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7/25 The sound is kind of like a "tink" and the feeling is nothing on the line, not a thing, no lure no fish. The big ones are biting and they didn't get big by not knowing how to get off a lure. Yep, no idea how big but I am going back to that spot again tonight to see if that fish is still there. There was a youth Bass Masters tournement on Highland lake last week, the prize went to an angler who pulled in over twenty pounds for his five fish. That's not bad for the middle of July! I have heard that Moose pond has been better in the past couple of weeks with a good amount of smaller fish being caught. I also had a few reports of good sized Smallies in a few spots on the lakes. The surface water temp was up to 84 degrees in some of the shallows, little to hot for the bass to be cruising in the shallows. On the good side the weather that we have had over the past week has cooled them down about eight degrees. I have spoken to a couple of people on Woods Pond and Adams Pond and the action has been very good. I was even told that the biggest fish in Adams was caught! Ok so you have to take that with a grain of salt. Be sure to get out and take a kid fishing!
Where has the month gone? It seems like just last week Unc’L Lunkers had a float in the Bridgton annual 4th of July Parade. The float got the honorable mention this year, my official float decorators did a great job! In a couple of days Unc’L Lunkers will celebrate the second full year of being the place to go for tackle in the area. It’s hard to believe how much the shop has expanded in a short time. The pictures on the site don’t even start to show what’s new in the shop.
Enough of the small talk, it’s time to talk about the fishing. There have been some very large fish caught in the past couple of days. Hancock pond produced a Smallie that was tipping the scales at six pounds. On Sunday there was a Western Maine Basser’s tournament the big smallie out of Moose Pond was close to five pounds. You know that the big fish are there, of course finding them is the secret. The large mouth bass that came out of Moose Pond were in the four and five pound range. The fishing has been an adventure this month, lots of small fish are being caught with the occasional LUNKER mixed in. The fishermen that have been to the shop are fishing at all hours but the evenings seem to be the most productive. Of course I can only fish after the shop has been closed for the night, I have to miss my favorite time, mid-morning.
The lily pads and weed structure this year is thick and the fish are hiding in the hardest spots to reach. Find a channel or an opening, drop in a frog imitation or a rubber worm and get ready for some action. Poppers and shallow divers are productive this time of year, in the right place at the right time. We were out a couple of days ago and caught a big pickerel with a shallow diving Rapala, don’t be fooled, the deep divers in 14 feet of water are also catching fish. Target points, drop-offs and rock humps that range from twenty foot and rise up to the 8 to 6 foot range.
Trolling on Moose Pond, Long Lake and Sebago has slowed down a little bit, dropping a down rigger to 20 to 30 foot has been productive. Find the thermo cline and fish right at that depth. Most of the cold water species have dropped to that range and below. It’s amazing the surface water temperature has gone up almost 12 degrees in the past week. The shop is now carrying B B Gun trolling spinners, they are some great looking spinners that hold up very well. When trolling with lead core line you need to be out four to six colors to get the lures into the active zone. Flashers, cowbells and dodgers will help the catch. The crowd is mixed on trolling speed, but nothing over about 3.2MPH. How slow can you go!
The biggest thing that you need to remember is…. It’s July and the bite can be off a little bit. There are a lot of fishermen that are using live bait right now. Drop a worm to the bottom with a gold spinner snelled hook and you might get lucky. Bobber fishing has also been good to the kids (young and old) the hardest thing is patience. The shiners are working for bass, pickerel and in the right place a trout or two. We even have had luck with crayfish, bass love them.
The only way that you are going to be able to come to the shop with stories of the one that got away is to get out there and fish. I hope to have a whole new collection of pictures to fill the walls of the shop. Have a great time out there on the water, remember that rocks, trees and old boots don’t count as a fish.
Unc’L Lunker
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