For the love of Maine, am I the only one catching bass here???

[Swamp Girl]

You all know I post Maine bass pics again and again, but I can't be the only BR member who catches bass in Maine. C'mon, my Maine bassin' brothers, bass up!

[JQ-92]

I fish in NH, MA, and(border lakes of NH/Maine but seems like FB groups have much more activity than for New England than BR unfortunately. 

[Swamp Girl]

20 minutes ago, JQ-92 said:

I fish in NH, MA, and(border lakes of NH/Maine but seems like FB groups have much more activity than for New England than BR unfortunately. 

 

All by myself.

Don't wanna post all by myself...anymore. 

[MN Fisher]

19 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 

All by myself.

Don't wanna post all by myself...anymore. 

[Swamp Girl]

@MN Fisher:

 

[jbmaine]

Here's a few of our better ones over the years.

[Swamp Girl]

@jbmaine: WHEW! I'm not alone. Thanks, JB.

 

Did you get any measurement on that bottom bass?

[jbmaine]

3 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

Did you get any measurement on that bottom bass?

I didn't measure the length or girth but my digital scale read 5 lb. 2 oz. This catch flew in the face of all the " Ya gotta be stealthy to catch the big ones" kind of talk. We were in a large cove with constant 6 ft depth and submerged weed bed up to two feet below the surface. I had set the trolling motor to slowly move us across the whole cove. So TM was going, sonar was pinging away, I was fan casting as we went. This one hit a spinner bait five feet from the boat. I actually saw the blur as it come out of the weeds. It doesn't look it from the pic. but the one five pics. down is one the missus caught ( on a Zebco reel) and was two pounds heaver than this one.

[Swamp Girl]

2 hours ago, jbmaine said:

" Ya gotta be stealthy to catch the big ones"

 

I think I preach stealth more than anyone. And I preach it based upon what happens if I bump something in my canoe and I see three swirls within five feet of me as the bass bolt. 

 

So your wife caught a seven-pounder? Wow. They're rare. 

[jbmaine]

Don't get me wrong .I believe in stealth also. There is a certain pond in northern Maine I used to fly fish for native brookies. The trout were tucked in around a spring. I learned to wait until there was a breeze to riffle the water before casting. If I casted when it was calm the line splash would spook the fish. I'm just saying every so often there are exceptions.

 The misses is a very interesting fisherwomen. She has tendinitis in both  hands, arms, and so has very little strength in either arm. A zebco is all she can handle and her casts are more of a lob and go most anywhere. A weightless senko is about all she uses. If she hooks a fish I have to reel it in for her ( that's why I was holding the fish). With all that I can't begin to tell you how many times she has out fished me. Yes, she did catch a seven pounder, on a cast that ended up far from where she was aiming, in the middle of open water with no structure in sight, six feet of water, dead featureless bottom, in an area I would never have cast to. It taught me to never take for granite where fish might be.   

[Swamp Girl]

1 hour ago, jbmaine said:

I'm just saying every so often there are exceptions.

 

No doubt. Bass break rules as fast they make rules.

 

1 hour ago, jbmaine said:

Yes, she did catch a seven pounder, on a cast that ended up far from where she was aiming, in the middle of open water with no structure in sight, six feet of water, dead featureless bottom, in an area I would never have cast to.

 

Your bride proved my point. 😁

[MassBass]

I head up to Maine to fish then and again. My fishin bud lives up there now. Usually keep quiet about Maine bass fishing, but I think the cat has been out of the bag for a while now.

[Swamp Girl]

Woo-hoo, @MassBass!