What do the fish know???

jazzman · 08-26-2011, 08:57 PM

We don't live on lake winni (yet), but tonight on our smallish lake in the Monadnock region, the fish were jumping out of the water all over the place at 7pm. I've never seen anything like it... Maybe it was the hurricane, maybe it was the fact that the lake has been lowered 18" in the past 48 hours... Very odd... Seems like you could have caught 100's of them with a net...

Jonas Pilot · 08-27-2011, 06:35 AM

Were there a lot of bugs flying around the water's surface?

dayvsea · 10-12-2011, 06:54 PM

yah I've heard this in front of our camp over the years, at night.. I think it goes hand in hand with some kind of hatch.. Usually seems to correspond with full moon..

BoSox711 · 01-04-2012, 07:35 PM

I want some fish!!

The Hairy Beast · 01-05-2012, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BoSox711

I want some fish!!

You got that right, brother! A couple of my buddies hit the Newfound on new years day with flyrods, they did well:

I had my kids so I couldn't go but I wish I had. Still, some ice fishing would hit the spot right now.

Winni is still wide open, here's the webcam on Black Cat Island:

secondcurve · 01-05-2012, 07:00 PM

HB:

Nice looking fish. I'm curious, what type of approach/flies were they using to catch those Rainbows, were they trolling streamers?

Rattlesnake Guy · 01-05-2012, 07:14 PM

What is the purpose of the nets you both have over your hands?

secondcurve · 01-05-2012, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy

What is the purpose of the nets you both have over your hands?

It gives them better control of the fish. As they appear to be practicing catch and release (as most fly fisherman do for the majority of their catch) they want to make sure the fish doesn't slip loose and injure itself in a fall before it can be returned to the water.

The Hairy Beast · 01-06-2012, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by secondcurve

HB:

Nice looking fish. I'm curious, what type of approach/flies were they using to catch those Rainbows, were they trolling streamers?

Nope, they were wading the river, casting upstream and dead-drifting wooly buggers tied on a #16 hook. it's called "Nymphing". This time of the year all the action is on the drift, not the retrieve. Bugs hatch out of the riverbed and crawl along the bottom. The current shakes them loose and they go bouncing and rolling down the river. Trout hang in the current and see them rolling at em. It's an easy feed: the trout edges over, opens his yap and the nymph just washes into his mouth. Nymphing replicates that - you tie on a buggy fly, flip it upstream and let it drift along the bottom using a floating line. The strike tends to be subtle: you have to watch your line closely. If it stops in mid-swing SET THE HOOK!

Upstream Nymphing with Oliver Edwards (Fly... by peshinka

secondcurve · 01-07-2012, 09:11 AM

Thanks HB. I thought you meant Newfound Lake. Evidently there is a river with the same name, too.

10-12-2011, 06:54 PM	#3
dayvsea Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 113 Thanks: 42 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	yah I've heard this in front of our camp over the years, at night.. I think it goes hand in hand with some kind of hatch.. Usually seems to correspond with full moon.. __________________ "Honesty is the best policy."

08-26-2011, 08:57 PM	#1
jazzman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mont Vernon NH & Big Barndoor Island Posts: 320 Thanks: 4 Thanked 184 Times in 62 Posts	What do the fish know??? We don't live on lake winni (yet), but tonight on our smallish lake in the Monadnock region, the fish were jumping out of the water all over the place at 7pm. I've never seen anything like it... Maybe it was the hurricane, maybe it was the fact that the lake has been lowered 18" in the past 48 hours... Very odd... Seems like you could have caught 100's of them with a net...

08-27-2011, 06:35 AM	#2
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Were there a lot of bugs flying around the water's surface?

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BoSox711 Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 16 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	I want some fish!!

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secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,084 Thanks: 1,267 Thanked 557 Times in 286 Posts	HB: Nice looking fish. I'm curious, what type of approach/flies were they using to catch those Rainbows, were they trolling streamers?

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Rattlesnake Guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,254 Thanks: 423 Thanked 366 Times in 175 Posts	What is the purpose of the nets you both have over your hands?

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01-07-2012, 09:11 AM	#10
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,084 Thanks: 1,267 Thanked 557 Times in 286 Posts	Thanks HB. I thought you meant Newfound Lake. Evidently there is a river with the same name, too.