Hi Everyone,

It was another early spring this year with limited snowpack and snow melt. Rivers and streams were at late summer flow rates and many lakes levels were low as well, some at record lows. Lakes have not recovered from last years drought and ground water is well below normal. Kennebago Lake was low when I visited in April and I understand that Aziscohos many feet down as well. This does not bode well for the season unless we get a lot of rain (meaning six inches over several weeks).. It can still happen so cross your fingers,

Ice Out on my home Dundee Pond waters was on March 29th about the same as last year, which I thought was very early. Rangeley Lake went out on April 17, one of the earliest  dates on record. March weather was very warm with many days of cloudless sun. April has been more seasonal with several snowstorms in the mountains. I believe the smelt runs have already commenced or remaining fish will be gone soon. I hear rumors of suckers appearing already. Fish movements and wildflower emergences (like trillium) seem one to two weeks early.

Many cloudless dry days, occasional big storms, and widely fluctuating temperatures….Maine weather has become more like the front range of the Rockies in Colorado.

Rivers and streams were at fishable levels, if not too low, right through April and were fishable. The inlet to Dundee Pond had virtually no flow because Sebago Lake was low. Fishing was inconsistent at best because water temps remained cold and the drought of last year cut the number of holdovers and wild trout significantly in small streams. One small stream in southwest Maine with wild trout actually went dry last fall.

Early small black and brown stoneflies hatched very early and some Presumpscot River browns were rising to them as early as late March.

Early black small stonefly

I finally found decent conditions on April 5th on one of my favorite stretches of river and managed to land a huge brown in surprisingly fast water on a seam. i didn’t precisely measure her but closer to 25 inches than 20, and I couldn’t get my hand around her because her back was so thick and broad. I didn’t have a net so to land this fish; I tailed it in the water, like you would do to an Atlantic Salmon. The fly pattern? A zonkerish pattern I tied from a sample I was given on the Yellow Breeches River in Pennsylvania. Last spring I caught a big brown on the same pattern (see my June 2, 2020 post), but this one was larger – 4 pounds for sure if not bigger.

I have huge hands and I couldn’t span the width of the back of this fish.

I like a fish that is big enough to tail.

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I did try my hand at pike fishing in Sabbatus Lake one morning with no sign of any. I did catch one of the biggest smallies I have ever caught, over 4 pounds for sure. Two fish for my early efforts and both personal records or close to it.

This fish towed my kayak for a bit, even in very cold water.

This is the time of the year when catching trophy brook trout is possible. Here is an excerpt from my book, In pursuit of Trophy Brook Trout: The Ultimate Handbook of Tactics, Timing, and Territory.

“Suckers move into the first riffles above a lake to spawn when stream temperatures approach 50 degrees – usually several weeks after smelt spawning is over. Trout don’t feed on the suckers themselves (at 12 inches and over and up to several pounds, they are too large) but gorge themselves on small, yellow sucker eggs. I have unhooked trout that had mouths jammed with what looks like lemon Jello. The dominant (and often the largest) brook trout will position themselves immediately downstream from the sucker schools that are leaking eggs or actively spawning. Picture large rainbows feeding on salmon eggs in Alaska and you get the idea.”

Enjoy the beginning of the season.

Lou

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If you are fishing near a smelt run and targeting predatory fish, streamer selection is a matter of choosing your favorite smelt imitation. There are a myriad of smelt-imitation patterns. Some of the old standbys are as much a part of the history of the great North Woods as are their tiers, like Carrie Stevens, and the “sports” who came by train from Boston and New York – well-dressed fly-fishing men and women who are now immortalized in black and white pictures standing behind stringers of huge dead trout and salmon. Many of the classic streamer patterns still work, at least once in a while, and we have many new creations to choose from every year.

Now, on with the late March report:

Early March featured some of the coldest nights of the year before Spring arrived for the second half of the month. At least seven days reached highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Lindsey and I were up at Kennebago Lake for four days without a cloud in the sky and temps rising into the 50s.

                                                   Winter views from camp

                            It is still winter at Kennebago Lake in late March.

                          The warmer weather starting to open up Norton Brook

While Kennebago still had lots of thick ice and snow, as I write this from Dundee Pond in Windham all of the snow is gone and a good foot of ice one week ago is almost out on the pond. It is amazing how fast the ice melted.

