TGIF Harpswell Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Topside2 said: I've been inland for a couple of weeks, but that won't last much longer. I am curious if folks are finding mackerel? They were pretty scarce earlier in the month. we'll be around this weekend... I'll let you know what I find. two weeks ago, I found a two full sabiki's full on one pass at the base of our river, then lost the school, and haven't found them since. The 3 we kept got 3 chunky stripers off the rocks within 3 mins of being in the water... I couldn't get more than 1 rod baited at a time, without the other going off. We did manage lots of pollack the next day, got a couple stripers on pollack as bait, but not nearly as good. Could be a pogey chunk weekend Edited July 22, 2022 by TGIF Harpswell Topside2 and RAW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkoff Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 One 30" this morning, but that was it. pogy chaser and MainelySmallies 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nbourque Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 Pretty slow for me this morning compared to the last few days. Just one sub 20” fish this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnywater Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Skunkoff said: One 30" this morning, but that was it. Bait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkoff Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 5 mins ago, skinnywater said: Bait? Whopper plopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnywater Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 Nice. Never used one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkoff Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 More versatile than a popper IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainelySmallies Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Nbourque said: Pretty slow for me this morning compared to the last few days. Just one sub 20” fish this morning Same, landed one somewhere around slot size last night and had another fish on a mag darter that came unpinned but that was it. The one that came unpinned felt like a blue but never saw it. Fingers crossed that we’ll get to see some blues this summer. I’ve heard they’re around already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srm413 Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Skunkoff said: Whopper plopper @ $18 a pop, better have good knot tying skills! and toothless prey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topside2 Posted July 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 2 hours ago, MainelySmallies said: Same, landed one somewhere around slot size last night and had another fish on a mag darter that came unpinned but that was it. The one that came unpinned felt like a... Never heard that one - unpinned. When I have one on and lose it, I like to say that it let go. The "he let go" strategy places all of the fault on the fish as opposed to the angler. This is high level stuff. zwiggles and MainelySmallies 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkoff Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 2 hours ago, srm413 said: @ $18 a pop, better have good knot tying skills! and toothless prey! zwiggles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkoff Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 3 hours ago, MainelySmallies said: Same, landed one somewhere around slot size last night and had another fish on a mag darter that came unpinned but that was it. The one that came unpinned felt like a blue but never saw it. Fingers crossed that we’ll get to see some blues this summer. I’ve heard they’re around already. I heard people were getting their bait chopped in half around Wells area. MainelySmallies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainelySmallies Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Topside2 said: Never heard that one - unpinned. When I have one on and lose it, I like to say that it let go. The "he let go" strategy places all of the fault on the fish as opposed to the angler. This is high level stuff. Excellent point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MainelySmallies Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 12 mins ago, Skunkoff said: I heard people were getting their bait chopped in half around Wells area. I was down in Biddeford so not far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Of Atlas Posted July 22, 2022 Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 I’d throw my whole plug bag at blues if I saw them. Guess it wouldn’t hurt to run 50lb fluoro anyway. For a couple of years I could find blues in August or September but that’s been a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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