As you well know, I don't get discouraged very easily, I just pout now and then and get right back at em. We do have really great days now and then, especially with the right phase of the moon.
Good luck this weekend, stay dry.
Did you ever get a net, I'm sure you must have, what did you get ???
I've been fishing on Squam longer than most, (about 50 years) and this year has been the worst. I usually keep only 1 or two salmon per year, but this year I'm not sure I'll even catch that many.
I'm also wondering if the large kill on the Sandwich shores about 4 years ago has an impact on what we are catching (or not catching) in Squam this year.
Hey Old Fisherman,
I was in on that kill off. We saw dead salmon everywhere. The ones we caught looked like toilet paper and when you held them to get the hook out your fingers sunk right into the meat!! It was like they were half cooked!
With that said, you have quit a few years on me in the land of the giants. I have had good/bad years, keep lots of records on about anything for sh#ts and giggles. Do you troll live smelt/emeralds? Have gotten a few nice ones down there this year, but nothing like mater angler Sampson. Time is on his side, and I am jellous!! Hit that pond for a few days in a row, and you got to connect with some nice fish. I have caught some small ones this year, and only one that was in the 2-3 lb class, but had another up to the boat.
I stoped in to AJs when I had to bring my first downrigger to Paugus. I looked at the rubber ones, and went with a different one. It goes out to 84" maybe? Blue, got a ruler on the side. Nice scoop for the net, love it. It was the same price at the rubber ones. When John went fishing with me to Squam he loved it so much we had to stop at AJs so he could buy one! call me Friday, don't know what the reception is like up there.
