Fishing lizards in maine

[basser223]

I like fishing plastics and im wondering if anyone in maine fishes lizards and gets fish on them or if that is just a southern tactic?

[J Francho]

There are several species of salamander whose range extends into Maine.

[basser223]

There are several species of salamander whose range extends into Maine.

So should I be able to get a fish on a plastic lizard?

[wagn]

I'm in nh and fish lizards pretty often. Mostly on a Carolina rig, and they work great for me.

They'll work just fine up in Maine as well

[228TO603]

I just moved from South Mississippi a few months ago and during my 1st week here I ran out to a pond in Manchester,Nh on my lunch break to scout it out well my setup was the same as when I left so i had a black 7" zoom lizard rigged weighless so I flipped him at a laydown and I caught 3 decent LM in 30 minutes.

I have gone  through 3 packs of lizards during the spawn on one trip and as wagn said they are terrific Carolina rigged deep in the summertime.

[Grey Wolf]

If it looks like food they'll eat it , I don't care what state your in.

[marinetech]

one of my favorite plastics here in maine. pumpkin with char. tail

[MaineBassMan]

I catch Maine bass all the time with the same lures that the pros use. I even catch them here with 10 inch berkley power worms, Lizards work fine too. I throw some funky looking plastics that look nothing like the natural food sources up here and still catch bass. They will work on a given day just not all the time!

[Stinkus]

What about the "go to" brushhog marinetech?

[Nashua Nev]

i agree with all of you.

i am new to fishing with plastics ( 1 season) and i like and have had better luck with lizards and odd looking plastics rather then just worm looking things. 

black, dark red , and darker green

[Nashua Nev]

there are also several videos on you tube showing you how others are cutting up and spliting worms and lizards and other plastics lengthwise to show a little more movement

kinda like a small octopus looking thing

drops slower and creates more movement when dropping

simply more visible for the fish to see

i am no expert but it worked for me

[laus]

They work for me great here. I rig em weedless and twitch over pads and around coon grass. Black mostly

[Nixstyx]

Lizards are a great option, even for the cold Maine waters. The reason most baits work is that bass are aggressive predators and will eat anything that looks like it might be food. Your local pond doesn't need to have a native population of "Yamamoto Kreatures" for them to catch bass. As long as it acts like prey, and looks like it might be tasty, fish will bite it.

I do think there is something to matching your bait to the fish's seasonal feeding patterns though. Dragging a lizard on a carolina rig isn't going to attract much attention when smallies are following schools of suspended smelt. Even in that case though, it is more about the presentation, and not the type of bait.