We just finished a week at one of our favorite fishing camps - Bear Spring Camps on Great Pond, in Rome, Maine. We had a beautiful week: the weather was warm (even too hot on some days), the food was delicious and plentiful, and we caught enough fish (especially me) to make us want to go back again.
We checked in at noon, ate lunch and got out on the water. We rented a boat but unfortunately the motor didn't work properly this first day and it was kind of rough on the water. Despite these problems Frank still out-fished me! He landed a nice smallmouth bass and we both landed our first small pike of the week.
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Frank with 2-1/4 lb. smallmouth bass |
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Frank strikes again with the first pike of the trip |
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Esther with her first pike, the only fish she caught the first day |
We changed boats and were much happier and the fishing got better. I landed my biggest pike as it was getting dark one evening. In the excitement I didn't get a good measurement, but I did get a weight of 10 lbs. on the boga grip!
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Esther with a 10 lb. Northern Pike |
Frank was hoping for a pike too but landed a large Crappie instead.
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Frank with a large Crappie |
We landed a lot of smallmouth and small pike the rest of the week, too numerous to show all of them. I was however, very lucky to land a couple of other nice pike and a couple of large pickerel as well.
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Esther with 24" Pike |
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Esther with 23" Pike |
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Esther with 22" Pickerel |