Frank with a 3 lb 18" largemouth bass |
Saturday, June 30, 2012
2012 Early June - Maine
Friday, June 29, 2012
2012 June - Maine Perch
Frank with a 12" 3/4 lb yellow perch |
Thursday, June 28, 2012
2012 Memorial Day Weekend - "I Caught Another One!"
My niece, Caitlin, and her husband Steve came up to go fishing with us for the weekend. We had a beautiful weekend and the fishing was great for all of us.
My niece doesn't fish very often and she couldn't believe how many fish we were catching. She was excited at first but towards the end of the day we heard her say to her husband with disappointment in her voice "I caught another one!"
I guess she had had enough. I never have enough when the fishing is good!
Caitlin, Steve and their 3 dogs head out for a day of fishing |
Caitlin landed a huge largemouth bass! |
I guess she had had enough. I never have enough when the fishing is good!
Frank with his 3-1/4 lb largemouth bass |
Esther with a largemouth bass (not as big as Frank's!) |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
2012 May 18 - Maranacook Lake
A beautiful sunny day in the high 60's so we decided to try a new lake. The day started off slow with Frank catching a lot of small perch. It picked up later in the afternoon when Frank hooked into a couple of large bass. He lost the first one, but landed the second one.
It was then I got busy casting and in a short while, I landed a 3 lb 18" smallmouth, and a 2-1/2 lb smallmouth. I hooked a couple of others but lost them. The #2 silver Mepps skirted spinner was working the best.
Frank with a 3-lb largemouth bass |
Esther with a 3lb 18" smallmouth bass |
Labels:
Largemouth Bass,
Smallmouth Bass
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
2012 May 11 - Maine
It started out as another typical good day of fishing in Maine. We were both catching a few nice bass when we decided to explore the outlet stream on this lake. As we entered the stream, I heard some splashing and looked down to see this red squirrel swimming furiously toward our boat! I didn't know if it was going to try and climb into the boat, but it just came right up to it and then swam by to head for the opposite side of the stream. As it approached the shore, the water suddenly exploded as a bass tried twice to gobble the squirrel down! Lucky for the squirrel, the bass missed and the squirrel made it safely to shore. I have never seen a squirrel swim before, and it happened so fast, I didn't get any pictures, but I did find a video clip on YouTube that is similar to what happened to us - so it does happen!
Esther with a 16" smallmouth bass. I caught this before all of the excitement with the squirrel. |
Monday, June 25, 2012
2012 May 2 - Maine
Our first day out fishing from our cottage in Maine this year. It was a gray cold day but we stayed out for about 3 hours. I caught 6 largemouth bass, 2 smallmouth bass and lost another 2 largemouth bass. I measured one of the bass at 18" and at least 4 of the bass were around this size and they all looked pregnant. Frank caught a nice smallmouth by trolling with a Mepps spinner and he caught a nice largemouth as well.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
2012 April - Florida Ladyfish
There is a fishing pier not too far from where we stay in Florida. We decided to fish from the pier using the same bait we used in the kayaks. We had some luck and we both caught some Ladyfish. Frank also caught a sea trout.
Esther with a small ladyfish |
Frank with a bigger ladyfish |
Frank with a sea trout |
Monday, June 18, 2012
2012 April - Kayak Fishing in Florida
We decided to try kayak fishing on this trip to Florida. We hired a guide and set out to catch sea trout and snook.
We paddled 45 minutes down the river to get to the Gasparilla Sound and then began casting to a sunken barge that attracted schools of fish. I almost immediately got stuck on the barge and Frank very quickly got a bite. Unfortunately when he set the hook, he went right over backward into the water! Thank goodness he had a life jacket on, because the water was quite deep. As he hung onto the kayak, he couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a large dark fin pass through the water right in front of him! To his relief, it was a dolphin, not a shark.
The guide paddled over to him and said he could not get into the kayak in this deep water and would have to be towed to shore. Luckily there was an island close by so he got back to fishing pretty quickly.
We got back to fishing and had a good day catching some new fish for us. I caught a black sea bass, a sea horn pout and a sea trout. Frank caught several sea trout, a lizard fish and a snook. Unfortunately I was too far away to get any photos of his fish.
