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[Swamp Girl]

I caught 59 fish this morning. 58 bass and one thick, powerful pickerel. About half the bass were smallmouth. The biggest LMB was 18.5" and there were a few nice 17-inch-class fish too. The smallmouth were bonkers. When I left the lake, they were still launching themselves from the water, trying to grab bugs out of the air. I did lose two 19"ish, 4-lb. LMB right beside my canoe. I was in a difficult situation with both, with lily pads between the first bass and me and shallow water with the second. 

 

I caught 58 of the fish with my Whopper Plopper. I was so successful with my Rage Swimmer yesterday that I thought it would be the winning ticket again this morning, but it wasn't. I only caught one bass with it. Yesterday, at a different pond, the bass hit and hit and hit it.

 

Today's pond had lots of cabins. Yesterday had a wild shoreline.

 

I launched my canoe at 4 a.m. and I understand why some of you love to fish at night. There was so much surface activity. I'm thinking about launching at 3 a.m. to tap some of that. 

 

I saw a bald eagle/osprey dog fight. The eagle was trying to kill the osprey and nearly did several times. Finally, the eagle tired. I was surprised how aerobatic the eagle was. 

 

It's going to be in the fifties by day and forties come night for several days now, so I won't be fishing for four or five days.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

More than I'll catch in a week or two haha.

 

Awesome stuff, glad you're still dry ?

[Blue Raider Bob]

2 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I caught 59 fish this morning. 58 bass and one thick, powerful pickerel. About half the bass were smallmouth. The biggest LMB was 18.5" and there were a few nice 17-inch-class fish too. The smallmouth were bonkers. When I left the lake, they were still launching themselves from the water, trying to grab bugs out of the air. I did lose two 19"ish, 4-lb. LMB right beside my canoe. I was in a difficult situation with both, with lily pads between the first bass and me and shallow water with the second. 

 

I caught 58 of the fish with my Whopper Plopper. I was so successful with my Rage Swimmer yesterday that I thought it would be the winning ticket again this morning, but it wasn't. I only caught one bass with it. Yesterday, at a different pond, the bass hit and hit and hit it.

 

Today's pond had lots of cabins. Yesterday had a wild shoreline.

 

I launched my canoe at 4 a.m. and I understand why some of you love to fish at night. There was so much surface activity. I'm thinking about launching at 3 a.m. to tap some of that. 

 

I saw a bald eagle/osprey dog fight. The eagle was trying to kill the osprey and nearly did several times. Finally, the eagle tired. I was surprised how aerobatic the eagle was. 

 

It's going to be in the fifties by day and forties come night for several days now, so I won't be fishing for four or five days.

What an "EPIC" day! Bet you got a bad case of the "raw thumb". Congrats! I am greener with envy that the big LM you are sharing with us. Whopper plopper ruled today! It just doesn't get more fun than that!

[galyonj]

8 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

More than I'll catch in a week or two haha.

 

 

I didn't catch that many last year. Lort.

[GreenPig]

Excellent 

[1984isNOW]

Jaw, meet floor

 

 

Any idea what the water temp was?

 

That might have my 2 year total beat. I havent bagged over 10 fish in a day since I was fishing a local golf course YEARS ago.

[roadwarrior]

'Fishin Fool'

 

Geez, that is quite a day.

 

 

 

                                                             

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, PUTitinYOURmouthFISH said:

Jaw, meet floor

 

 

Any idea what the water temp was?

 

That might have my 2 year total beat. I havent bagged over 10 fish in a day since I was fishing a local golf course YEARS ago.

 

I don't know what the water temp. It's going to thunderstorm shortly and then the temp will plummet. I've had really good luck in the past right before a cold front clobbers their appetites. I wish you could have seen the smallmouth across the lake launching themselves at the flying insects. A flyfisher would have caught them until his/her wrists ached. Even with my massive Whopper Plopper, I caught about 25 smallies, but must have had three times that many hits.

 

1 hour ago, PUTitinYOURmouthFISH said:

That might have my 2 year total beat. I havent bagged over 10 fish in a day since I was fishing a local golf course YEARS ago.

 

If you live in Mass, you're not that far from Maine. 

[gim]

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

I've had really good luck in the past right before a cold front clobbers their appetites.

That is quite often my best fishing of the entire season too.  You timed it properly.

[thediscochef]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I caught 59 fish this morning. 58 bass and one thick, powerful pickerel. About half the bass were smallmouth. The biggest LMB was 18.5" and there were a few nice 17-inch-class fish too. The smallmouth were bonkers. When I left the lake, they were still launching themselves from the water, trying to grab bugs out of the air. I did lose two 19"ish, 4-lb. LMB right beside my canoe. I was in a difficult situation with both, with lily pads between the first bass and me and shallow water with the second. 

 

I caught 58 of the fish with my Whopper Plopper. I was so successful with my Rage Swimmer yesterday that I thought it would be the winning ticket again this morning, but it wasn't. I only caught one bass with it. Yesterday, at a different pond, the bass hit and hit and hit it.

 

Today's pond had lots of cabins. Yesterday had a wild shoreline.

 

I launched my canoe at 4 a.m. and I understand why some of you love to fish at night. There was so much surface activity. I'm thinking about launching at 3 a.m. to tap some of that. 

 

I saw a bald eagle/osprey dog fight. The eagle was trying to kill the osprey and nearly did several times. Finally, the eagle tired. I was surprised how aerobatic the eagle was. 

 

It's going to be in the fifties by day and forties come night for several days now, so I won't be fishing for four or five days.

That might be more than I've caught all year. Catch rates that we dream of down here...Awesome!!

