Mainebass1984

This week I will be fishing a couple days after work hopefully I will get something worth posting. This weekend I will be back in Maine chasing lunkers.

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Good luck to everyone who is fishing on this beautiful weekend. I am stuck working all weekend. I may sneak out fishing after work tomorrow. Post some pics guys !

Cheats, liars and fakes.... they all suck. Not exactly quality traits. It is what is. If its a 5 lb 0 oz bass then that's what it is. If it is a 4 lb 12 oz bass then that is what it is. Why lie about it ? If you see a pic of a photo shopped "10 lber" then go ahead and call them out on it, or don't. It doesn't really matter.. Personally it does bother me to a certain point when some one claims that the fish they caught is much bigger then it actually is. Chances are that they didn't weigh it or measure it so to them that fish is as big as they feel it should be in there mind. I weigh all the big bass I catch and check my scale often. I can read a scale. This past fall I caught a 9 lb 1 oz bass in Maine. I posted the picture online and for the most part people were congratulatory. There were a few though that doubted the size of the fish, even after I posted the video of me weighing it on a scale. Those few select individuals really, really ticked me off. If some one feels they need to lie or exaggerate the size of a fish they caught to make themselves feel good or give the impression that they are a better fisherman then they are, then let them, that is pretty sad.

Fished after work again yesterday with my friend Brandon. We fished for about 3 hours. The weather was mostly cooperative, calm winds and mostly cloudy. Between the 2 of us we caught 23 bass. Nothing really picture worthy. Most of the bass were around 2 lbs, a lot in the 16-17 inch range. Caught most of our fish on rubber worms and spinnerbaits.

Got a bunch of 16-17 inchers yesterday. Heading back this afternoon. I will post photos tonight or tomorrow morning so I can get on the board. I will hopefully end up culling all 5 of them. Nev and Mars nice fish ! You guys weigh em ?

Got out fishing for 4 hours after work yesterday. It was pretty d**n windy. Fishing was decent caught 19 largemouth all around 2 lbs. Biggest fish was about 2 3/4 lbs. Caught fish on jigs, senkos, crankbaits, and frogs. The weeds ahave started to come up and get a little bit thicker. The water temp was 72 and fish were post spawn. Heading back out again after work today.

How was fishing over the weekend ? Should have let me know. We could have fished couple spots.

I am in. Caught a bunch of 2-4 lbers today but didn't take any pics.

After a late night last night I decided to sleep in just get u and go fishing when ever I woke up. I arrived at the boat launch at 8 am. The parking lot was full. there were 14 boats already launched. I almost decided to go somewhere else but decided to go for it anyway, I was already there. I launched my boat and just started fishing. It certainly was a slow start. I assumed the northeast wind had something to do with the poor fishing. I just kept plugging along catching a fish every now and then but nothing of any size. I spoke with a couple of guys fishing in there boats and they said it had been a really slow morning. Then the wind picked up pretty good. It stared blowing 10-15 mph out of the northeast. It started getting a bit choppy out on the water. A few boats left once the wind had kicked up, then it began to rain. Most people decided to call it a day. I elected to stay. After an hour or so the wind calmed down significantly and the rain stopped. A front had just passed and the bass were biting ! The afternoon bite was insanely good. I had the place to myself for the most part. Sometimes it pays to tough it out and stay with it. I caught 27 largemouth and 1 smallmouth for the day, as well as a bunch of pickerel. Lunker fof the day. 6 lbs 0 oz 21.75 inches 5-8 5-6 5-1 Got a 4-1 and 5 between 3-4 lbs as well but didn't take any pics of them. It was an amazing way to end an incredible month for me, 19 bass over 5 lbs for the month. Hopefully June will be just as awesome !

There are some giants in there ! My favorite lake to fish. I am sure you will get em !!

Fishing this past weekend was exceptional. I usually take a friend of mine fishing this weekend ever year. More often then not we go smallmouth beds fishing. It is fun we catch lots of fish but this year we decided to go fishing for some hawg largemouth. We fished all day Saturday and Sunday as well as 4 hours on Monday. In the three days I caught 46 largemouth and 24 smallmouth. My friend caught a bunch of bass as well including the three biggest bass of his life. The weather was very perfect for fishing. It was in in he low 70s each day and we had passing showers each day with relatively calm conditions. The water temperature was as warm as 65 degrees. It was mostly cloudy each day. There were still some smallies on beds but we were already seeing bass fry. We concentrated most of our effort fishing fro big largemouth. We caught them on a variety of lures, plastic worms, jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits and even caught a few on a frog. It was an amazing weekend. Each day we caught some huge bass. For the 3 days between the two of us we caught 7 bass larger then 5 lbs and a few very heavy 4s as well. We landed quite a few fours and a bunch of 3s. It was the best weekend of fishing that my friend and I had ever had while fishing together. It was a great time for sure. It was a bummer losing a ginormous lunker on one of the last cats of the day but, such things happen. I think that my friend will want to go fishing to that lake again soon. 6-2 5-5 6-12 5-7 6-0 5-5 5-14

