Mainebass1984

I definitely believe there is a 10 lb largemouth in NH. Last year a 10 lber was posted on the NH thread in the Northeast forum. A 10 lb bass is a very rare catch anywhere in New England. A very old, once in a lifetime fish.

There are some real nice smallies in there. They should be on beds soon. Should be some fantastic fishing. Some lunker largemouth lurk in there as well.

Got to make the trip home to see the family for mothers day. Will try and fit in some fishing. No it isn't to early for top water in my opinion.

Anyone fishing Maine this weekend ?

Awesome.

My PB smallie also came from there

Id love to see a picture of that 8 plus

Echo, Seymour, Lake Parker, Shadow Lake, etc etc. I'm sure you can find more online too.

Bean pond and the other small ponds just west of Willoughby are all stocked with trout. No smallies there.

There aren't any bass in Willoughby to speak of. The run of rainbows from Magog is basically done. There are bigger lake trout in Willoughby then any other lake in New England. Honestly if you are looking for bass... I would fish some the smaller bodies of water. Some uncredible smallie fishing up there.

It was a 3 day weekend. The wind was brutal.

I have thought about it. About 8 years ago I was going through the process of getting my guides license. I got a job offer in Alaska and didn't finish getting my guide license. I have thought about getting it recently. I think I am going to wait until I retire in a few years. I do enjoy taking people fishing and getting them on some fish.

The wind sucked. It was 15-20 mph out of the North and Northeast. Gusts 25-30 mph each day.. Water temperature was good at 57 * on sat, 56 * on sun and monday. For the weekend my buddy and I got 2 6s, 3 5s, 8 4s and 9 3s. We did pretty good considering the wind sucked so much. Be a couple weeks before I get out to Maine again. Hopefully the water doesn't warm up much. We caught fish on jigs, rattle traps, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, crankbaits, senkos, and rage swimmers. The bite was actually tough the last two days. It was a grind. My friend caught 2 of the biggest fish f his life and got his 4 biggest for the year so far.

Heading back for the next 3 days. Its big bass time !!

Casting to cover. Id fish a soft swim bait as well.

It is far tougher to find good spots that produce trophy class fish then for someone to look at your picture and find your spot. I guarantee that more time and effort goes into finding a trophy producing spot then some yuppy on a computer attempting to find your spot so he can catch fish. Some of those spots have taken YEARS to find and fine tune. To have someone click on your picture and find your spot in a few minutes or hours....Guys that spot steal like that... Should probably spend more time fishing and becoming a better angler then staring at pictures on there computer trying to figure out where your spot is. Individuals like that, in my opinion, are terrible for the sport. They seek instant gratification and results without putting in any hard work to attain it.

Sadly spot burning happens far more often then we think. I don't post many pics anymore because I know people who post here ( not necessarily on his thread ) have figured out some of the spots I like to fish from my pictures. I have run into them on the water. It takes a lot of time, effort and dedication to find really good spots. It sucks the reality of the situation is that some people on here will try to figure out where you caught your fish from the background of your picture. When I post pics I now only post pics that cant give away a spot or lake. I don't mind telling people spots or techniques to help them catch more and bigger bass. I cant stand people who instead of trying to figure out spots on their own decide to figure out your spot from your picture. I do realize most of us on here don't do that but it is the few that do who really get on my nerves.

I lived in Maine until I graduated college. I have spent many, many hours fishing all over the state. A lot of time, effort and dedication. It isn't wasn't easy. For starters I suggest being the first one on the water and the last one to leave. You will learn a lot.

Sounds like you found some yellow perch eggs.

My buddy sold me the deps side swimmer I have real cheap. Nice guy. They are fish catching machines. The one I have is perch pattern and the bass love it.

If there are yellow perch where you are fishing it very well could have been perch eggs. Typically they spawn in 3-8 ft of water. They leave a long white egg mass that could be up to 2 ft long. The do not make nesting sites. It would be laying on bottom most likely in a weedy area. They spawn when the water temperature is around 50 degrees up here in New England. If the eggs you found were real shallow and in a more spherical shaped egg mass then they are probably some sort of amphibian eggs most likely from toads or frogs.

I'm originally from Brownfield. I used to work in North Conway for years. Kezar Lake is a great fishery. Big bass and big trout too. Id try and stay close to Kezar Lake. You spend a week there in early June.... You are sure to get some lunkers ! There are a few places to stay in the area.

Garbage ? hahaha. I will take that garbage any day. Keep fishing swim baits. I didn't mention it in my post but I do believe I missed the biggest fish of the weekend.... On an Osprey 8 inch line threw... Right now big swim baits are working

The recent warm up this past week had the big fish slamming. My buddy Shane J and I caught a few lunkers on Saturday and then I went back Sunday to get a couple more. Water temperatures were 53 on sat and 55 on sun. Moving baits were working and big fish were biting ! Now is the time to catch big fish in the north east ! Get out there and fish ! 5-9 7-7 5-5 7-2 5-8 7-10 Rage tail swimmer and a deps side swimmer were working good ! Got the 5-9 on a senko. The only non moving bait big fish. Time to get out and fish guys ! Big fish are biting !

