nhpleasantlakebass Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 Got out for a few hours Saturday and Sunday. Nothing big. All between 1and 2#. But still nice to get out. Also dealing with slot of wind in the yak it's difficult. Also got lots of smaller pickerel and a decent yellow perch 3 Quote
RMcDuffee726 Posted April 21, 2017 Posted April 21, 2017 Hitting the water Sunday. Â Looking for my first fish of the year. 1 Quote
MikeOGNR Posted April 22, 2017 Posted April 22, 2017 Went out today got on 5 fish total. Glide bait and a hudd 68 took these bad boys 2 Quote
mjggjm12 Posted April 23, 2017 Posted April 23, 2017 First fishing trip of the season failed. I got 100 yards from shore in my jon boat and the trolling motor battery died. There was a bit of a breeze so fishing with a paddle would have been too difficult. I charged it yesterday and charger said it was charged. Must be a bad battery. Quote
RMcDuffee726 Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Slow day, I associate that with the tough conditions I was faced with (no wind, bluebird-skies etc.). Â Hitting Wickwas Lake tomorrow with a buddy. Â Hoping to get onto a few of them. Quote
Phil_NH Posted April 24, 2017 Posted April 24, 2017 Went out Sunday for a few hours on the kayak. Â Got 2 bass, a pickerel and a few bluegill - all on a Rebel Pop-r. Lots of surface activity on the Nashua. 2 Quote
RMcDuffee726 Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 Wickwas Lake was an absolute murder scene.  Motor problems, and a dead trolling motor battery were the two key patterns in today's success.  The bass were keying in on the vibration of two men struggling to paddle across an entire lake with a strong head wind.  In between pauses due to exhaustion, the bass would slam our disheartened souls.  What a day to be a fisherman.  TLDR; Tough day, no fish. Quote
salmotrutta Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 Doing the swimbait thing this year.Picked up a Dobyns swimbait rod and new Abu reel.Threw some swimbaits Sunday morning for the first time and manage to catch a half dozen on the S-Waver 168.Fun bait to toss.Nothing with size worth talking about but gained a little confidence with the heavy baits.Definitely need to upsize my S-Waver to the 200.Looking forward to getting some topwater action on my 9" Slammer. 3 Quote
catchbig0bass Posted April 28, 2017 Posted April 28, 2017 Been a while since I have been on the forum. wanted to get back on here and say hi to everyone. looks like some are already having good luck. I got out yesterday myself to a little honey hole and caught a little 2lber for the first one of the season. Caught on a 4" black / blue speckled fat ika very slowly retrieve. Can't wait to see how everyone does this year. 2 Quote
RMcDuffee726 Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 15 fish day on Wickwas Lake yesterday. Â All the fish were located tight to cover or on steep rocky drop-offs. Â Largest fish went 4.1 Â Quote
MikeOGNR Posted April 30, 2017 Posted April 30, 2017 Did some trout fishing yesterday morning and then afternoon targeted the bass throwing huddlestons didn't get on any bass but caught 4 nice Brookies here was the biggest 2. 2 Quote
JQ-92 Posted May 2, 2017 Posted May 2, 2017 Has anyone fished the Pisgah Reservoir? Thinking about heading over after classes today and was wondering if it would be worth my time. Quote
Fly_Fisherman Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 Haven't posted much lately but I've been fishing as much as I can with college and all that good stuff. Hit up Merrymeeting this weekend with my buddy Micropterus to prefish for a kayak tourney later this month. It was a tough day but with my new Hook 5, it made things slightly easier. We saw fish cruising up shallow on points but there wasn't much love. Ended up getting the 1st fish on a wacky rigged weighted senko near a dock on a point, weighing 2 lb 6 oz. The next bass came a while later for Micropterus on a bladed jig. It was probably 2 hours before we got into any more fish, on the last point we ended getting into some on blade baits, bladed jigs and a lipless crank ripped off the bottom in 15 FoW. We only caught 5 all together and paddled over 8 miles but ended with 3 lb 6 oz, 2lb 14 oz, 2lb 6 and 2 more over 2. All in all not a bad day and I made a game plan for the tournament so it was a success. 2 Quote
nhpleasantlakebass Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 4 hours ago, pcakes55 said: Anyone see fish on beds yet? I haven't seen any fish on beds but have been seeing water temps from 55 to 63 1 Quote
OneShotOneKill Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 Won a small team tournament on Winni yesterday. Ended up with 4 smallies that went about 10 & 1/2 lbs. Biggest was right around 3 lbs.  water temps were between 47-49. I managed to catch between a 5-6lb salmon on a megabass jerkbait. that was interesting. 3 Quote
nhbassin Posted May 5, 2017 Posted May 5, 2017 Last night I tied on a suspending jerkbait and and began casting into 4 feet of water. I only took two casts the whole evening, the second of which produced this 6 pounder. It is good to see some fish moving up shallow. 5 Quote
MikeOGNR Posted May 7, 2017 Posted May 7, 2017 Went out this morning to Saltmarsh Pond in Gilford NH. Buddy of mine pulled a 4lb smallie out of there last year. It's a trout pond but we targets smallmouth. No smallies but we did end up limiting out with a fair amount of good sized brook trout. All in all successful Sunday 2 Quote
bobh64 Posted May 8, 2017 Posted May 8, 2017 Glad to see photo's on here. One of the first years I don't need to buy any lures and tackle to start the season. A couple of my friends have been out and suspending stick baits are getting a lot of hits. I'm hoping to get some free time in a couple weeks to get my boat to touch water. Have fun out on the waters. 1 Quote
salmotrutta Posted May 11, 2017 Posted May 11, 2017 I can't believe the number of big bass coming out of Mass.Unbelievable.That's all i got to say about that. Quote
Nashua Nev Posted May 11, 2017 Posted May 11, 2017 Non resident Ma license for freshwater ..... $37.50 .... what else in life can you do for $37.50 for a whole year. go catch some big mass bass  1 Quote
nhbassin Posted May 11, 2017 Posted May 11, 2017 Last night I had 5 minutes to cast a few from shore, and on my first cast with a chatterbait with rage craw trailer I got a 6.0 pound largemouth. Weighed it, snapped a few pictures and started casting again. Only 8 casts later I set the hook on another big one but broke it off. Lesson learned...always re-tie after a good fish. Still a great start to the season! 6 Quote
nhbassin Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Is anyone seeing bass on beds in Southern NH yet? Quote
YungAngler Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 On 5/11/2017 at 8:15 AM, nhbassin said: Last night I had 5 minutes to cast a few from shore, and on my first cast with a chatterbait with rage craw trailer I got a 6.0 pound largemouth. Weighed it, snapped a few pictures and started casting again. Only 8 casts later I set the hook on another big one but broke it off. Lesson learned...always re-tie after a good fish. Still a great start to the season! Beauty!!! Nice snag!!! 2 Quote
nhpleasantlakebass Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 10 hours ago, nhbassin said: Is anyone seeing bass on beds in Southern NH yet? Catching smallies off beds today 2 Quote
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