Frank and the guide |
The guide taking a picture of Esther with her sea trout |
The guide paddled over to him and said he could not get into the kayak in this deep water and would have to be towed to shore. Luckily there was an island close by so he got back to fishing pretty quickly.
Frank being towed to shore |
Esther with a sea horn pout |
Esther with a sea trout |
A lizard fish |
A snook |
Black sea bass |
Labels:
Saltwater fish
Monday, June 11, 2012
2011 Sept - Oseetah Lake, NY
We spent a week in Lake Placid and we took 1 day to fish Oseetah Lake. We had fished this lake a few years ago and had a great day catching all kinds of fish. Unfortunately, that experience was not repeated today. We went all over the lake and did not catch anything. We decided to head in and made some casts into the shaded areas along shore in the narrower part of the lake as we headed in. This is where we found the pike! We caught at least 6 pike in a short span of time. Here are pictures of 2 of them.
Esther with a pike |
Frank with a bigger pike! |
Saturday, June 9, 2012
2011 Aug 8 - Maine
We spent some time at our cottage in Maine in August and had the opportunity to try fishing our favorite pond in the summer. We were very happy to see the bass were hitting rubber worms at this time of year.
Esther with a 16" 2-1/2 lb largemouth bass |
Esther with a 16" 1-3/4 lb. smallmouth bass |
Frank with a nice largemouth bass |
Thursday, June 7, 2012
2011 July 17 - Bethel, Maine
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
2011 July 9 - Maine
I spent a Girls Away weekend with my sister Mary, and her daughter Caitlin at the camp that my husband and I bought on a lake in Maine. As soon as we got there, Caitlin cast a line into the water. Unfortunately she did get caught in the weeds and had to go in to retrieve the lure!
Caitlin looking concerned at what might be in the water with her! |
Sunday, June 3, 2012
2011 June - Shoreline Camp
We had a beautiful week at Shoreline Camps on Big Lake in Grand Lake Stream, Maine. We saw lots of nature and caught a lot of fish too.
A fishing guide taking 2 people out fishing in his West Grand Laker canoe |
A female goldeneye duck with her baby |
Frank with a large shiner. |
Esther with one of her Big Lake pickerels |
Frank with a 22" pickerel |
Saturday, June 2, 2012
2011 June - Bear Spring Camps
June is our favorite month for fishing and we planned a lot of trips this year to go fishing. This trip was to Bear Spring Camps in Maine.
Here is a video of this same pike.
We would go out late in the afternoon for the pike and our last night there we had a beautiful sunset. We also were seeing eagles swoop down and catch fish out of the water. We didn't catch any pike that night but it was a nice way to end our vacation.
Esther with a 2 lb 17 " smallmouth bass |
We love Great Pond because you have the opportunity to catch Pike. I caught a couple this trip, none as large as the monster Frank caught a few years ago. Notice I now wear a special glove when landing pickeral and pike.
Esther with a 4 lb 25" northern pike |
Great Pond has lots of different types of fish. Here is a nice crappie and a nice smallmouth that Frank caught.
Frank with a large crappie |
Frank with a nice smallmouth |
The biggest surprise was when Frank was using a new lure - a large realistic plastic perch lure - to catch a pike. As he worked his lure a curious turtle kept coming to the surface closer and closer. Frank was shocked on his last retrieve when the turtle actually hit the bait below the surface! Fortunately he was not hooked very deep, he had the bait in his mouth and one paw was hooked. When Frank got a hold of the large lure, the turtle pushed himself off the hook and went down to the bottom.
Curious turtle that kept hanging around
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Labels:
Largemouth Bass,
Pike,
Smallmouth Bass,
Turtles
Friday, June 1, 2012
2011 May 28 - Maine
This Memorial Day weekend we had company fishing in Maine. My niece Caitlin and her husband Steve came up to try fishing our favorite pond in Maine. Fishing started off a little slow and then Caitlin caught the first big bass.
Cait caught the first large fish of the day |
Not sure she likes this lip-landing |
Frank caught the next largemouth.
Then Steve landed one.Esther with one of her largemouth bass |
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