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northern pike

Well, the northern pike are starting to move in shallow again.  Right now the fishing is pretty good but I think it’s only going to get better in the next few weeks.   Art and Andy caught some nice ones the last two days and Andy landed this big old pike and had another one that came ungluded at the side of the boat.  The second one was even bigger than the one pictured here.  It’s all good though and there were more than enough fish caught to make the trip a success.  Today’s bite was slower than yesterdays when we were fishing in driving rain and wind.  Today was beautiful and the fishing was average.  Art caught a nice bass this moring that we took a picture of too.  GOOD TIMES!

         

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Sun is setting on summer

 

The best season of them all is finally here!  FALL is by far my favorite season in Maine.  Of course the fishing is excellet (I love fall pike fishing when the big females move in shallow and I love catching those beautiful brook trout too).  Deer season is right around the corner and I”ve bee busy putting out trail cameras and deer stands in preperation.  We also love hiking the Kennebec Highlands during the peak of fall foliage too.   Lastly, starting pretty soon the wild mushrooms will be popping up – yummy!

Lately the fishing has been really weird.  One day is amazing  and the next you have to work for them.  Labor Day Weekend is a perfect example.  On Friday, Saturday and Sunday the fishing was really good.  I did trips on Great Pond, Messalonskee Lake and Belgrade Stream.  Wind was an issue, but we had a blast.  Then on Monday it stunk.  Couldn’t get many fish to bite at all.  Talk about weird and frustrating!  I guess that’s why you have to enjoy the g

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Heat wave fishing

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Been fishing almost every day for the last 21 days (tired but quite happy too!). We are in the middle of a heat wave right now, but the fishing has really been excellent! the last 2 days have been in the high 90’s with bright blue skies, yet the smallmouth fishing was off the charts. Especially in the morning.  Click on the right photo of  Eric from Philly.  That is one BIG smallie!!!  As a bonus, the northern pike are really starting to move shallow too. The last five trips we’ve managed a quite a few over 10 pounds and one over 15. Not bad for this time of year. Rumor has it that Labor day is bringing a storm and a cold front. That should be interesting.

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Friends

Sometimes I think I’m the luckiest guy on Earth.  Got to spend a few hours with one of my favorite humans and his son in law (who is a heck of a fishermen too).  Even if they didn’t catch fish one, the stories and the jokes were priceless.  Fortunately some smallies cooperated too.   Dick caught a couple nice ones including this one that I took a picture of.  We fished Great Pond and fished wacky worms most of the day.  He also had a pike hit.  Fought it for a while but it bit him off in the end.  Still exciting though!

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What a fun week

It’s been a really fun week here in the Belgrade’s although the weather has been a stinker.  The fishing has been pretty good though considering the conditions.  We are still catching a lot of smaller pike and some really nice largemouth and smallmouth.  The dusk fishing for big largemouth has been terrific – from around 6 p.m. till bug:30.