Bass Fishing in June On The Nashua River

My daughter, my granddaughter, and myself have been out fishing on several local rivers and ponds. Just last week, my daughter landed a good 2 pound largemouth bass out of the Nashua River. She landed a few yellow perch that day too, but they were on the smaller side. Over the past month we have caught mostly sunfish, yellow perch, and largemouth bass with a few smallmouth bass and pickerels tossed in the mix.

I will be out on the water's edge wetting my line. See you there.

Rainy and Wet Fishing

Sometimes I think about why I am out there fishing when it is wet and rainy. I do not mind the rain at all. I do not mind getting wet. I DO mind those darn bugs - mosquitoes and black flies - when they get in and under my clothing in the worst places!

I know it is great for fly fishing if the fish are gobbling those up. I just hate to think about and see all of the bites that I have to itch for a good week more.

The other day I went with my daughter to go fishing along the Nashua River in Groton MA. It was 3 in the afternoon. When we got down by the river, we were attacked by swarms of mosquitoes!!!
Yes, we stuck it out until 7:45, but we were covered in bites from our heads to our toes...my daughter wore sandals. Do not worry she is over 30 and could take care of herself; if she was little, we would have left. I am definitely going to try Off! Clip-On repellent. I will let you know how it works.

Looking At Some Summer Catches

A couple pumpkin seeds, a yellow perch, and a largemouth bass made a great catch for this evening.

The size of the fish kept getting bigger.

The bugs started to come out for dinner, so we decided to go inside.

Fantasy Fishing Though Winter Lectures

Over the winter on the border of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, a few of the fishing clubs organize fishing lectures with some local libraries. I usually attend the ones in Andover MA and Nashua NH. Now that March is almost here they are almost over for this year.

They are fantastic to go to because as you listen to what the presenters have to say you can fantasize what your next fishing season will be like. The lectures give you some super information on new fishing spots both for freshwater and saltwater. They explain some ways to fish bait or lures that maybe you have not tried yet. Different presentations can be on fly-fishing, bait-casting, or using a variety of artificial lures and leaders and rods & reels.

All of this gets you anticipating the warmer weather to anxiously get to cast out your line for the first time this season.

I do not know about you, but I can hardly wait to wet my line!

January 2011 Fishing series at the Nashua Public Library

Yes, they started up again. I had to walk in late the first week due to another commitment.

Great information! If you cannot get outside fishing, this may be the next best thing. You can meet some folks with a wealth of knowledge behind them as well as the presenters.

There are up-coming fly fishing series that you must register for that take place in March.If you are interested, you better sign up FAST! This course fills up quickly. There are also some fly tying classes as well. They fill up fast too.

There was just the Marlboro MA fly fishing show this past weekend. In March there will be a fishing show at the Pelham Sportsmans Club. I will give you more info on that soon.

Out Catching Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass

I am sorry that I have taken off so much time from blogging, but that bass fever just really hit me. I am back again trying to get back on track.

I just pulled a good 15 incher out of the river a few days ago; it was a smallmouth bass. The bass struck at a good ole fashion earthworm. Sometimes the old ways work well too.

The bass was in a slow area in the middle of the river. I believe that there is a ridge below creating some structure. It was hanging out there just waiting for it's nighttime snack just after sunset.

I have been trying out some of the fantastic tips in this program to educate myself more. I open the programs up to get new ideas in the really hot parts of the day when I want to cool down. I am checking into whether it all makes sense and really works before I mention which program it is. I want you to get your best value.

....See you on the river

I will let you know how it is very soon.

Learning About Bass and Salmon Fly Fishing in Maine, NH, MA and Québec

This past Thursday, Jan. 28^th, wound up the last of the January fishing series at the Nashua Public Library. This is the 19^th year they have had this series.

The evening began with a fantastic refresher on boat safety via a video.

A member of the New England Fly casters, Seth Harris, shared his favorite salmon rivers in Québec. I found him to be most informative when he explained how Québec goes about distributing their licenses – very complicated. He was very helpful by passing out literature from Québec of maps and brochures.

Another couple members of the NE fly casters, Brenda and Ray Phillipon, double teamed their presentation on fly fishing for bass. They discussed their time spent up in Maine at the South Branch Lake Camps and how they proceeded to convert many of the fishermen up there into future fly fishing just by letting them see the pictures of their daily ‘creel’ since it was all catch and release. Brenda and Ray filled everyone in on some of the local ponds and rivers where they find fishing to be good.

Every Thursday different folks or organizations had information at tables on the way into the theatre. The last couple of nights I chatted with the guys from New Hampshire Bass Busters, Inc.

Upon entry each of the 4 nights you received a raffle ticket for the last night when they drew 8 numbers for 8 give-a-ways.

On each Thursday night of this fishing series, you received a ticket for a raffle that was held on the last night. There were eight raffle prizes; I wish I knew who to give credit for these prizes, but right now I don’t know. If I find out I will give them credit.