On my second of 14 day fishing trip on Cobbosse Lake in Winthrop Me, rated #30 for Bass lakes in the US.  So far not so good. I have only caught 10 smallies all under a foot.   Best technique I have used is with a Trickworm on a dropshot.  Nothing on spinnerbait, Lizards carolina rigged (which is my most confident setup) wackyrigged senkos, or jigs.  0 topwater action throwing hula poppers, frogs, and buzzbaits in the morning or evening.  I have caught a few on cranks and jerkbaits.   Caught a 24" pike on the same dropshot, my first pike I have ever caught which has been my highlight so far.  Rumor has it that there are some 8 pound Largemouth in that lake but I have caught nothing with any size to them.  Really wanted to target the largemouth but the areas that I have been told that are good have produced nothing.  Any suggestions on whereabouts and techniques would be great.

 That lake has an amazing amount of 2 - 4 lb largemouth.

 

 There are well over 40 mid lake humps in that lake. Some are rocky but most have weed growth on them. The ones with heavy weed growth seem to be better this year.

 

Got to get away from shore this time of year.

Yeh I need to get off shore and know that I have to get slower in my presentation with some of the lakes south.  The few bass lakes that I fish on up north are fast and steady year round but do not have the size that these lakes in southern maine have not to mention the pressure that these lakes get.  I have been up at 5 each morning and there are already 10 boats ahead of me.  I did manage to pull in a 3 lb 18 inch smallmouth this afternoon trolling a carolina rigged lizard.  That was an awesome fight as I had about 200' of line out when he took it.  I hate trolling but that always has produced the bigger bass and I can cover alot of area in lakes that I am not familiar with. 

I always did well there with a chartuese spinnerbait with chartruese blades, a LC Pointer, and a black and blue jig