This past weekend I journeyed back to Maine for some early season lunker hunting. I was hoping the recent warm weather had warmed up the water temperature above 50 degrees. After making the journey to Maine, waking up at 5 am to drive another 2.5 hours into Maine, I arrived at my destination. The water had warmed since the last time I fished. When I launched around 8 am the water temperature was 47 degrees. The wind was calm and it was sunny. My plan was to target isolated wood and 5-10 ft of water. In the first hour of fishing I boated 6 bass the biggest being a 5 lb 2 oz largemouth on a jig. I was getting more bites on moving baits, especially a rage tail swimmer. The bite slowed until it basically shut off around noon. The water kept warming until it reached a high of 49 degrees. The wind picked up out of the north blowing 10-20 mph. It made fishing on spots a challenge. After struggling for hours with out a bite I went back to my first spot where a tributary was dumping in. It was a smart move as I boated 6 more bass but nothing larger then 2 lbs 14 oz. I fished until dark and finished with 11 largemouth and 5 smallmouth. Saturday started off cold. I met Shane J early in the morning and after another 2.5 hour drive into central Maine we arrived out our destination for the day. A relatively new lake to me. I had been there only 2 times before this outing. After what I saw I really wanted to fish it in spring. I had a feeling that it would be a great day for big fish. After the cold start in the morning it warmed up nicely. It was sunny as well but the north east wind blew 10-15 mph all day and was constant. The first 2 hours we were fishless. We hadn't even had a bite. We were targeting the primary drop off but it didn't have any kind of structure or cover. The water was warming up nicely, already over 50 degrees. Once we got to the first area that had cover along the drop off we started getting bites. Shane was committed to fishing glide baits and I was fishing a rage swimmer. Once we got dialed into the pattern we consistently caught fish. We focused our efforts along the primary drop off along the western shore of the lake where there were isolated milfoil patches in 4-8 ft. The fish were there and we were catching numbers of fish with several 3s and 4s mixed in. Around 2 in the afternoon we caught a couple lunker largemouth. She weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz This fish weighed in at 5 lbs 8 oz Once we landed the two lunkers we really dialed in the small area we were fishing. We didn't get bit anywhere else on the lake and felt as if we should concentrate our efforts where we were. After boating the 2 bigger fish the bite slowed down for awhile. We were still boating fish but not nearly as quickly. Around 5 in the afternoon the wind slowed a bit and then shifted to a south wind. Just after the wind shifted the bass really started hitting. Shane boated a 5 lb 5 oz largemouth, a 3 and a 4 in a matter of minutes. After switching to a deps side swimmer I caught a 4-13. Then it was Shanes turn to catch a lunker. That girl weighed in at 7 lbs 7 oz The fish continued to bite but we didn't get any more lunkers for the day. Between the two of us we caught 22 largemouth. Our biggest 5 were 7-10,7-7,5-8,5-5 and 4-13 for a 5 fish limit of 30 lbs 9 oz. It was a great day of spring fishing for big fish. The water reached a temp of 53 degrees by the time we left. All of our fish came on moving baits I caught most of my fish on rage tail swimmers and my brand new deps side swimmer. I returned by myself to the lake that was so magical on Saturday. I had planned to take my father but he wasn't able to make it. It was a long boring 2.5 hour drive from my fathers place in Maine. I planned on going right back to the same are where Shane and I had done so well the day before. The morning bite was good. The fish hadn't moved and were still slamming the rage swimmer and the deps side swimmer. My first fish was a 3 lb 4 ozer then the next 2 fish were picture worthy lunkers. She weighed in at 7 lbs 2 oz Got this 5 lb 5 oz on a deps side swimmer. Then all of a sudden the bite shut off. The water was 55 degrees, the wind was calm, it was sunny, the air temp was very warm for April, and I was in the right spot. For some reason the bite shut off. I couldn't get a bite on a moving bait if my life depended on it. After going fishless for 2 hours or so I decided I needed to change up tactics a bit. I started fishing a jig and a senko in a little deeper water 6-10 ft in the same areas that had been producing the day before. The jig was a bust but the senko was catching fish. Most of the fish were smaller then what I had been catching but I did manage one more decent fish. A hard fighting 5 lb 9 oz largemouth on 8 lb flouro. Sadly I had to leave around 5 ish to make the 2.5 hour journey back to my dads then make the 2.5 hour journey back to Barre, VT. It was worth it though. I ended the day with 10 largemouth. The 5 biggest being 7-2,5-9,5-5, 3-4,2-12 for a 5 fish limit of 24 lbs. I have this coming Saturday, Sunday, and Monday off. I will be going back and hopefully be able to catch a few. It sure was a weekend to remember !