ICU812 Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 Just found this northeast section so I figured I'd link my report. If anyone's trying to hit Toddy Pond up let me know!! http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1282134265 Quote
ICU812 Posted September 2, 2010 Author Posted September 2, 2010 lol 97 views and no responses. Looks like Maine gets no love Quote
MaineBassMan Posted January 22, 2011 Posted January 22, 2011 Plenty of love for Maine, its just that most of us Maniacs are playing outside in the snow and don't get on here very often. That's a fine looking bass. Fished there a couple of times this year (2010) caught two nice five pounders there and a four. Fished two tournaments there this year too, but we flopped in the first one and got third in the second one. One of my friends caught one just under seven pounds in the first tournament and won that one with an 18 pound limit. Great fishery but it can be finicky. It's about a two hour drive for me so I only go there a few times a year. These were our best Toddy Pond bass for 2010: Quote
ICU812 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Posted February 19, 2011 Hey thanks for the response! It's great to see those pics, those are some really nice bass! I can't wait to get back out on the lake now that I know the fishery is tried and true!! If you're ever around the area let me know I'd love to see how it's really done If you have any advice on the patterns or areas to try on the lake, I'm all ears. I'm pretty much self-taught but I love to fish and love to learn!! Thanks again for hitting the thread up!! I've seen some of your other threads and it's obvious you know how to catch'em! Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted February 20, 2011 Super User Posted February 20, 2011 Nothing wrong with ME. I go up there every weekend during the spring, summer & fall. Now a non-resident fishing license @ $64.00 is starting to P' me off...LOL....AND I PAY PROPERTY TAXES... ;D Quote
MaineBassMan Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Hey thanks for the response! It's great to see those pics, those are some really nice bass! I can't wait to get back out on the lake now that I know the fishery is tried and true!! If you're ever around the area let me know I'd love to see how it's really done If you have any advice on the patterns or areas to try on the lake, I'm all ears. I'm pretty much self-taught but I love to fish and love to learn!! Thanks again for hitting the thread up!! I've seen some of your other threads and it's obvious you know how to catch'em! Thanks for the kind comments, but your going to give me a swelled head if you keep them up ;D I have good days and bad days just like everyone else does. I love Toddy Pond for the fact that I know when I go there that I have a very good possibility in catching my biggest bass ever! However, it is a very tough lake at times. The bass can be very finicky, more finicky than what I'm use to. When you go there you need to try everything and they seem to be very picky on what type of cover they are going to relate to on a given day. For instance, those pictures I posted above were all on the same day and we caught those bass all in about one hour along 100 yards of shore. All bass were caught on crankbaits, they wouldn't hit anything else. We caught them casting parallel to the bank in about 8 to 10 foot of water bumping boulders. It seemed like we had figured them out and then the bite just stopped after our fifth bass. We had a total of 19lbs 14 oz for five bass. we fished for the rest of that day trying everything that we could think of and we just couldn't buy a bite. This was our pre-fish before the tourney, we felt good cause even though we caught only 5 bass they were a good five bass. Come tournament day that technique didn't work at all. I caught our one and only bass for the tournament on a jig casting in tight to the bank. It weighed a little over two pounds. Couldn't buy a bite after that. Following just behind us on the same bank was a friend of mine. He ended up catching 5 nice bass and a 6.41 lbs largemouth getting second place. All on the same shore we were fishing. Talked to him after the tourney and he said that he had to cast so that his lure would land on the bank and then he had to drag it down into the water. If he landed a few inches short he wouldn't get a bite. I was landing too short from the bank. Maybe if I had done what he had things may have been different? We fished our clubs fish off tournament, (our classic, you have to make it into the top 15 teams for the season), day one at Toddy. My father and I almost skunked out, but in the last hour I changed over to 3/4 oz Moon talker or Walker spinnerbait and started catching a few. I ended up isolating the bass to a particular type of structure. They wanted a rock or rocks with weeds or just one strand of grass next to the rock. If it was just a rock with no weeds, I would get no bites. If it was just weeds I would get no bites. If there was one strand of grass next to a rock bang I would get hit. It was to the point were I could call my next catch. I ended up having a nice 5-6 pound largemouth chase my spinnerbait up to the boat, he came out from two boulders that had grass between them, but he got spooked by the boat. :'( If I had caught that fish we may have won our clubs fish off. We ended up getting third place on day one. We fished Big Lake for day two and we managed to hold onto third place by the skin of our teeth and I only caught 4 fish that day. I felt bad for my father, it was a rough two days of fishing in very high winds and my father didn't catch one bass in two days of fishing. Check out our clubs web page--search "The Maine Blade Runners"-- we are either the largest or second largest private bass club in Maine. You can view last years tournament results and then you can see that I have good days and bad days. Last year was a tough year for my Dad and I as far as tournament fishing goes, we have done better in the past. I hope we get our mojo back this season! Just be open minded when you fish there. Just a tip- I haven't caught many bass out of the first Toddy. My best friend has a camp that he and I can stay at so I plan on fishing it a lot more now. It's too far for just a day trip for me. Quote
MaineBassMan Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 One last thing about the lake. The bass fishing would be a lot better there but the bass get pounded hard there through the ice. They kill numerous big bass there during ice fishing derbies. I also hear that some of local camp owners are trying to thin them out so that their beloved salmon and togue can do better@ : I don't believe that the largemouth affect the salmon and togue, they live in different parts of the lake. Quote
ICU812 Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 Just saw this - thanks for all the great information!! I've been busy lately but I'm excited to get a chance to get back on the pond, especially now that I'm armed with the knowledge that it's got such potential and some tips on how to fish it! Thanks a lot man - this helps a lot! Good luck this year! Quote
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