A buddy and I boated 25 today, no giants but all quality chubby fish 2-4lb besides only a couple dinks. We haven't been out in over a month cause of work and other things,  so it was a good day! They weren't picky,  they took pretty much anything even exploding right at the boat on 4 occasions.  We caught em on lipless cranks, spinnerbaits, senkos, bladed jigs, and I got one on a 6" perch swimbait. 

Nice. I did decent on sunday up here in Western Maine. Found all the fish in 4 to 8 feet of water in submerged hydrilla and grass. Best 2 came when ripping a spinner and lipless out of the grass. THey were all fat healthy fish from 3 to 4.5lbs. They were not as aggressive as a few weeks ago, but still hungry none the less. I just got in a 6" savage gear line thru trout that i wanted to try, but after a few pickerel followers nipping at it, i put it away. I already had a 5.8 keitech's tail bitten off after one cast. Didnt need to lose that SG to those toothy critters. I didnt have any luck on squarebills this time, but did well with lipless and spinners. Any good ponds around portland to hit up? Ive never fished down there. Brother in law lives in portland, so we may go somewhere in the area. 

 

4 hours ago, BassB8Caster said:

Nice. I did decent on sunday up here in Western Maine. Found all the fish in 4 to 8 feet of water in submerged hydrilla and grass. Best 2 came when ripping a spinner and lipless out of the grass. THey were all fat healthy fish from 3 to 4.5lbs. They were not as aggressive as a few weeks ago, but still hungry none the less. I just got in a 6" savage gear line thru trout that i wanted to try, but after a few pickerel followers nipping at it, i put it away. I already had a 5.8 keitech's tail bitten off after one cast. Didnt need to lose that SG to those toothy critters. I didnt have any luck on squarebills this time, but did well with lipless and spinners. Any good ponds around portland to hit up? Ive never fished down there. Brother in law lives in portland, so we may go somewhere in the area. 

Nice! Yeah very similar, but the grass flats we were fishing were around 3' to 4' deep.  Do you use a bass boat or carry in?

Kayak or canoe. Any experience or knowledge about saco river reservoir above skelton dam or wadleigh pond? Trying to be within 30 min or so from back cove area.

I haven't fished the reservoir,  I know it's mostly a deep gorge.  I'm sure there's some good coves though. My buddy's got a place on wadleigh,  I've fished it quite a bit mostly in the spring and a few times on ice.  I've had days where we catch 30 fish in a few hours but mostly small ones with only a couple over 3lb.  I've heard since they closed the boat ramp years ago that the lack of pressure resulted in stunted fish?  I don't know if there's science to that or not.  You can carry in at the bridge seperating wadleigh from Roberts. I'll PM you about a couple more spots

2 hours ago, Arcs&sparks said:

I haven't fished the reservoir,  I know it's mostly a deep gorge.  I'm sure there's some good coves though. My buddy's got a place on wadleigh,  I've fished it quite a bit mostly in the spring and a few times on ice.  I've had days where we catch 30 fish in a few hours but mostly small ones with only a couple over 3lb.  I've heard since they closed the boat ramp years ago that the lack of pressure resulted in stunted fish?  I don't know if there's science to that or not.  You can carry in at the bridge seperating wadleigh from Roberts. I'll PM you about a couple more spots

I appreciate the insight

No prob,  don't get me wrong, there are big fish in wadleigh too, maybe this is time of year to fish for em?  I've actually heard from 4 or more people of a supposed 11lber being caught at the bridge..... Bout 8 years or so ago...(I'd like to see a pic). My PB there is 4.5lb. Let me know if you make your way down, I can give you some info.