Where are all the fishermen...

PaugusBayFireFighter · 06-14-2013, 02:18 PM

The weather has been playing games with spawning and the fishing has been hit or miss lately. Like Winnilifer said... very soon, if not already, they will be bedding and hitting anything that goes near them. I've had great success with a Gary Yamamoto 5" cut tail and 5" senko in watermelon with red/black flake.
Good luck!

secondcurve · 06-14-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

The weather has been playing games with spawning and the fishing has been hit or miss lately. Like Winnilifer said... very soon, if not already, they will be bedding and hitting anything that goes near them. I've had great success with a Gary Yamamoto 5" cut tail and 5" senko in watermelon with red/black flake.
Good luck!

Isn't the spawn over at this point? I believe you can't keep Bass from the 15th of May to the 15th of June since they are on the beds during that period.

MikeF-NH · 06-15-2013, 07:19 AM

very strange spawn this year. With air/water temps soaring during the heat wave them plummeting with subsequent rains and cold spells, there didn't seem to be a mass movement to the beds and as they moved up, they seemed to back off then up and off again. Lake temps last weekend were as cold as I've seen them this late in the season.

That said, I'm basing this on mid May observations (nothing on beds) and 2 trips last weekend where I found 90% abandoned beds. and far less beds in areas that historically are loaded.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 06-28-2013, 10:14 AM

Bass are off the beds and settling into their summer hiding places. I've been concentrating on docks, boats and any tree cover. Caught several good size bass in under three feet of water, so they are there!
Caught this Chain Pickerel off my docks this week. Impressive teeth on these guys!!

06-28-2013, 10:14 AM	#4
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	Bass are off the beds and settling into their summer hiding places. I've been concentrating on docks, boats and any tree cover. Caught several good size bass in under three feet of water, so they are there! Caught this Chain Pickerel off my docks this week. Impressive teeth on these guys!! Attached Images

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06-14-2013, 02:18 PM	#1
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	The weather has been playing games with spawning and the fishing has been hit or miss lately. Like Winnilifer said... very soon, if not already, they will be bedding and hitting anything that goes near them. I've had great success with a Gary Yamamoto 5" cut tail and 5" senko in watermelon with red/black flake. Good luck!

06-15-2013, 07:19 AM	#3
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 318 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	very strange spawn this year. With air/water temps soaring during the heat wave them plummeting with subsequent rains and cold spells, there didn't seem to be a mass movement to the beds and as they moved up, they seemed to back off then up and off again. Lake temps last weekend were as cold as I've seen them this late in the season. That said, I'm basing this on mid May observations (nothing on beds) and 2 trips last weekend where I found 90% abandoned beds. and far less beds in areas that historically are loaded.

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