The Guiding Season Ends

This morning there can be no doubt that winter is here. I woke up at 5 a.m. with only a little snow on the ground but it is snowing steadily now. By the time Argy and I went for a walk there were three or 4 inches on the ground and by late morning there is every bit of 6 inches. The current forecast calls for 12 to 18 inches of snow before this all winds down tomorrow.  The wind is very strong out of the northeast out over the water but we are protected by the hill just to our east and do not get much drifting or the wind chill.  It's cold enough to snow but after several days of early morning temperatures in the low teens it was nearly 30° when I got up this morning. Sort of a warm up with snow.
 
My guiding season is complete, the Lund Alaskan has been sold and delivered. A new Alaskan is on order for delivery before next season and it is time to get to work in the office. One of my last parties was a couple of fishermen from Texas. I decided to try Megunticook Lake in Camden because of the recent stockings of rainbow trout and the fact that it would be less effected by the fall rains. We started around 11:30 and launched at Bog Brook with no problem there was plenty of water for the boat. We fished in the west end of the lake and caught 6 Rainbows the largest about 14" and 8 Bass all largemouth up to about three pounds (a surprise to me) in three hours.
 
Pretty good fishing especially when you consider that we had nothing for an hour in the beginning and a half hour at the end. All of the fish were caught in an area of less than an acre and I believe that the water temperature played a huge part in the fishing. As the water slowly warmed the fishing got better and when the sky clouded over at around 2:30 the fish shut off like someone had thrown a switch. All of the fish were taken on stick baits with the bass coming on orange and the trout on orange or silver. We had three or four bass follow the bait to the boat and either not take or miss the bait two of those were large maybe 4 pounds or better.
 
Next year I am planning on doing more fishing in November!
 
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