Mainebass1984

Id rather fish in the rain then any other weather. I think that the likely hood of catching a bigger bass increases.

I also fish with people who "over guesstimate" the size of there fish. That is exactly why I always bring a scale. I find it pretty hilarious when I weigh my friends so called " 5 lber " and it weighs 2 lbs 10 oz. LOL. The look on there face is priceless.

I heard it was tough there also. There was 6 lber weighed in though. My partner and I will be trying to fish all the remaining tourneys. We are in 3rd and we want to move up the standings. Why oh Why would you go fun fish Moose Pond ? Plenty of other places to catch bigger and better fish. Like Kezar lake for example. Always can get a few 3 plus pounders out of there.

Arrowhead next sunday ?

I will be in for July as well. All the water temperatures I have seen lately have been well into the 70s. I will be night fishing this weekend.

For the areas I fish in Maine and Vermont: 1 pound : dinker 2 pounds : keeper 3 pounds: decent 4 pounds: good one 5 pounds: nice fish 6 pounds: hawg 7 pounds: lunker 8 pounds: trophy 9 pounds: Once in a lifetime 10 pounds: You must be dreaming or a liar Biggest fish I have caught is a 9 lb 1 oz In reality anything over 5 lbs is big

Spring or fall : light wind, overcast, light rain/mist, 60 degrees. Summer: at night during a full moon with light winds temps on the 50's and 60's

I have fished this lake a few times. My advice for fishing this time of year there is go deep and drop shot.

Fished yesterday afternoon form 530 til dark. The guy I was fishing with and myself managed to catch 40 largemouth before dark. We caught a few good ones. The hour and a half before dark the bite was red hot. We caught a 3-12 and a 4-3 on consecutive casts. Then right as I was putting my stuff away he makes one last cast as I put the trolling motor on five to blast back to launch. His rod doubles over, figuring he is stuck. The "snag" started fighting back. Got it t the boat and netted her. It was the biggest bass he had caught in years a 5 lb 11 ozer. Not sure if I will begetting out his afternoon. They are predicting some severe thunderstorms this afternoon.

Oh so close !!! Got out this evening form 530 until dark. I took the regional fisheries biologist out fishing to show him how well the lake has been. Betweeen the two of us we caught 40 bass. Nev you got me beat this month. Congratulations. It was within grasp, just one cast away. I did catch a 3-12 tonight and 4-3 20 or so incher. It was a bit over 20 more like 20 1/4 or so but it slid down my board. Here she is. Just as we were getting ready to leave. I am picking up all my loose things, pliers, scale etc. I start to blast to the launch on 5 when I hear " Hold on I think I am stuck." His rod doubles over. I tell him he has a fish on. He says "OH YA I think so." The bass pulls drag goes under the boat. I grab the net and with a quick swipe net her. It was the biggest bass he has ever caught. A long skinny 22 inch 5 lb 11 oz bass. He didn't want his picture taken. I am always gad to see people catch the biggest bass of there lives from my boat. Just one cast away.... Congratulations Nev. Well done. I am in for next month.

Nev has me beat by 2.5 inches as of right now. My smallest two are 20" and 19". So I need to catch another 21.5 incher like I did a couple days ago to cull the 19 ". My strategy is simple. Catch a big bass !! My game plan for the afternoon is to fish deep weeds near main lake drop offs. Its been working lately. The past 3 afternoons there have been 56 , 69 , and 45 bass put in my boat by my friend and I. That's 170 bass in three days just fishing from 4 ish until dark 30. I am going to stick to that game plan. Hey all it takes is one bite...

Got to Maine. The bass are biting great that time of year. The scenery is amazing. The weather is nice and often enough you have the whole lake to yourself. A few big bass around too. Its further then you want to go ideally but you wont be disappointed.

I think this Sunday I will be fishing lake arrowhead in Maine this weekend. I have never been there. Has anyone on here fished there ? Is it well marked ?

Today is the last day of June. Fishing again from 4 until dark. Need a couple good fish. Its now or never.

Fishing wasn't as good yesterday afternoon. We did land 45 bass from 4 til dark but only one decent fish at 3 lbs 1 oz. I will be back at it this evening.

