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

[Nashua Nev]

3 nice jitterbuggers this morning,  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mebisho]

Nice fish Nev!

[bobh64]

Horn Pond today almost 2 dozen the larger bite is starting to turn on, Jigs and crank baits and tubes around the structure. 6-12ft  Cabbage areas did well also. most fish 2-3lbs better then the smaller ones I have been catching lately. 

[mebisho]

Fished Horseshoe again today, 8 bass, the biggest about 2. They were deep, hanging at the drop offs

[Fly_Fisherman]

Collar bone is healing up nicely! I'm going to try fishing Potanipo tonight just to get out on the water. 

[BassHunter 66]

getting back in the swing of things here, heading up to Newfound lake in Bristol this Sunday for a tourney, anyone know that lake?

[Shane J]

Newfound is sweet. Bring a Tx. rig rod for your Blue Craw Rage Bugs with 12lb flouro, Another with 15lb flouro for tubes, and a drop shot rod and plenty of Watermelon Red or Blue Craw Cut'R Worms. For the drop shot, bite about an inch off the top of that bait, and rig it tail down. A jig rod is obvious, and I'd try lighter weight jigs with Rage Craws on 'em. Let the conditions tell you dark or light. That place is crystal clear, and deep! Steep drop offs, very close to shore are gonna hold fish. The place is windy when everywhere else is light and variable, so plan on working against the wind. Alot of guys will probably use cranks, and catch fish, but not the better fish very often. Jigs and plastics will get you the bigger fish there. 

[Nashua Nev]

jitterbugging this 5 am morning

 

 

 

 

 

[mebisho]

Fished the shore if Maasabesic, caught a lmb that wasn't long but was definitely fattening up for the winter. He had a belly like mine, big

[bobh64]

Fished Keezar lake in Maine Thursday caught more then 2 dozen with me and two other friends in the boat. 

 

These are what worked, my wise a$$ friend took this picture while I was tangled up after a run on the lake

 

 

The largest was a 3 1/2 largemouth on the lower small end of the lake. the upper large end we got on some smallies with the biggest at 3 and 2 1/2 pounds. all and all a great time on the lake but getting out was crappy dragged the frame of my boat trailer on the ramp because the water is getting to low to put the boat on the trailer correctly but that will be solved soon with my new f150 supercrew

 

Have fun fishing the best time of year out there.

[NEjitterbugger]

We came in 1st out of 33 teams at the qualifying tournament, then 4th at the championship... Not too bad

[Shane J]

Nice job, Jitterbug. What was the big fish for the first one?

[NEjitterbugger]

Nothing huge the biggest one was dead upon weigh in and would have went around 2.5 then we weighed in our next biggest wich was a 2.25 smallie, we another LM close to that size as well... Then the rest were solid fish to round out the limit...

[mebisho]

Didn't have a good day today, only one pickerel. I threw everything but not even a few hits. Any suggestions on fall fishing? I'm kind of stumped

[Shane J]

Fish are scattered

When they are aggressively eating (which at some point in the day, they are), they will kill all your moving baits- swim jigs, cranks, spinnerbaits, Rage Rigs, etc

Always fish a jig on the drop offs, or next to any isolated structure, like a submerged tree or rock pile

You will find some fish shallow, and some deep

As the water cools, don't expect to catch a ton of fish, but do be ready for when one hits, cuz it could be a good one (for real)

The fish will change patterns on you throughout the course of the day several times, so check back in on likely structure often

[mebisho]

Thanks Shane

[bobh64]

Also wind and water current have been playing factors, brown grass is dying grass = no oxygen it releases c02 till it's done decaying so fish don't hang around those areas so I look for the green grass ridges. Just little things I have noticed over the years. 

[mebisho]

Thanks Bob. I appreciate your experience. I'll keep going until it gets too cold. Getting to the age where I don't handle the cold as long as I used to. Tough to tie knots with fingers that aren't as nimble anymore

[bobh64]

Here you go southern NH,

 

 

10.01 lbs 25 inches long 18 inch girth

 

Caught yesterday on a southern NH water (He won't tell me right away) but promises to let the location out because there are even bigger fish there. Some of you might know Ed he is also the State champ on this years Maine Bass Trail I fished in this summer.

 

He told me he caught it on a deep jig.

[bass anytime]

What a great fish! A real trophy for NH waters. Heading to Balch on Friday, I do wish the water had cooled a little more by now.

[deaknh03]

Sweet fish..love it!

[bobh64]

Here's another shot of Ed's fish 

 

[bobh64]

Just got a update with them catching a 7.9th fish now on the same pond

[Shane J]

I feel like the red guy in the  M&M's Christmas commercial   "AAAHHH...they DO exist!"   The elusive 10 pounder in NH. That's a heck of a catch. He shoulda put it back, and caught her again when she hit record size. Keeping that fish was a mistake, especially when he thinks there are bigger there.

[bobh64]

He had kept the fish alive for a little bit while he called several people asking for opinions on the matter before he made the decision It wasn't a easy one for him being the fisherman he is, he actually felt sad about it. In his defense you don't come across those in our waters to often. It would have been a hard choice for me on the water. He got it weighed at Calef's Country Store after so the weight is off a official scale. He and his buddy went to the same pond yesterday (weds) and produced a 7.9lb largemouth ten feet from where he got the 10 pounder. I have the pic if anyone wants to see it lol.