MaineBassMan Posted May 6, 2019 Posted May 6, 2019 What a great weekend! We have had a month of rain and clouds with no sun, very depressing. This doesn't hold us back though! Last Friday, May 3rd, father and I went fishing on our favorite body of water. We only went for 4 hours because of other obligations....We got on the water and we were a little bummed at the water temp it was 47°f. We checked one of our secret holes and only managed to catch a few small ones. We decided to run the lake looking for the warmest water and managed to find 51°f water. It was game on!! For the next 3 hours we caught 31 bass mostly between 2#12oz and upper 3#. I caught the largest one at 4# 14oz and the day ended with our best 5 going 17#12oz. 8 Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 6, 2019 Author Posted May 6, 2019 Then we just had to return on Saturday, now the water temp on Friday only got up to 51.7°f and all bites came on jigs or Texas rigged craws. This day the water temp climbed to 53.7°f even though it remained cloudy all day with no sun. This day the hot lures were home made chatterbaits and Texas rigged craws. This was our best day. My very first cast landed a 5# 06oz bass!! The rest of the day was amazing. We boated 52 bass a lot of 3# plus and my Dad beat my lunker with a 5# 10oz bass and our best 5 totaled 21# 09oz! 8 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted May 6, 2019 Global Moderator Posted May 6, 2019 Holy smokes , pretty fish. Nice work 1 Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 6, 2019 Author Posted May 6, 2019 Lucky our wives love us lol because we returned for a 3rd day. Funny thing is the sun finally showed itself however you could feel a high pressure and there was a halo around the sun. We wanted the sun so bad the previous two days and now we have it and the bass I think were in shock lol. The bite slowed down a lot even though the water temp jumped to 58°f!! The baits that worked the last two days stopped working. I finally figured a bite out and the ole swimbait saved the day. When we caught bass they were over 3 pounds we only caught 24 bass this day but managed to put our best 5 at 18# 04oz and the largest bass went 4# 06 oz. It was still a great day!! 7 Quote
NittyGrittyBoy Posted May 6, 2019 Posted May 6, 2019 Bass like that in Maine? Nice work! 3days of FUN! 1 Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 6, 2019 Author Posted May 6, 2019 13 minutes ago, NittyGrittyBoy said: Bass like that in Maine? Nice work! 3days of FUN! Yes believe it or not. Two seasons ago at a local bass tournament a team brought in a 28.5# 5 fish bag limit and second place had 20lbs Quote
BigFishRI Posted May 6, 2019 Posted May 6, 2019 @MaineBassMan What part of the state are you fishing? Not looking for your secret spot or anything. Got a trip planned for Kezar Lake in a few weeks and wanted to get a feel for how the waters are looking up that way. Thanks! Quote
MaineBassMan Posted May 6, 2019 Author Posted May 6, 2019 23 minutes ago, BigFishRI said: @MaineBassMan What part of the state are you fishing? Not looking for your secret spot or anything. Got a trip planned for Kezar Lake in a few weeks and wanted to get a feel for how the waters are looking up that way. Thanks! Downeast Maine...the true Doweast Maine Quote
Derek1 Posted May 6, 2019 Posted May 6, 2019 Good for you guys, that’s awsome. I live in mass with the weather lately I can’t seem to catch a fish.. Quote
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