Lake Winni
i went to lake winni this week. had high hopes. but fishing was tough, for me at least.
we rented a house far up in moultonborough bay, past lees mill boat ramp.
i fished almost this entire area.
first day i got a largemouth off the dock on a pan fish grub. 1lbser. the next day got a smallie 1 lbser on a night crawler.
monday did some fishing didnt get much. only couple sunnies
tuesday it rained. got out a dusk couple hours after the storm. fish were jumping in a cove.
first cast missed a good fish on a zara spook. fished until dark. got a 2lbser. smacked the lure right at the boat as i was pulling the lure out of the water.
line snapped in the boat called it a night.
went out mid day. bite was tought. nothing in the pads nor rocks close to shore. tried away from shore nothing . i didnt bring many lures on this day. my only crank bait was diving 7-12 feet. i was fishing over supsended weeds away from shore. i tied on a shaky head. nothing.
i moved through a narrow shallow channel. took a cast near a water trampoline. nothing. another cast. before my shakey head hit bottom. hooked a nice bass.
the larry spit the hook near the boat.
pissed off i moved around to a tree nothing.
saw some rocks away from shore. nothing.
tied on a 4" black tube red fleck with chartreuse tail, another nice hit away from shore on submerged weeds. i was keeping it above the weeds.
went back for dinner. went back out at dusk. tied on a popper, only bites were from sunnies and misquitos.
next day went out at midday. fished a different cove. nothing along shore. had a hit on miss piggy away from shore over submerged weeds. missed it. tried deep and along shore. fished spinner baits, jerk baits, drop shot, tubes shakey heads, jigs. nothing
next morning saw my buddy out on a kayak. he caught a couple nice bass and some big pickerels.
i head out fished the shoreline, hit every shaded spot. lost a small pickerel at the boatm, near some pads in a tiny cove on a wacky rig senko.
i paddled along. watch a guy catch a 2lbs smallie off his dock on a popper.
so i tied one on. no hits. kept moving along. fishing docks rock and trees.
took a cast at boat house slowly twitched the popper. small larry hits it. land it.
then caught a sunnie under a tree on the popper, the lure was half its size.
switched up to miss piggy. i call it miss piggy cuz its my hawg slayer.
cast near some rocks. another tiny larry. moved along no hits. fished a marina. nothing,very shallow. kept going fished a big tree near a dock and in deep water
i said this is my cup of tea. no fish on miss piggy. by this time in the morning. the sun was pretty high and there wasnt much shade. hit a few more docks. nothing tried fishing deep nothing . only shaded spot left in the area. i missed another pickerel. it was a good size one
last mornning. i saw my buddy out on the kayak. i hop in the othe one. he slammed them this morning.
fishing a wacky rig senko at this big rock in deep water. he caught 4 nice bass off this rock. 2lbs smallie ,3lbs larry, couple smaller bass. he also caught a pickerel and 2 more bass at a different rock earlier in the morning
i ended the trip with a tiny bass on the same lure he was using. it was about 10 inches.
but he kept slaying them next to me
overall. i was a little dissapointed with the fishing. great time water skiing,jet skiing and drinking.
only wish the fishing was better
yea i knew all bass were deep. water temps were low to mid 70s.
i dont have much experince fishing deep. all my ponds i frequnetly fish are less the 10 feet
Typically this time of year smallies are deep..20 plus feet..drop shot and c rigs work well.
Yea it was a great time!
Wish the fish were biting better.
But it was an awesome week
all in all that sounds like a good week
Any time shared w/ friends is worth the trip.
Wish the smallies hit better though...