Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern ME 06-02-2006 09:56
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Went to Saco River yesterday with the boat. It was a beautiful day despite what the wheatherman was calling for. I caught several schoolies on ruber shads and top water baits in the morning on the outgoing tide. Decided to try and find some mackerel and see if the new live well would keep them alive. I fished straight out of the river and ended up loosing a huge club mackerel at the boat. The tide was ripping so I decided to go back in and catch some schoolies and let the tide come to a stand still. went back oout to get some macks. Ended the day with about 10 big ones, (which are being brined for shark and tuna baits) smallest was 10″. Used my home made trees with a small Yo Zuri diving plug to keep it just under the surface. I was about 3 miles out from the red and white entance bouy and paralleled land at 2 kts. That speed seemed to trigger a bight, any slower and I got nothing. Ended the day with 20 or so schoolies, biggest was 19″. Did see one boat at the ramp with a slot fish. The river water surface temp was 62 and the same just off the mouth. The ocean surface temp was 53. Not to many people out, of course it was a week day. I did try and live line my smallest mackerel in some rocks but nobody was home. Lastly, I did see about 100 eiders, mostly drakes.
Tight lines
[Edited By Andrew-White on 2006-06-02 09:57]
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Mid Coast 05-30-2006 19:34
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
Bumped into a fisherman leaving the upper Kenebeck. He said the schoolie action was unreal. He did manage to catch a few 30″‘s for every 15 schoolies. He was using a berkley 4″ shad and a top water plug. Farther downstream the water was filled with terns, gulls and seals all feeding on bait. The river just smelled like fish. Oh, i saw no other boats out! I’m sure that will not last long. Will be going Friday regardless of wheather.
Tight Lines.
P.S
Paul Reynolds Welcome to the field editor program. Your picture didn’t post. Are you trying to physc me out?
[Edited By Andrew-White on 2006-05-30 19:35]
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern and Mid-coast 05-29-2006 07:55
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
The sea water temp has jumped up rather quickly from all this warm wheather we have been having. The current sea water temp from a southern Maine wheather bouy is 51 degres up from 48 last week. Shoolie stripers have moved into all rivers up to the Kennebeck. Mackerel have been reported off shore and in Boothbay harbor. I do have a confirmed catch of a 21″ “slot” striper out of Pine Point in Scarbourgh. When it happens it happens quick. I was out in Sebago Lake Sat afternoon and the surface temp was low 60’s. Fish were marked around 40 to 60 feet. Didn’t fish. Not to much traffic out. A beautiful weekend! Lets keep it that way.
Tight lines.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern Maine 05-28-2006 06:01
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Well I have heard of schoolies being caught in the Royal River. Mackerel are off shore according to the Bunny Clark’s fishing report. Hope to get out next Thursday. Water temp is in high 40’s. Summer is here and so are the temps.
Tight lines
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Scarbourgh 05-26-2006 15:45
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
This is a belated turkey report from last Thursday. I hunted an up and coming development in Scarbourgh. Hunted in a clear cut where my broinlaw took a jake the week before. I went to same spot and heard 2 toms 100 yds infront of me and to my right. Also heard a hen off my left shoulder about 75 yards. Niether tom came closer and after an hour of calling I decided to locate one of them. I walked towards the tom in front of me. Down a gulley and through a swamp I went and then up a ridge to another clearing. I saw a hen 300 yards to my left. As I climed over a sand bank that looked over another gulley I was met by a jake that beat feet rather quickly. Not once did this bird gobble at my call while walking through this area. Will give it a try for the last week.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
None 05-15-2006 08:34
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Add Rain to wheather conditions and lets just say that I did not venture out for Mr. Tomy T. I did get up at 0350 to take a peak at the wheather. Lets just say I was a lazy TV watching bum this weekend. Watched ESPN2 on Sunday. After all it was Saltwater Sunday. Can’t stand watching bassmasters on Saturday. Rather watch the Bloomberg channel.
Posted By:
flylineguide
Guest
Lobster Lake 05-10-2006 14:09
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 35-40 Degrees
Well the trip to Lobster was for 1 fish. 440 miles round trip for one fish. I had a blast thou. Saturday morning we launched the boat after driving since midnight. I was fishing by 8 am. Fished until 1 pm stopped for lunch. Back out from 2 until 5 pm. 40 mph North wind with thunderstorm and a cold front in the low thirties by 7 pm. It blew all night and rained until 5 am. Everything was dried out by 9 am. We had to vacate the campsite by 12 pm so we fished the stream until 1 pm then headed out. Smelts are done there but still running at Chamberlain/Eagle. Wacked a 18lbs Jake with a 6″ beard this morning with my recurve. Birds have moved to the feilds where I am. They have been in the woods pretty much all spring. I worked some feild birds yesterday that boss gobbler wouldnt come in. Feild birds again today with 3 jakes coming right in at the same time. Nailed my bird at 19’ with the gobbler guillotine broadheads. WOW effective!
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Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Southern Maine 05-09-2006 19:29
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Well The day started at 0350. Arrived at a spot at 0445 where I had called in 2 nice toms in a matter of 3 minuetes (a few weeks ago)fter locating them while scouting. Went to that spot again and could here one answering my box call maybe a second. Tried to pinpoint him and put a stalk on but I just coouldn’t zero in. He had to be at least 200+ plus..just barley within ear shot. By 0730 I had put about 2 miles behind me trying to locate a bird so I went back to the first bird(s) I heard and got a better position on him. Let me say that I was hunting in the woods. I have seen no birds this year in the open, just in nice thick crap. Well I got to within 50-100 yards, put the dekes out the heard nothing for an hour while yelping and purring. I may have gotten to close! Oh well. Was fun and a learning experience. I stopped by the home of Anne and Rock Angestinoe of Creative Maine taxidermy. They had several turkeys come in and the hunters have reported that most of the birds have been shot in the woods, as oposed to fields. A brid came into them yesterday that had a 10.5″ beard and only weighed 14 lbs. The turkey flocks in the Southern Maine area have seemed to thin out a bit. Wonder why. Sickness or predators? All for now. Will try and outwit one of those sly dogs on Saturday.
Andrew White
VFE Maine.
Posted By:
scattermaster1
Web Member
05-07-2006 22:28
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Hey field editor, hows the puddle duck hunting in Maine, any areas better than others how bout for geese, canadas, and or snows and blues. I live in Chicago and am looking for a new state to retire in. I guess u would consider me an avid waterfowler who hunts about 40 days a season here and North Dakota. Kinda just wondering what opportunities are elsewhere. Plus I love lobster… I doubt I’ll find anywhere as good as here but I have to get out of this city eventually. Let me know. Thanks.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Saco River 05-05-2006 18:44
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Well I went to see if the rumors were true about stripers showing up in Southern Maine. The river water was 50 Deg but muddy as heck and there was lots of weed floating around which didn’t help your fly from fouling. Also talked to another fisherman taking his boat out. He stated that he had been fishing for 3 hours with no luck. I didn’t mark anything on my finder. Only a matter of time. There are pods of stripers that do winter over in Maine, according to a DMR official that greated me at the ramp. He had just come up from the Piscataqua river. No fish showing up there either. Soon. With these warm days the water should warm up quickly. Hope to see the mackerel a little earlier this Spring. I did test my livewell I installed. Worked like a charm. Takes a bit to prime the run of hose but it will work just fine. Heeeeeeeeerrrrre mackerel.
