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got a few on my mind ......if I get out...........but always make it back to "little tricky".........
I just moved up to the bangor area for school, so ill be trying Pushaw, and any other lakes I can find in the area
I'm pretty much just focusing on crappie, walleye, cusk and lakers this year. I also found a spot that has a bunch of these guys and some nice crappie that I need to try... (Image removed from quote.)
A very nice walleye for sure. Actually I have always wondered why Maine, has always been against the introduction ofWalleyes to waters that do not contain brook trout. They are fine angling, and fine eating. I believe ice fishing for them in numerousMaine ponds would be a real draw once Maine ice fishermen caught a few. Generally, there fight is poor but the table fare isincomparable with any other Maine inland water fish. Maine trout are okay eating but nothing like eating a Walleye. I have caught manyWalleyes in the Misstassini lake region which has some of the finest Brook trout, Togue, fishing in the northeast.
I guess we don't have to toguefisha, they are in Maine now...http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=276574&ac=Outdoors
I am starting to get antsy for icefishing and am thinking of what new lakes to try this year. I want to try East Grand, Long Lake, Sebago and Lobster. These are on the top of my to-fish lakes. I will also be fishing St George, Swan, Unity, Pleasant in Caratunk and Moosehead pretty regularly this year. Where are you guys going to fish. You don't have to say your secret lake x's
You should come down and join us at Megunticook Lake this season too....Big Red will be out there!!!
I'd like to try a good crappie water and slay some crappie!!!
I know a pretty good crappie area....
Hmm... I was going to say I know a fairly crappie area.. LOL... For me, crappie through the ice hasn't really happened yet. I know where to find them open water, but I tend to fish from shore during the hard water season, so it's hard to get a school going.. Maybe this year I'll finally get a porta-shelter and try my luck..
How far is that from Brooks?It's in Camden.I know a pretty good crappie area....
Saaweet!!! Need some bait?
I had read that article before. One was caught in Spaulding Pond in Lebanon a couple years back as well (a drop down from NH). What I hadn't heard was whether the walleye caught in the Belgrades was one spawned there or just one that someone had dumped in there. I thought that I read somewhere that something to do with the water chemistry in Maine made it difficult for Walleye to spawn here. If they are self sustaining in the Belgrades you would think that with the amount of people who fish there, more people would be catching them? I know NH stocks some of there lakes but again, hadn't heard whether they are succesful in sustaining themselves? Be interesting to find out if anyone has that info.
Most of my ice time will be spent on Roxbury, Webb and Haley. Same as last year. Some new places I want to try are Wyman lake and Unity Pond, maybe the Tacomas.