Spring fishing

[dozer777]

fellow Mainard weather is starting to get nice around these parts, gotta get my licence soon. I usually stay close to home to fish, i think i took my boat out to Sebago lake once a few summers ago and almost took my whole prop and lower unit of my motor (was a inboard motor) on a shallow spot i went screaming across. coaught a few white perch that day but nothing great.

If you fish Sebago go to where Songo river empties into the lake By Quimby's. Right next to the state park. Fish in 5 to 10 feet of water either trolling a grey ghost on a fly rod or a sewed on smelt. This time last year we caught 12 toque and 2 salmon before noon. I hate those togue they eat all the food for other fish. Caught a 8lb one last year it fought for 2 minutes then reeled it in like an old boot. We kill those along with the pike some idiots put in there a few years back.

 

[stoneslacker]

The hard water season was nonexistent in the lower peninsula this year Some of my best memories happened while hotboxing my shanty! But I am looking forward to the walleye opener in a couple weeks. Hope it dont fucking dump rain like last year though, got a limit in a couple hours opening day then the river was shot for a couple weeks.

 

[dozer777]

i take my nephew deep sea fishing every year its great plus its get us out of the city for the weekend

What do you guys catch? Up here it's cod and haddock if your lucky. And a shitload of dogfish!

 

[dozer777]

i plan on doing a deep sea charter this year as well. never been on one before.

Hey fellow Mainer not sure where you are but, if your gonna go out Boothbay Harbor is your best bet to catch nice fish. Portland sucks the boat gets 1 or 2 cod and the rest is dogfish. Bar harbor is good also.

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

theres a charter boat out of Popham beach i was thinking of checking out. me the wife and kids make it out there a few times a year to do some offshore fishing, beer drinking and playing in the sand.

 

[dozer777]

Nice lookin brookies there dozer!! Im in Michigan and our inland trout season starts the 28th. The steelhead fishing is on in full force though and I'm hoping to get away this weekend for at least a day trip. I would say I will post pictures but it is called fishing and not catching for a reason, so we will have to wait and see. We also do alot of walleye fishing here as they are plentiful and so tasty. Walleye season also opens up the 28th for inland waters and on opening weekend it's like bumper boats on every river. Hope to have some pics to post. Tight lines and screaming reels to ya!

That seems late in the season to start trout fishing. But,probably most years it's still like winter up there. Kind of like here. Most years there is no open water in the lakes and ponds opening day. What kind of trout are you guys catching? Steelhead must be a trip to catch. We now have rainbows same as a steelhead minus the ocean they get huge and grow very fast. I have only caught a few small ones but, they fight like hell! Good luck!

 

[dozer777]

We're getting ready to start trolling and jigging blade baits on Lake Erie in Michigan, Canadian waters, and Ohio waters. The jigging in the Detroit River has been hit and miss, with the early warm water causing a run before anyone was ready LOL. We're gonna hit it hard this weekend, so pics on Monday if Mother Nature would just friggin' work for us on a weekend. Too much rain and crazy wind. The bluegills will be spawing soon, and that's a limit fest every day.

I can't wait! Thanks for making a great thread, a lot of people from other counties don't get to enjoy the fishing like we do.

Bluegill huh? I have never eaten one but, if they are anything like white perch they must be awesome especially early in the year while the water's still cold. Good luck hope the weather holds out for ya!

 

[kizphilly]

i plan on doing a deep sea charter this year as well. never been on one before.

its great i look foward to it every year been going since i was a kid we go on the all day charter by the time where coming in everybodys passed out

What do you guys catch? Up here it's cod and haddock if your lucky. And a shitload of dogfish!

mainly striped bass or blue fish i caught a couple monsters last year my nephew was scared to hold his to take a pic lol

 

[stoneslacker]

That seems late in the season to start trout fishing. But,probably most years it's still like winter up there. Kind of like here. Most years there is no open water in the lakes and ponds opening day. What kind of trout are you guys catching? Steelhead must be a trip to catch. We now have rainbows same as a steelhead minus the ocean they get huge and grow very fast. I have only caught a few small ones but, they fight like hell! Good luck!

Ya Michigan weather is funny, I once woke up in the middle of the night to nearly a foot of snow caving my tent down around my head one trout opener a few years back. Our steelies are just rainbows that live in the big lakes and run up the rivers to spawn. We have quite a few good trout rivers to choose from, but mainly I hit the South Branch of the Ausable for giant browns on streamers, the Big Creek for brookies on a crawler and anywhere along the west side for jumbo trout of all species. I havent done much big lake fishing besides a few perch charters. In the fall chinook and coho run thick in many rivers, and nothing beats wrestling a 20+ pound silver bullet up and down the river bank.

