Forgot to post from this past weekend. Pretty good weekend numbers wise for Newfound.
Saturday morning was beautiful, then around 1 PM a burst of wind and snow came through for about 30 minutes. It literally was snowing sideways. After that it was cold and windy. But that didn't stop the fish. I wound up with a couple flags, producing a .59 perch and later a 1.71 pickerel. I've never marked so many fish on Newfound on the flasher and not caught anything though. It was very frustrating. A couple of the guys in our group caught a few pickerel, the highlight being a 2.62 pickerel. Also a laker in less than 3' of water on a tip up which blew my mind.
Sunday was the more productive day. The cusk lines had a few fish to show for. I caught a .49 cusk, the bait was gone on a few others. Someone caught a 2.4 pound cusk, that was nice to see. We were able to get to a laker spot that we were unable to fish last year. Tons of marks, the fish were pretty aggressive chasing jigs. I hooked one and fought it for a minute or two before it shook loose. My friend went back to that spot in the afternoon and caught three lakers. I started to pack up and saw the jaw jacker pop and the rod was pumping, wound up with a 3.06 pickerel. I recently bought a new rod for my jaw jacker because the other one broke, so I was happy to see it produce a few fish.
Heading up again this coming weekend for what's likely the last kick at the can for me on Newfound.