               Ice going out during warm spell, its cold temperature creating local fog

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With the change in weather, birds and animals are quite active. At Kennebago Lake, a bobcat walked right past our camp one night vocalizing quite loudly. Our pet pair of Canadian Jays peered at us through the window every morning looking for their handouts.

                               My pet Canadian Jay

In Windham, migrating waterfowl arrived in force – various Merganser species, wood ducks, and Canadian geese, just to name a few.  A flock of turkeys is wandering around our yard. A pair of muskrats now swim back and forth, and the bald eagle has been giving us a fly-by everyday.

Turkeys walked across the melting ice to my yard to feed on my fallowed raised beds

With the warmer weather, I was even able to plant my early veggies (under plastic) and they were nicely sprouted by the last week of March, led by the turnips (from seeds I hand harvested last fall).

My spinach, radishes, lettuce, and turnips sprouted quickly under plastic

I will post another update soon. Things change in a hurry this time of year.

Hello everyone,  I will giving a fishing update shortly, but first I am announcing my version of Black Friday deals.

One of a Kind Books: Like every author that sells his or her own books, at the end of the year, I have accumulated books that have minor defects so that I can’t sell them as first quality. Books with slightly scratched or marred covers, signatures that smudged, or signed to individuals that didn’t want them so I black out the name. For those of you wanting a deal on any of my three books, you can buy these books for 50% off and free shipping. (either $12.50 or $15.00 depending on the book. Email me and I will send you a photo of the book for your approval. Great as a second copy if you have a summer camp.

Overstock: I also have the last dozen of my first edition of my first book, Flyfishing Northern New England Seasons, (now in its 3rd edition). The first edition doesn’t have color photographs and an updated chapter, but the information is virtually the same and I think there is something special about a first edition signed by the author.  Selling for $ 12.50 versus retail of $25.00 and free shipping. Email me.

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Now the fishing report for November
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More waters close at the end of October, but some remain open, especially in southern Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Strangely enough, fall stocking was delayed in some waters because water  flows remained extremely low. Freestone rivers without lakes to provide water remained well below normal flows.

We also had freakishly warm weather for a week in the middle of the month with certain localities setting all time records for five straight days due to a Bermuda High system that did not move for a week. Where I live, we had highs in the 60’s and 70’s for a few days. This prevented the water from cooling as it usually does this time of year and kept the fish more active with temps still around 50, even in Maine.

Due to the warm weather and people with more time on their hands, fishing pressure was heavy on popular waters. For example, parking lots were overflowing on the rivers stocked by Three-Rivers Stocking Association including the Cocheco, Lamprey, and Isinglass rivers.

Some days, the Route 35 parking lot in Windham by the Presumpscot River  had over 20 cars in it. Too much comradery for me. I fished other parts of the river and found active brookies, landlocked salmon, and brown trout.

Here is a video montage of November fly fishing.

Please note: My next virtual presentation will be on November 10 to the Merrimack Valley chapter of Trout Unlimited. The subject will be my book, :In Pursuit of Trophy Brook Trout” and I will discuss locations, tactics, and patterns for you to catch your trout of a lifetime. Go to their website or contact Bob via email at bbbluhmmm1953@gmail.com and I am sure they will give you the zoom information so you can participate.

Now as for the fishing report for October….

Of course, the rain for which anglers were rain dancing and praying finally arrived the last day of fishing season in some parts of New England. It raised water levels and fresh fish moved into rivers and streams the first day the season was closed. Subsequent rain raised water levels significantly with certain areas receiving four inches of rain in one storm. Good for the ecosystem, not much help to anglers with many prime waters already closed.

October temperatures were seasonable with some cold snaps and the waters still open continued to fish well with water temps slowly falling through the upper 50’s into the mid to upper 40s (generally) by the end of the month. Trout and salmon stayed active. I even saw some trout still spawning in the Rangeley area on October 23^rd.

I didn’t get a lot of  New England fishing in because I spent three weeks in Florida. Returned home to snow (only five months since the last snow – not long enough!) But I did eke out a little angling time.

Did catch a nice bass or two in Florida

In my winter home in Windham, fished the Pleasant River, the last week of the season and saw lots of rising trout, both newly stocked and holdovers that survived the drought and heat. Dry flies or small nymphs raised smaller fish while bigger browns banged streamers that imitated the local bait fish. The streamers had to be drifted downstream naturally; normal retrieves were laughed at (in my imagination anyway). Hard to hook the bigger fish; they spit the fly so quick and it is difficult to keep a tight line when casting upstream

This section of Pleasant River is walkable from my house.

