This morning we woke up to a coating of ice and frost. Not really a surprise, it rained yesterday and well into the evening changed to wet snow. Temperature in the upper 20’s. Not unusual for Maine in late April. The morning was bright and clear if a little chilly with almost no wind. I decided to take advantage of my semi-retired status and go fish on Megunticook Lake for a few hours.
Last fall I wrote about an encounter with a big pike where my equipment was not up to the task of landing one of those big fish (An October Fish Story!). This spring I have been on the hunt with heavier gear, bigger flies and lures. This afternoon I succeeded in landing one!
Sorry no picture I was just too slow.
My early season fishing trips are always eventful if a little on the chilly side. Yesterday I eased down the river into White Oak Pond not in any hurry just looking around and seeing where trees had fallen into the river or any other changes of note. As I took the engine out of gear, I noticed a huge splash which of course caught my eye immediately. A few seconds later, another one in a line to the edge of the water was hard to tell what it might be so I stood up to see if it surfaced again.