Fishing was pretty awesome this past weekend. I got a couple fish two cull out my two smallest. 6 lbs 1 oz 22.25 inches 6 lbs 12 oz 22.5 inches

I fished for about 10 minutes about an hour or so after dark. On the 3rd cast with my spinnerbait I got a 4 lb 1 oz largemouth. Then it started down pouring and I left.

Who is fishing the long weekend ? I will be heading back to Maine after work today. Should be a great weekend to fish. The smallmouth spawn should be on and that is always fun.

Some nice smallies NEjitterbugger. This coming weekend I will be smallmouth fishing a couple days. They are a blast to catch on light gear.

I got out fishing after work yesterday for about 4 hours. It was my first time fishing the pond we went to. The water temperature was surprisingly very warm, 67 degrees. We saw a lot of empty beds but a couple fish still were on them. We caught a lot of pickerel. We didn't get a bass bite for over an hour to start of our outing. Once we figured them out then we started catching a couple. I ended up catching 5 largemouth and my friend caught 3. Between the two of us we caught 15 pickerel. All of the bass were between 2 lbs and 2 3/4 lbs except for one good one I caught on a jig. It was well worth making the drive after work to catch a few bass on a beautiful may afternoon. The good one. Measured about 20.5 inches, its tail was pretty beat up. It weighed in at 5 lbs 3 oz. My biggest bass so far in Vermont this year.

What are the bass doing where you guys are ? Last weekend I saw some male largemouths making beds. They are shallow. I even caught one while he was making a bed. The cold weather we have this week should push them back off. It seems like it is going to be the usual spawn time like it is every year at least for where I am fishing. Smallies spawn in the last two weeks of May. Largemouth spawning the last few days of May and the first week of June. Every water is a little different depending on a couple factors but generally what I said above I have found to be very true atleast for the areas I like to fish in western/southern Maine and Vermont.

Who is going fishing this weekend and where are you going ? I have to work this weekend. I might have time to fish a couple hours after work tomorrow. Hopefully everyone else will be able to get out on the water and catch some big friggin bass !

Keep at it clr9933.n Once you have your 5 fish then it will be time to upgrade.

Big bass were biting today ! The bite should be real could the next couple days too. Get out and enjoy the nice warm weather.

It was an amazing day in May today. An absolutely magical day. The big bass were biting real well today. It was overcast and misting when I arrived at the boat launch at 8 am. The water temperature was 55. I went directly to the spot I did so well at last week. They were still there and they were hungry. I was able to cull 4 of my fish today. The jig bite was on. 5 lbs 8 oz 21.5 inches 7 lbs 0 oz 23 inches 6 lbs 5 oz 21.25 inches 5 lbs 14 oz 21.5 inches 5 lbs 11 oz 20.75 inches 5 lb 1 oz It was one of the best day of fishing I have had in a long time. It is unfortunate that the 23 inch 7-0 was super super skinny. The five biggest bass for the day weighed in at 30 lbs 6 oz, the second biggest one day bag I have had. The morning bite was better but I caught fish all day mostly on a jig and a couple on a crankbait. I caught 22 largemouth today, 1 7lber, 1 6lber, 4 5 lbers, 2 4 lbers, and 1 3 lber. I also caught 3 smallmouth the biggest being about 2.5 lbs. It was a crazy amazing day of fishing. I will be going back there the next two days. I am taking my mom there tomorrow, hopefully I can put her on a 5 lber.

d**n Nev that's a fatty. Did you get a weight ?

It is all about perspective. I personally usually target bigger fish. There are days though when all I want to do is catch a LOT of bass. Ideally I would like to catch a lot of big fish. That usually doesn't happen. Each body of water is different and some bodies of water simply don't grow big fish. As far as learning a new body of water.. It is not easy. Like Nev said you got to pick an area and learn. That is difficult on big water though. One thing about bass fishing is that you shouldn't second guess yourself. Have confidence in what lure using and where you are fishing. Who is going fishing this weekend ?

This weekend looks like a great weekend to catch some big bass. Who is going fishing this weekend ? I will be all 3 days.