Cute little brown trout caught from my neighborhood stream

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Made it up to Kennebago Lake to close up camp for a few days and did catch some trout on the lake (open until end of October) on October 29^th under calm conditions and light to moderate snow.

                                                  End of October sunrise

                                 Last Kennebago trout for the year.

Also braved the crowd at Upper Dam one warmish Saturday (15 anglers) and managed to hook a half dozen salmon, probably by fishing flies they hadn’t seen from other anglers. Either high-stick nymphing or swinging size-18 pheasant tail nymphs, or casting Lou’s Brookie Sculpln streamer. Those of you who have read my book, “In Pursuit of Trophy Brook Trout”, may recall that this fly was specifically tied to attract the attention of big brook trout, but what do you know…good- size salmon crush it as well. Good to know.

My wife and I returned to upper Dam on the last day of the season it is open (Halloween). Cold (14 degrees at first light, warming to around freezing by 2 pm with water temps around 43. Again, many anglers, but still crushed the fish with the same flies I did the week before.

Small salmons nailed Lou’s Brookie Sculpin pattern.

Large salmon took the same fly. This old 4-pound salmon was missing part of a gill cover but he fought well with spectacular jumps. Photo doesn’t show it because of top down angle, but a very deep and fat fish.

For the month of November, I will probably try different parts of the Presumpscot River (open all year) or head to southeast New Hampshire to fish rivers such as Lamprey, Concheco, Isinglass, and Exeter. This waters continue to fish well in November and are stocked by the Three Rivers Stocking organization with quality large fish, supported by restrictive catch and release restrictions.

Stay safe everyone. At least a fly rod length away unless you are wearing a mask, Covid cases are rising rapidly, even in New England.

We are getting into the season of fly-fishing presentations and I am going to try a few via Zoom. The good news is anyone can attend if the local chapter gives you the invite. On Oct. 13 I am presenting to the Central New Jersey TU chapter. On Oct 21, the DownEast Maine Chapter is hosting a short presentation as well. I will provide more information shortly….

Here is a video of some of the beauty of fly-fishing Kennebago the last week of the season….
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Even with continued lower water levels (Some rivers in southern New England are running at just 10% of normal flow!), pre-spawn fish are moving. The cold nights of last week – lows in the upper 20’s – moved water temperatures low enough that fish were triggered to start pre-spawn activities and migration.

Trout and Salmon started moving upriver and holding in the deeper pools and runs and more staged in lake shallows near river outlets and inlets. Fresh fish were easy to catch, but things got difficult in a hurry with low and crystal clear water, low flows and bright sunny skies. Soon only the best anglers fishing fine tippets, drag-free drifts, or on the bottom were hooking fish regularly. But lucky anglers encountering fresh schools enjoyed fabulous fishing.

                                      Large Colored-up Male Brook Trout

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Enjoy the last few days of the traditional fishing season.

Hi folks,

Just a quick update today.  The weather has remained seasonably cold, windy, and dry so both the water temperatures and levels continue to fall. Evidence of this is the continuing wildfire warnings almost everyday for most of New England.

I have never seen river and stream flows lower. Obviously, rivers with dams are doing better as water is released from lakes and ponds. However, even that supply is limited. Just to give a few examples, last week, the lower Mags flows were briefly below 200. Roach Ponds are extremely low, Kennebago Lake is at it lower limits and the river is only marginally higher.

With wqter temps falling through the 50s into the upper 40s, a few fish are moving but are spooky with low water and flow and cloudless bright skies. Someone let me know that t-e Roach fished very well last week. I caught a gorgeous male 18-inch brook trout in full spawning colors on the Little Kennebago River. People fishing lakes and ponds like Tim Pond say it is the best fishing in years because the big trout are schooling in the shallows waiting to move upstream and are attacking big attractor dries.
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No rain is in the forecast for the rest of September so I don’t believe things will change dramatically although as the season progresses more fish will move regardless of the water level. To the degree they concentrate in the few pools with deep water, they will be susceptible to anglers. Please practice restraint and you nymphers, don’t snag. I refuse to fish those areas anymore – too much combat fishing.

Enjoy the colors…leaves are changing by the hour and with the drought are not staying on the trees long.

Lou