies look glorious. Way to go!

[MainelyBASS]

Yes I did, only about 95 miles I make a day of it.  I've driven to Auburn, Thompson, Little Sebago.  Any further than that and I'll stay over night fish the nxt day and come home.  I'm retired, so no work committments.

That's awesome. Love seeing the dedication. I wish I fished around more. I spend most of my season pre fishing tournaments so there is no surprise trips for me, all business. I wish I wasn't addicted to tournament fishing but I am. Never done drugs, don't drink or smoke, but I imagine this is what it is like to have an addiction, to a lesser degree of course.

[Nashua Nev]

Finally home from a really long day. Did stop on the side of a road and threw some plugs out. The 15 inchers were all over them. Managed 2 over 18 will post tomorrow when i get my computer back. On the internet with my phone and extra strong granny glasses.

[Mainebass1984]

 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.

[NEjitterbugger]

 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.

 

I wasn't able to get out yesterday which was upsetting, and I won't be able to fish until sunday... Hopefully I can get out at somepoint