Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
05-01-2006 19:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
From mid coast Maine to Hartford CT I have seen pairs of drake mallards chasing a lone hen through the sky and then having there way with her in the water. Amusing to watch. If only ducks stayed together for life, it would be all turned around on the drake.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern ME 04-26-2006 11:37
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I took advantage of some free time and the nice wheather and scouted out an old public stomping ground for turkeys. After pulling off a main road about 100′ and parking the blazer I had located 2 toms within 5o yds of my parked car. I yelped, then listened and heard no response, took 2 steps and heard a gobble. I yelped again to pin point the toms and heard two gobbles. So I walked into the relatively thick brush and could hear them runing twords me. Not 1 min after I hid behind a tree did they come strutting in 20 yds from me. I also had a hen that was competing with my randy hen calls come in off my left shoulder only to compromise my position and let out some alarm puts which quickly put an end to my fun. This was the closest and first time I have called in a turkey and will make my season regardless of wheather or not I tag a turkey. On another note I saw plenty of acorns still on the ground which leads me to believe the dear had an easy winter and will make for hopefully a great season this Fall
[Edited By Andrew-White on 2006-04-26 18:32]
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
04-24-2006 16:30
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I have no fishing report as I have not been since opening day. On the other hand a few mallards around work have been spotted shagging one hen. As for sea ducks, I have seen equal numbers of drakes with hens. Tiz that time of the year. We should have a good brood for this Fall. As for the dry Spring we may see a double hatch of upland birds. Have only seen this in the early 90’s. One of these days I will go through all me dekes and fix them up for this Fall. Just need to finish house work. One important item I need to build is a dog ladder for my Lund. I’m thinking PVC, any suggestions?
Posted By:
flylineguide
Guest
Oxford County 04-17-2006 09:33
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Great salmon chop out there yesterday. We caught 3 salmon. They where hitting 5′ down with a copper dave davis on 6’in front of a sewn smelt. So far we have had a great salmon season. 21 fish landed 3 kept,4 short, the rest legal fish. Plus a mess of togue. Wont be long now until a streamer is the only thing working.
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Posted By:
flylineguide
Guest
Androscoggin County 04-09-2006 09:21
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Thursday April 6th Fished sewn on smelt 90 to 110 yards behind the rig on flyrod with sinking line. Wacked 6 fish 3 salmon 3 togue. One hook up was a double. Both near 2.5 lbs salmon. Later nailed a 3.5 + lbs salmon. Put the togue back we kept the salmon. Yum! Anrew I fished sebago one day as well the salmon where 20 – 25 deep. The smelts were still in the lake good at that time. They are probably coming up now.
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Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Sebago Lake 04-08-2006 12:29
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Fished Sebago out of the South ramp (Rt 35 & 114. Launched the boat about 0600. Was the 3rd boat there. Trolled out from the ramp for a mile or so with DB smelt and sewn on smelt both on lead core. Trolled along the Camels Pasture and then out into Great bay. All the fish I saw on the machine were in this area from 50 to 111 feet. No stirkes at all. Tried dropping a Buzz Bomb down when we went over a pod of fish with no luck. Ended the day at 1100 just as the sun poked through the clouds. Lots of boats out though!
Tight lines
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern to Midcoast 03-26-2006 15:19
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
April 1st (Sat) will mark the opener for the 2006 fishing season. The lake I live by is 95% open, the fingers seem to thaw out last. The Raymond boat ramp for Sebago Had plenty of ice, 100 yards or so from shore. The rest of the lake looked open. I would assume that the Western boat ramps would be open. My freshwater gear has yet to be gone through but my slatwater gear is ready to go. As early as May there may be some shoolie stripers showing up at the river mouths. Water temp will determine that. Hopefully there will be no more snow and Spring will be a dry warm one to get the fish active. My new boat is just about ready to go. THe only delema I have are rod holders for trolling. Lund has made it hard to use my Down East clampons. The gunnel is just to large so I have to wait for Bass Pro to ship me a solution. Other than that she is ready to go. Good luck to those who will battle possible crowds at the ramps. Post up with and tell about the fishing conditions.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Mid Coast 03-18-2006 14:13
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Put my Lund Alaskan in the water today for my first trip. Despite my num face I’m sure I was smiling when the GPS read 28 kts. Not to bad for a 50 hp Suzuki. Took a while to find the sweet spot. The live well pump leaked pretty bad but all and all everything worked great. The GPS doesn’t like cold wheather. I will be putting a large round live well which I need some hose and thru hulls to complete.
Saw about 100 eiders small groups of long tails and 4 surfs. Was the only boat out there. Hopefully Spring arrives early!
Later
Posted By:
MUTTLEY
Guest
Washington County 03-03-2006 16:23
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
Its been a screwy winter, two weeks ago it was 55 deg and this last week it never got over 15 deg with nights subbed. Ice fishing has been so so (haven’t actually gone in two weeks), but have been doing a little Snowshoe Hare hunting this last week to keep up with my shot-gunning. No Beagle and I don’t want my Chessie getting the wrong idea, but still have scared three up and got two of them (only shot at the two), so, not to bad, but wish I could find more. Seen more Grouse out this last week then I saw all season, but isn’t that always the way. Not seeing to many birds out when I’m on the water, a few flocks of Old Squaw, numbers 10 to 15, every once in awhile. What’s every body else doing in Maine to keep there skills sharp in the off season?
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern Maine 02-18-2006 11:31
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Well it has been some crazy wheather. I hope Spring comes early w/out the rain. My new baot sits idel in the yard. I need some warm wheather to take the cover off and start fixing things up a bit. Right now I am just forced to make a mental list. I got the prop reconditioned throught H & H prop in Bath. Put a class 3 hitch on and will register it next week. If we have another warm spell and the boat ramps are not iced in I might take a ride. Have been reading all my instruction manuals. The Garmin 188c is quite the all in one machine. If the engine gives me a warm fuzzy feeling I may pic a flat day and go off shore a bit for sahrks or cod this summer. Need to find out some spots first. Have been out 5-7 miles before and caught some nice blue sharks. I will also get a Sea tow membership for the year, $119 but will go up $20 March first. A small price to pay if they come out and tow a nonmember back in. Also piece of mind. Check them out at wwww.seatow.com. We will see. As for fishing I have not been on the ice for a couple weeks. Although the bass, pickerel and white perch fishing has been great everytime I have gone! Give forest lake I try. As I dit at my desk the wind is here again. Spoda blow 25 today and even windier tomarrow. Come on Spring. What are other people doing now that it’s Feb?
