Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Mid Coast to Southern Me. 03-16-2007 19:33
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
With this warm wheather ice out is near. Have seen several small ponds showing open water around the edges. Lakes are showing thin spots in them as well. Last March I was raking my yard, not so this March. While driving I have seen numerous flocks of Canada geese and lots of mallards. The other day while walking the dogs I jumped a Wood Cock aka “Timber Doodle”. Have also been to the Boothbay Fish and Game shooting range. My 30-06 and muzzle loader have been dormant for 2 years now. I need the practice anyway. My goups at 100 yds are improving. It is fun to go to a range and shoot, brings back memories. The open water fishing season starts April 1 and by May or so the stripahs should be showing up. It’s a vicious cylce!
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
02-28-2007 20:14
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Have not been out on the ice despite the beautiful wheather we have been having since two posts ago. The Sebago tournament was last weekend and I think a 9lb laker won it. There were also 3 snowmobilers lost to the lake from MA. I heard second hand that one of them traveled on open water for 3 miles before he sank. No one lived and I don’t think any bodies were found but I haven’t been watching the news! Took care of bills today, put new bearings in the boat trailor hubs, changed my water filters in the house and have much better pressure, did laundry and just small stuff. Can’t wait for Spring. There is a “Maine Charter Boat Captains Asociation” starting up. There website should be done soon. They had a meeting in Yarmouth last week and I was unable to go. Hope to get out on the ice soon.
Later
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
02-21-2007 08:24
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Well I have made it back to this frozen state. Flew out of Portland Maine on Blue Jet to JFK and then down to FT Myers. We landed in JFK right before the storm hit and made it out just as it was startring to snow. The Blue Jet flight behind us got stuck on the runway for hours. We came back yesterday which marked Blue Jet’s first day back in business since the cluster happened. Well Florida was nice the day after we arrived. A cold front settled in until Monday with 40 degree temps and very high winds. I managed to walk the beach and canals with my flyrod and ended up not catching anything. The instank Fisherman is crap. Ended up loosing several lures during casting, the line would just snap. Was a good trip. May be going back in April and hope to do a little canoeing in the Ten Thousand Islands.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
02-10-2007 19:34
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Well I have my first flu for this winter and am taking it easy over the weekend. Will be going down to Florida to visit my wife’s Grandfater on Marco Island. Can’t wait for flip flop wheather! Will do some beach fishing near his condo. A friend at work gave me the “Instant Fisherman” which I will give a try. I will also bring along my trusty 3pc Diamondback fly rod. Hopefully Summer comes as quick as it did last year. I have been slowly buying things for my Lund. The cleats that came with the boat are about worthless. I can barley cleat off 3/8 line. Bought 4-7″ stainless cleats at Wally World for $7.67 ea. Also had to buy a new baitwell pump, fuse holder, 2 new rod holders for the bulkhead in the bow and some tackle consisting of ballons, christmas trees and a Penn Mariner 6′ shark rod. Almost done with my long list. Recently I pulled off my hubs on the boat trailor to replace the seal. I didn’t expect the bearings to be shot but figured I would take a look anyway. All the races and bearings showed signs of water damage with minor pitting of the roller bearings. So for $9.50 a hub I can have new bearings and feel better hauling my boat around. One item I just made today cost me about zip to make. I have a Garmin plotter sounder for the boat. One problem I have is not being able to see the screen on real sunyy days without blocking the sun with my hand. So I made a “visor/sunscreen” out of a bleech bottle and velcro. I cut a 4″ wide x 15″ long pc out of the bottle and then did some minor trimming so it would fit the GPS. Then applied the velcro. I looks ok but will work even better. Haven’t been ice fishing since my last report. Was going to have a big shindig at my lake but put it off to get over this flu. Will be back in a week.
later
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Bristol 01-30-2007 19:03
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Fished this past Saturday in a small 5 acre pond with some friends. Had 15 traps out in about 8″ of ice. The yellow perch and pickerel kept us very busy the whole day using all but 3 of 5 dz shiners. Caught a very nice brown trout 14.5″. Was the best day so far this season. Hope to get out on my lake in Cumberland the next couple of days. Seaduck season will end tomarrow. I only went once in January. Call me a whimp but with this cold we have been having I’m calling it quits. FLG has been going!
Till next time.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Cumberland 01-26-2007 13:30
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Below Zero
Today marked my first ice fishing trip for 2007. Walked down the lake with the pooch and set my 5 traps. The sun was out but with the wind blowing it didn’t matter. Very nasty cold today. Fished for about an hour and then went home to thaw out. The ice was about 4-5″ in the narrow part where I was. Didn’t venture out towards the middle. With all of this cold I was hoping for about 8″ of ice. Will be heading up to Bristol on Saturday to fish. It looks like it will be warmer? I am all done with seaducks for this season. Spent $50 on winterizing supplies for the Lund. Just need a warmer day to get it all done. All in all I shot 30 seaducks (eiders, scoters and oldsquaw)and lost 4 cripples. I was mailed a survey by the Feds and ended up using all the lines up. Went duck hunting a total of 16 times, 3 trips were for puddle ducks. Was a great year. Shot more ducks than ever before. Looking forward to summer and striper fishing. Hope to try more for sharks and maybe some tuna. Have some GPS #’s punched into the Garmin that I can’t wait to fish. Only 3 more months till warmer wheather.
later
Posted By:
flylineguide
Guest
atlantic 01-21-2007 07:53
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Well it has been a below average eider year but is bound to be better next year. Have 3 hunts left for the season then on to crows and ice fishing. Will let my membership go and will not be renewing my banner either. Print addds work better then banners. Good luck all and be safe Andrew
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Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
01-17-2007 17:29
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Well I have not been out since the 3rd or so and with this cold wheather I think I will hang it up for this year unless it warms a bit. My wife will be laid up over this weekend so I will be taking care of her for a change! Overall it was a great year of seaducking. Only went out for deer twice and saw zip. Now I an getting into the summer fishing mode making lists for boat and tackle wants and needs. Hopefully I can ice fish soon if this cold keeps up.
Later
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Casco Bay 01-04-2007 18:32
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Went out for seaducks this past Wednesday. The boat ramp I wanted to lauch from was iced over from the water to 20′ up and I decided not to live dangerously. So I found my way to the Falmouth Town Landing where the ramp was clear of all ice. Have not taken my boat out from this launch but my hunting partner had, so I was relying on my plotter and his knowledge. Didn’t have enough time to go to our intended spot so we winged it. There was another group launching as we were leaving. The tide was flooding and was about “mid tide” so we found a point of land with a bit of a lee and set up. There were lots of oldsquaw flying but none came into shooting range until we picked up to move which seems to be the norm. After picking up we headed NE and set up on the North end of Littlejohn Island. On the way there we kicked up about 100 canada geese, bufflehead and a hand full of black ducks. In total we only saw about a dozen eiders trading by in singles and pairs. This area seems to hold more squaws than eiders or scoters. We only shot one scoter that dove and never resurfaced. Not totally skunked. We did find some spots for next season and or the rest of this season. We had a run of about 2 miles back to the ramp with a SE 20 kt wind and 4-5′ chop. The lund went right through it at 20 kts and kept us very dry. I am impressed so far! Hope to get out a few more times before the season ends.
Happy hunting
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
C 01-04-2007 18:16
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