Gotta be the Lakes and the fish in em Rick. I was getting quite a complex on Squam, starting to think my boat was maybe a problem, maybe it was me, you name it. All my doubts were put to rest after a few hours fishing on Winni, I have new theory now, "too much bait, with only a limited number of fish" spells "0" many times. I've fished Winni 3 times in the past week, the amount of bait they have compare to Squam aint even in the same light year. Not sure how Sunapee is.
Why the runts and the Bass feed so much is still a mystery to me however.
I'm not very good "live fisherman", actually horrible, Popeye is supposed to give me a lesson one of these days. Adrien, after fishing Squam one time, felt it was a Live bait lake, I tried it a few times but I don't have the knack or technique.
Let me know how you make out, I still think, this time of year, small bait big, fish is, best flies this weekend were no more than 1" long, maybe less.
My report will atest to that later this morning as soon as I get caught up from a rough weekend.
Good luck,
John S.
As far as the Dr. Sampson, not me, I'm the one that needs a Doctor, my wife thinks a "head" doctor, me thinks she's right.
After thinking about, the bait in Winni Vs Squam (or any other Lake) it dawned on me that Squam has a limited amount of really deep water for Smelt to be comfortable in where Winni is deep allmost everywhere.
So Winni probably has tons of bait too, but with them being spread out more (more places to be) the fish are hungry and when they find bait they go on a feeding binge. And Winni also has a guite a huge W. Perch population that they seem to be going nuts for these days. So I think the overall bite is better in Winni these days as the bait is spread out more. In Squam the bait is all in two or deep 3 areas, it's a feast for them.
Sill no answers for the runts really being on the prowl, except maybe there are allot more of them at this time of year and maybe they school up more ??????
Wish we all knew more answers to this game, but I guess the challange is what makes it fun.
