Summer Fishing Hot Spots
North America is loaded with great and diverse summer fishing opportunities, and every region in America has a healthy variety of waters ideal for every angler. Here are some good ones to consider visiting this summer.
New Hampshire, Lake Winnipesaukee: Smallmouths In New Hampshire, all bass must be released from May 15 through June 15, a good rule since that’s the peak of smallmouth bedding activity. But catch-and-release fishing during those four weeks is lawful, and for dedicated bass anglers there are few places on the planet better than central New Hampshire's 45,000-acre Lake Winnipesaukee when love-sick spawning bass move onto gravel-bottom bars, coves and flats. During good, calm, warm weather, it's common for a pair of bed fishing smallmouth anglers to catch and release 50 fish weighing 2 to 4 pounds, and catching twice that number in a day is possible. It's all sight fishing for bedding "Winni" bronzebacks, so polarized sunglasses and a brimmed cap are imperative equipment. Light spinning tackle, 6-pound test line, with stand-up 1/8-ounce jigs and soft plastic pumpkinseed lizards are deadly. In addition to smallmouths, Winnipesaukee has a surprisingly good largemouth bass fishery. Smallmouths are much more numerous, but largemouths to 8 pounds have been recorded from “Winni.” Fishing continues good through the summer, too. Motels, restaurants and marinas abound, for more information contact winnipesaukee.com. Two good Winni guides are: Scott Canelas (603-635-1717) and Jim Brown (603-627-9041). AdvertisementRelated PhotosSUBMIT YOUR PHOTOSADVERTISEMENTAdvertisement |
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Reeling in 25 smallmouth per fisherman in a day? Or even more than 25? That's a dream come true. I'll be planning one of next years fly fishing trips to New Hampshire. Fishing Lake Winnipesaukee sounds like an absolute dream come true. See you there!
Lake Fork holds the top six Large mouth bass in the state of Texas topping out at 18.18 pounds for the state record. Also, 34 out of the top fifty bass caught in Texas have come from Lake Fork. Pretty dang impressive.
How 'bout largemouth bass at Lake Fork Texas?
I have had the privilege to fish the Pine Island Sound a few times a year for the last 8 years or so. It really is a piece of old Florida.
For those of you who don't know... Old Florida is anywhere that the tourist business has not taken over. Many high rollers from up north and Canada like to spend their winters down there on the Florida coast. (Who can blame 'em?) The problem is that these people often clash with the Florida natives who resent the presence of these "rich yankees". Unfortunately the money of the tourist industry has taken over in most places, but not in the Charlotte Harbor/ Pine Island Sound area. The people are still down-home hard workin' folks.
So... all of that to say the Pine Island Sound is great as far as the people go.
Now the fishing is even better! the BEST Tarpon fishing in the world is just north in the Boca Grande Pass. The area is famous for Redfish and Speckled Sea Trout. Also the 1000+ pound hammerhead that was caught recently was caught in the Boca Grande Pass.
I'm sure all of these other places are just as awesome. I hope i will get the opportunity to fish some of these other places.
nice to see maine featured
apparently catfish walleye and northern pike dont count
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apparently catfish walleye and northern pike dont count
nice to see maine featured
I have had the privilege to fish the Pine Island Sound a few times a year for the last 8 years or so. It really is a piece of old Florida.
For those of you who don't know... Old Florida is anywhere that the tourist business has not taken over. Many high rollers from up north and Canada like to spend their winters down there on the Florida coast. (Who can blame 'em?) The problem is that these people often clash with the Florida natives who resent the presence of these "rich yankees". Unfortunately the money of the tourist industry has taken over in most places, but not in the Charlotte Harbor/ Pine Island Sound area. The people are still down-home hard workin' folks.
So... all of that to say the Pine Island Sound is great as far as the people go.
Now the fishing is even better! the BEST Tarpon fishing in the world is just north in the Boca Grande Pass. The area is famous for Redfish and Speckled Sea Trout. Also the 1000+ pound hammerhead that was caught recently was caught in the Boca Grande Pass.
I'm sure all of these other places are just as awesome. I hope i will get the opportunity to fish some of these other places.
How 'bout largemouth bass at Lake Fork Texas?
Lake Fork holds the top six Large mouth bass in the state of Texas topping out at 18.18 pounds for the state record. Also, 34 out of the top fifty bass caught in Texas have come from Lake Fork. Pretty dang impressive.
Reeling in 25 smallmouth per fisherman in a day? Or even more than 25? That's a dream come true. I'll be planning one of next years fly fishing trips to New Hampshire. Fishing Lake Winnipesaukee sounds like an absolute dream come true. See you there!
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