Maine Bass Fishing 6/19-6/27-2009

The June trip was met with a hugh rainstorm that took the lake up to some of its highest levels ever. I could not tie up the boat until mid week.

The dock was put out just before we got there and not chained to the shore and you see the results of that. When we got there, the lake was rising about 3" in less than an hour. That bench sits a couple feet in front of the lake edge.

The flow of water was so strong coming in, that parts of the shoreline were floating the opposite direction of the normal current. I was actually fishing up on home flower beds and in trees normally way up on the shore.

There are 2 bridges on the lake that take you to other parts of the lake..upper Pleasant, and the Cobbossee stream. Both had water to almost road levels which limited fishable areas.

I did manage to pull in 120 bass for the trip though, and it was not until the last day where I got 29 where things started to get good.. I had 2 doubles and 3 triples that day, largest was 2 @ 4.5lbs and several 3 and over.

For 3 days the wind blew like crazy to where the lake was just a foamy mess with dock barrels, pieces of docks, and parts of woodpiles floating around. The lake was just a brown ugly mess for most of the week until the last 2 days.

Maine Bass Fishing - August 2009

Here are some of the highlights from last August's vacation to Pleasant Pond, Richmond Maine. Caught 164 bass while there, 3 over 5lbs 1 over 7 and 1 over 8lbs. On the 20th I had a 5 bass limit of over 27lbs and caught 31 largemouth. On the 21st I caught 38 largemouth...a couple amazing days.

Maine Lighthouses and Scenery

Here are some of my favorite lighthouse scenes from when I traveled to Maine over the years..

Four Seasons View around Lake Musconetcong

Here are some of my favorite scenic shots from Lake Musconetcong over different seasons...

Lake at draw down

 

Lake Musconetcong Bass Fishing - November

This month, I was able to get out on the lake Nov. 16,20,21,22,25,26,and the 29th

I fished in a lot of wind, rain, and dense fog... Temperatures ranging fron 45-57. I had a slow start as the lake was still rising on the 18th, so I waited a couple days until the lake came up full.

My totals for the month were 56 bass, 8 perch, and 158 pickeral. The bass were from small ones only 11" up to 20.5" and 5lbs. Had a few around 3 and lots of 2 pounders.

The pickeral ran from 13" up to 27" and 5lbs. I had at least 40 that were near 4 lbs and a ton from 3-4lbs. Even the perch were large running around 12".

Even though I only caught 56 bass, I had to fight to get them with the pickeral beating the bass to the lures. But still to have your rod bent over for hours straight at a a time is still fun. I had at least 1 triple a day and 3 of the days had 3 doubles.

It's almost time to hang it up for the season. As long as it's not down in the 30's I will still try to get out. Just don't want to be cleaning out and winterizing the boat in the snow and ice.

Check out the slide shows on the association site...

Lake Musconetcong Bass Fishing

Hit the lake today after it finally is back to normal levels after the yearly draw down.It took a while, but during the mid afternoon period after say 2 pm, things finally started to get going. This time of the year, there is no hurry to get out there since the action starts during the peak warm period of the day, which is now around 2-5 pm.

I did manage to get 6 bass, 8 pickeral and 1 crappie, not bad for a day that was only rated a 5(out of 100). This time of year, the lunar cycle impacts are very low and the sun is low in the sky.

The largest and first bass came off a rock pile I put a white juice container on, back in May. This one was 3 lbs 9 ozs. and 18.5". I also caught 2 smaller bass on consecutive casts off the same rock pile. The rest came off the shoreline on crankbaits which you can see in the photos.

Had to leave early..boss calling for an hour of work down at Home Depot...but I'm going back on Saturday with less wind and give it another try...

Our Lake - Musconetcong Lake

Hopefully, I will be back on the lake for a couple more outings before it gets too cold. The lake is still low with the draw down, so we don't want to hit anything down there.

Last season I was out until the 17th and at least catching something. After that, the water was down to 41, air at 42 and nothing for a couple of trips. The latest I was out was December 12th back about 3 years, I only caught a couple but they were good ones and not until around noon.

For me, I'm usually the first one out on the lake, sometimes the day the ice clears. In fact, one year the lake still had a bit of ice on it...went to Patty's for a hair cut, the ice was gone. Went home, hooked up the boat and took off.

I have also fished the lake when it started to freeze over and cleared in the November period, where the lake still had ice on the banks.

You really need lots of layers of clothes or this is extremely uncomfortable and a coating of vasoline for facial protection. Starting early is a non-factor then as you really need the water to warm if it is sunny for anything to be active. Plus, too early and your line and rod guides get ice coated. A good line conditioning spray on the end of the rod will help that..

Lets hope for an early rise to the lake since we have some descent temperatures going on this week...