Monday, September 7, 2009

Lake Winnipesaukee

Dan and I had one of our best days on the big lake. We took Dans boat out of Wolfeboro and were on the water by 5:30am, in a light fog. Fished between Rattlesnake, Moose and Parker, trolling lead core, 6-8 colors with a 40'+ 6/4 # test leader. That's 300'of line out behind the boat. Most of the fish came to a fly, tandem 93's and Manards Marvels. We did use a few DB Smelt spoons but the flies produced more fish. We caught 3 salmon, boated one! When those fish take the fly they head right for the surface and clear 2-3 feet going airborne, connected to 250' of lead core line. You think they're in the next county! We ended up with somewhere between 6 and 8 lakers, lost track in all the excitement... with the largest being a nice 23" that Dan got on the way in. I believe his fly was a tandem Needle Smelt. All were released, except for the salmon, which Mom had for dinner that evening.




Weather conditions: 68-43 degrees, partly cloudy to cloudy then sunny by 5pm. Waning gibbous moon, sunup at 6:15 am. Barometer at 30.33 and falling. Wind developing to 7mph from the WSW by noon.