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| Frank with his first nice Smallie | |
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We headed off to one of our favorite fishing camps in Maine, Bear Spring Camps and got out on the water right after lunch. The woman in the cabin next door warned us that fishing had been very slow the week she was here. We hoped we could prove her wrong and Frank got off to a good start by catching this nice smallmouth bass right away. Then it did get slow and it was another 3 hours until we got into some good action.
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| Frank with a second smallie |
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| Esther with her only catch of the day, a small pike |
Now things got really good for Frank! He caught a decent pike.
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| Frank's first big pike |
Then he caught the prize fish of the whole day -- a 29" Pike!!! We measured this one together, Frank wanted to make sure there were no mistakes like last year.
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| Frank with his 29" Pike |
He didn't stop there and ended the day with a nice largemouth bass.
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| Frank with a nice Largemouth bass |
End of the day: Frank 5, Esther 1
Fishing was very slow the next 2 days. The days were sunny and hot
and the wind was too much so it made getting into spots almost
impossible. We caught some smallies and largemouth bass but not very
many and nothing very big. Frank caught a white perch and I caught a
Crappie which is unusual so I took a picture of that fish.
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| Esther with a Crappie |
Frank discovered trolling was a good way to catch
since we could not navigate close enough to the reed beds we wanted to
fish. That was how he caught his big Pike the first day so we trolled
some more on the last day. It paid off and I caught a pickerel and a
pike trolling with spinner baits.
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| Esther with a pickerel |
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| Esther with another small pike |
Late in the day I was ready to give up, but Frank
wasn't. He did give up fishing however, so he could better handle the
boat in this tough wind. He drove the boat back and forth close enough
to the reeds for me to get multiple casts in. I had a couple of strikes
but I still hadn't landed a big one. My arms were ready to fall off and
I decided to switch to a no. 5 Silver Mepps I saw in my tackle box.
First cast and Bam! I caught my big Pike of the weekend.
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| Esther with a 26" Pike |
Mine was not as big as Frank's but I was happy to
catch this one. I owe it all to Frank who was so persistent and willing
to give up fishing so I could have the chance!
End score for the weekend:
a tie in the number of fish caught,
but Frank's Pike was bigger and his generosity was the biggest!