[1984isNOW]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

 

I don't know what the water temp. It's going to thunderstorm shortly and then the temp will plummet. I've had really good luck in the past right before a cold front clobbers their appetites. I wish you could have seen the smallmouth across the lake launching themselves at the flying insects. A flyfisher would have caught them until his/her wrists ached. Even with my massive Whopper Plopper, I caught about 25 smallies, but must have had three times that many hits.

 

 

If you live in Mass, you're not that far from Maine. 

My in-laws got a cabin up there, mostly surrounded by big water. Maybe I'll try to sneak out and find one of your picturesque ponds with minimal human foot and fingerprints, but of the few fishing days in ME I get a year I'd hate to waste it on dead water. The big lakes are hard to fish, especially from a yak with no electronics, but I have seen the monsters that lurk in those waters. They often scoff at my lures and mock me.

 

[Swamp Girl]

6 minutes ago, PUTitinYOURmouthFISH said:

a yak with no electronics

 

Since you own ^this,^ you're all set. I look for these three things:

 

1. No ramp.

 

2. LMB are present according to Maine Fish and Wildlife (They do surveys and create depth maps.).

 

3. Less than 400 acres or so. Abundant water plants are a welcome bonus.

 

Several of the bogs and ponds I fish are right beside a road. Cars zoom past terrific fishing.  

[Fishingmickey]

     I'll be up in September for our annual Maine trip, Cricktety.  Not sure if you can find a spot to launch but a couple of years back I had a epic morning of fishing catching Largemouth, Smallmouth and Pike on Belgrade stream.  Whopper plopper 75 and spinner bait was the ticket that day.

Keep them fishing reports coming!

Fishingmickey

[1984isNOW]

1 hour ago, ol'crickety said:

Several of the bogs and ponds I fish are right beside a road. Cars zoom past terrific fishing.  

 I'm spend some time Google mapsing around that area and see what happens.

 

I will say I've spent most of my fishing life driving past (on the passenger side when I was younger) those highway waters and daydreaming of what might be swimming around in there.

 

I've been known to cast into flooded fields and ditches, made the risk of stopping on the highways to hit those waters even riskier knowing I'd cast into a glorified puddle of I had a rod with me haha.

 

But I'll commit this year to getting out on at least one possible ground water overflow. I trust you Crick

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, Fishingmickey said:

     I'll be up in September for our annual Maine trip, Cricktety.  Not sure if you can find a spot to launch but a couple of years back I had a epic morning of fishing catching Largemouth, Smallmouth and Pike on Belgrade stream.  Whopper plopper 75 and spinner bait was the ticket that day.

Keep them fishing reports coming!

Fishingmickey

 

You mentioned Belgrade Stream last year and I added it to my list of water to fish, after doing some research. It looks great!

 

28 minutes ago, PUTitinYOURmouthFISH said:

But I'll commit this year to getting out on at least one possible ground water overflow.

 

The best pike water I ever fished in northern Ontario was a 50-acre pond right beside a major logging road. All day, everyday, fishermen drove past it on their way to lodges and it was loaded with 10-20 lb. pike simply because no one considered giving it a chance. 

 

Where is your cabin? I might be able to suggest some water to fish. 

[1984isNOW]

I appreciate it Crick. Pm sent

 

 

[PhishLI]

7 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I caught 59 fish this morning.

Sensational!

7 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

I launched my canoe at 4 a.m. and I understand why some of you love to fish at night. There was so much surface activity. I'm thinking about launching at 3 a.m. to tap some of that. 

Perfect! Don't forget to toss our little shell cracking friend!

[Will Wetline]

What a day!

[Swamp Girl]

27 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

Sensational!

Perfect! Don't forget to toss our little shell cracking friend!

 

Phish, I'm not going to fish for four or five days because it'll be cold and windy here (again), but when I return to the canoe, I'm going to fish a quality/NO quantity bog. I'll likely catch three bass, but one of them might be a Phish-sized-fish. And If I manage to rise at two in the morning, I'll cast our shell-cracking friend. 

[Darth-Baiter]

59?!  i once caught 59 fish..i call it the year 2020!!

[Way north bass guy]

Sounds like a great day! By the looks of all the posts on this thread, I guess we in the north are spoiled a bit with fish catches. Sure, many of you guys can fish most of the year, but around here if I don’t get at least 20-30 bass in an outing, especially on a lake I’ve had some experience on before, I call it a kinda slow day. 
Many days here are 50+ fish days, guess it’s the combination of low pressure and a short season, either way, I’ll take it! 
Keep racking up those numbers Crickety??. 

[Swamp Girl]

44 minutes ago, Way north bass guy said:

Sounds like a great day! By the looks of all the posts on this thread, I guess we in the north are spoiled a bit with fish catches. Sure, many of you guys can fish most of the year, but around here if I don’t get at least 20-30 bass in an outing, especially on a lake I’ve had some experience on before, I call it a kinda slow day. 
Many days here are 50+ fish days, guess it’s the combination of low pressure and a short season, either way, I’ll take it! 
Keep racking up those numbers Crickety??. 

 

Ontario has world-class fishing. It's my favorite place to fish. Sure, I love Maine, but Ontario is Maine times 3,000. 

 

 

[PhishLI]

2 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Phish, I'm not going to fish for four or five days because it'll be cold and windy here

Besides that, I think you've earned a nice rest. I needed a nap myself after viewing your catches in pictures.

[king fisher]

I sure wish the bass fishing in Mexico was as good as it is in Maine.  That is an incredible day anywhere, any time.

[Swamp Girl]

15 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Sure, I love Maine, but Ontario is Maine times 3,000. 

 

Am I the only nerd here? I was thinking that someone, i.e. a fellow nerd, would catch the Tony Stark-3,000 reference. 

 

Truly,

 

A Lonesome Nerd