Umbaggog

[Art 53]

who fishes umbaggog and with what results

[duck doctor]

From what I understand.....umbagog is the new upcoming smallie fishery.  Emerson Outdoor Outfitters held a bass tounrey there a few weeks ago.  There are some 4+ pound smallies being consistantley caught up there.

[Art 53]

DD I hear it has some strange rules being a border lake. Maybe I should a licence in both states but that means registering the Quad too where does it all end!!!!! Art

[dadstacklebox]

Last I herd ,  umbaggog was suspect to a pike intro. MDIFW.list of suspected pike introductions. 

[Chiefbush]

I fish umbagog all winter and the fishing is usually good.  Not much trout though.  Mostly Pickeral, Perch, and Bass.  You dont need a Maine license unless you fish the Maine side.  Acess is best at boat launch just east of Errol on route 26.  Usually there is a plowed road as there is a "round year" resident on an island. 

[jibbs]

umbagog is an up and coming smallmouth fishery. however, do not get carried away with the 4 pounders. the androscoggin river and the malgalloway river hold the bigger fish. it is an untapped resource. i just read an article on the place and in the 1870's the place was loaded with brook trout in the ten pound range. when they put in the errol dam it pushed backwater into that area creating lake umbagog. the men that were running the logs down the river were catching brook trout by the barrel full. there is one story when two guys speared 100 trout with the combined weight over 600 pounds. it sounds outragous but pickeral boy could give you the name of the book. the trout were so aboundant that you could almost cross the backs of the fish to get to the other side of the androscoggin during the spawn. the trout are long gone due to the infestation of pickeral and bass. i guess there a still a few caught, but they are few and far between. the book also reported two giant pike floating dead and then retreived by two men. chris roy found one in 1994 that weighed 26 pounds and the other was reported in 2003 that weighed 22 pounds. reports also show a few largies caught. there has been no reports of pike or largies being caught since. the book is all about how fishing started in nh and how grover cleveland and daniel webster enjoyed the outdoors. they talk about the first stocked ponds for bass and how it orginated. i will get  pickeral boy to give us the name. it would be an incrediable christmas gift. i was only able to browse through it, because he still has his nose in it. hurry up.

[lake snake]

Last I herd ,  umbaggog was suspect to a pike intro. MDIFW.list of suspected pike introductions. 

   
              The NHFish&Game website also lists pike in Umbagog.

[Art 53]

Jibbs ThanksI would like to know the name of that book sound like great reading Art

[jibbs]

art, its an incrediable book. the way they introduce winni and the other big ponds in the state is cool. they talk about starting newfound, sunapee, the importance of wickwas and waukewan, rust pond and how it was the first smallmouth fishery. like i said in the earlier post.......i only browsed through, but did read the chapter on lake umbagog.......consider ing i grew up in that  neck of the woods. more later

[Art 53]

Jibbs   I want that book for Christmas   Art

[duck doctor]

Have we found out the name of it yet?

[jibbs]

nope and i am suprised, because pickeral boy usually checks this site out every night. i will give him a call.

[pickeral boy]

The books name is "The Bassing of New Hampshire"  by Jack Noon. He's from Sutton NH.
Halfway through book. Pretty interesting. I bought it at the Toadstool bookshop in Milford, NH. I think you can order it from MooseCountry.com, but not sure.

[Art 53]

Thanks Man

[Art 53]

Just left Moose Country and the book is in the mail. Jack Noon also has a second book out  ART

[pickeral boy]

Yeah,  it sounds like a kids book.

[Bucktale]

Hey there Chiefbush..  I spend a lot of time from Errol to Wilsons Mills in the warm months paddling on the Rivers and enjoying the country up there....what a great place.  Did you ever ice fish on Sturtevant Pond, that looks like some nice bass water with all the rocks and natural structure it offers?  In your previous post did you mean they plow a road right up the river to the lake by the eagles nesting site?

[Chiefbush]

Hi bucktale..  No, never fished sturdivant pond, not much of a bass fisherman, however would be willing to try it.  It is definitely some beautiful, unspoiled country up there.  The road I was talking about was on the boat launch.  Someone lives year round on the island about a mile from launch.  He plows a large road across the ice from the boat launch to his island.  Makes it nice to put a shanty on.  Do you make it up there in the winter?