Fishing the past two evenings has been insanely good. The bass are definitely in post spawn summer time patterns. Yesterday after work my friend and I went fishing at about 4 o'clock and fished until dark. The water temperature had warmed up a bit, it was 76 degrees. The air temperature was around 86 degrees. There was a northwest wind 5-10 mph. It was partly cloudy. The sun felt super intense yesterday afternoon. We launched the boat and went to my first main lake spot. It takes 20-30 minutes to get there with my trolling motor... Once we got there our first 4 casts we caught fish. Nothing good but 2 of the fish were 2 lbs or so. We had our first double of the day there which is always fun. We fished the area around this spot for an hour picking up fish. It is a steep drop into 30 feet of water and weeds. We decided to make a move to the most northern end of the lake. The fishing on the northern end of the lake was insane. We were catching fish what seemed like every other cast. Targeting off shore spots with thick weeds right on the drop off seemed to be the thing to do yesterday. We caught fish on jigs, rubber worms, and a couple fish on frogs. The past couple days downsizing our baits and using lighter line really seems to have done the trick. Caught most of our fish using 8 lb fluorocarbon vanish line throwing 4 inch weightless power worms. It takes such a long time for the bait to sink to anywhere near bottom but it certainly has been getting the job done. Before we switched to the lighter line and bait we were using 12 lb mono and a 6 inch power worm, we weren't getting anywhere near as many bites.We finished the evening with 69 bass in the boat. Most of the fish were in the 1.5-2.5 lb range. We decided to make one of my really good spots our last spot of the day. My friend quickly caught a 3 lb 8ozer. I unfortunately get broken off by a lunker. The first time I have been broken off by a bass in two years... So that is sad. I guess that is the chance you take when you use 8 lb fluorocarbon. Then we double up on a couple 2 lbs. After that we both cast right back to the same spot again. There is very thick weeds there right on the drop in about 8-10 feet of water. We both hook into real nice fish. Playing the fish towards the boat I realize I have a larger bass on. It is kicking my but and I am holding on for dear life, praying my line doesn't break again. My friend is using 10 lb test and he gets his fish to the boat quicker then I did and he is calling for the net. I hand him the net while I am still fighting my fish. He nets his fish its a solid 3 plus pounder. Now my fish is to the boat and it looks much bigger. We net my fish with his still in the net. Now there are two fish in the net. Pretty sweet double. His weighed 3 lbs 6 oz and mine was a pretty good fish and a lunker for this pond at 5 lbs 2 oz. We fished the spot for another 30-45 minutes until we couldn't see any more and then made the long trip back to the launch. We finished the day with 69 bass in the boat. Most of them were in between 1.5 lbs and 2.5 lbs. Our 5 biggest for the day were 5-2, 3-8, 3-6, 3-1 and a 2-14. Pretty awesome evening of fishing. I am going back there again this evening.

Got out yesterday afternoon. The fishing was great 69 bass in the boat. A bunch of 14-18 inch fish and a few good ones as well. I was able to cull one of my smallest fish. This was lunker for the evening. There is some good bass fishing in Vermont. 21.5 inches 5 lbs 2 oz A couple more days until July. I will be fishing both afternoons in hopes of catching more fish like this and catching up to Nev. Lets see some more fish guys.

10 lbs ! Wow that is a lunker in the northeast. You got a picture of that behemoth ?

Tearing up the bass over here in Vermont. Fished form 4 til dark yesterday with a buddy of mine. Between the two of us we boated 56 largemouth. Most of them were around 2 lbs or so. Lunker for the day was a 3 lb 4 oz. We were catching them off of drop offs with weeds. Its a beautiful weekend for fishing.... So get out there and catch some fish !

There are plenty of bass in there. Personally I have better luck fishing some of the other area lakes and ponds. The water will be murky. You have to be careful there. Buy a good map. The place is marked fairly well although there are a ton of unmarked rock piles and especially wood pilings.

Since I apparently am a rookie at consistently catching 5 pound plus bass in the summer months I would like to hear every bodies favorite summertime technique preferably from some northern fisherman.

Although I am sure you would catch plenty of pickerel that pond sounds like a great place to fish a frog.

Went fishing after work yesterday. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, a cold front had been pushing through all day. It was 75 degrees outside and the water temperature was around 72 degrees. A high pressure system was moving in and the barometric pressure had been rising all day. The forecast for the afternoon was for calm winds. Got to the lake and the wind was blowing out of the north 10-15 mph with gusts to over 20 mph/. There were some serious waves and a couple white caps. I had only 5 hours to fish and 2 batteries. So I decided to go anyway. Fought the wind all the way to my first spot. I caught one fish on a rubber worm and then couldn't get a bite. Went to a drop shot and drop shot and immediately caught a couple 12 inch monsters. Fished the spot for another 20-30 and caught nothing but a 10 inch pumpkinseed. Apparently the fish weren't biting well. My next really good spot produce 2 fish, one of them was a 2 lber. Fishing was slow and tough. I spent 3 hours in the upper section of this lake and caught 5 bass and 4 pickerel. It was 730 pm and it was time to adjust my game plan. I decided to make a move out into the main lake. The wind had calmed considerably and shifted to a slight almost calm wind out of the south. Once I got to my favorite spot on the main lake I started catching fish and better fish then I was catching in the upper end. My favorite main lake spot was producing fish after fish. After working the area over with a drop shot and a rubber worm I decided to try a jig. I was casting to the deep side of the drop off in 16 feet of water. Let the jig fall and fall and then my line jumped. Set the hook and the fight was on. The fish was pulling pretty good and wrapped me in some super thick weeds. Then it got stuck in the 4 feet of thick grass on bottom. I went over to where it was and.... the fish got off. That was sad. I saw the bass and it was a giant but it was a solid 4 lber. Bummer. I keep on fishing the area picking up a decent fish here and there. The biggest being a little bit over 18 inches. The bite was pretty consistent right up until dark. Finished the evening with 14 bass, not bad considering how tough it was at the start. I caught most of my fish after the wind shifted, the front passed, and after I changed my game plan. Most of my fish were caught in or next to deep water 12-33 feet deep. Seems as if these fish were in summertime mode. Heading back to the lake this afternoon.

Fished it last week. I tried fishing frogs. That is an amazing bite and can be super fun. That being said all I caught on frogs were... big pike and the suck.

The ingestion of soft plastics is a hotly debated topic across the country. Both sides of the debate have truthful points based on facts. There are several scientific studies on this exact topic. I am sure you can find them on the internet. If you are truly concerned ask your regional fisheries biologist his opinion. Will it cause stress/harm to the fish ? Yes. Will it kill it ? No. The best way to prevent this from even being an issue is by properly disposing of your soft plastics or by changing out a beat up plastic bait before it goes flying off your hook.