 

[stoneslacker]

Bluegill huh? I have never eaten one but, if they are anything like white perch they must be awesome especially early in the year while the water's still cold. Good luck hope the weather holds out for ya!

Bluegill and perch are a Michiganders finger food. Cant get enough of em!

 

[dozer777]

theres a charter boat out of Popham beach i was thinking of checking out. me the wife and kids make it out there a few times a year to do some offshore fishing, beer drinking and playing in the sand.

Caught my biggest striper at Popham about 4 years ago 44inch 24 lbs. Got him on a live tinker mackerel right next to the fort. People on the beach thought it was a shark it's top fin scared people shitless. I cooked it up on the grill that night. Fed 8 people. Probably the last one I'll get like that.

 

[dozer777]

Ya Michigan weather is funny, I once woke up in the middle of the night to nearly a foot of snow caving my tent down around my head one trout opener a few years back. Our steelies are just rainbows that live in the big lakes and run up the rivers to spawn. We have quite a few good trout rivers to choose from, but mainly I hit the South Branch of the Ausable for giant browns on streamers, the Big Creek for brookies on a crawler and anywhere along the west side for jumbo trout of all species. I havent done much big lake fishing besides a few perch charters. In the fall chinook and coho run thick in many rivers, and nothing beats wrestling a 20+ pound silver bullet up and down the river bank.

Sold! I gotta get up there. Sounds like you guys have the best of ALL Worlds when it comes to freshwater!

 

[RetiredMatthebrute]

Caught my biggest striper at Popham about 4 years ago 44inch 24 lbs. Got him on a live tinker mackerel right next to the fort. People on the beach thought it was a shark it's top fin scared people shitless. I cooked it up on the grill that night. Fed 8 people. Probably the last one I'll get like that.

Stripers are where its at, when i lived in mass used to hit up Cape Cod Canal every weekend, usually just pulled up skates and dogfish but it was a good time all the same

I think my largest striper was around 34-36 inches, wanted to keep it but i believe it was under the legal limit by like 2 inches lol

 

[RightyMcquick]

a thread about fishing with no trolling... nice to see some anglers on here! I was all set to try my hand at ice fishing for the first time but there was no ice this year in New York... just gonna have to hit up the trout streams now i guess.

 

[dozer777]

a thread about fishing with no trolling... nice to see some anglers on here! I was all set to try my hand at ice fishing for the first time but there was no ice this year in New York... just gonna have to hit up the trout streams now i guess.

We usually have a big ice fishing tournament on Sebago Lake. Thousands of folks show up. Not this year no ice on the lake. Do you fish the Beaverkill? My uncle used to take me up there when I was a teen. We also fished the Housatonic river I think on the ny/ ct border. Huge browns on tiny nymphs fly fishing with 1.5lb test. Never got any of the real big ones in though. Mostly16-18 inch fish a good time all the same.

 

[dozer777]

Stripers are where its at, when i lived in mass used to hit up Cape Cod Canal every weekend, usually just pulled up skates and dogfish but it was a good time all the same

I think my largest striper was around 34-36 inches, wanted to keep it but i believe it was under the legal limit by like 2 inches lol

Cape Cod has some serious stripers. My mom has a house down in Harwich. 2 minutes from the ocean. Real nice striper fishing down that way. Though, I haven't caught anything worth bragging about down there yet. But, have seen some real monsters pulled out of the surf. Did you hear about the great whites in Chatham munching on the seals down there? We went down to check it out. No sharks but, a shit ton of seals. I can see why the sharks are there.

 

[phillipchristian]

I grew up fishing for trout, bass pickeral, perch, catfish, pike, etc... Don't get to do much freshwater anymore (5-10 times a year) but we're fishing for the BIG BOYS now!

 

[48martin]

Nice Pics.. As much as I like fishing for Yellowfin and Dorado's, I always seem to enjoy fresh water fishing a bit more. Pulling in a few 80lbs fish is an amazing experience but floating down a stream in a tube w/condiments, is soooo more relaxing. Not saying better but a lot less work. Either way it looks like you did it in style. Nothing like fresh sushi.

-48

 

[kizphilly]

what type of boat is that

 

[48martin]

I think its this one....