Smallmouth Fishing

Kona Family · 06-07-2005, 07:36 AM

I agree. My son and I fished off our dock and probably caught the same smallie two maybe three times. Then we had a series of more than three bass boats come by and they too kept catching the same fish over and over. I can't imagine the spring spawning is that rewarding vs. getting hooked two or three times a day. So what did we do, we didn't fish Sunday and my son had fun feeding crawlers to the two bass on their beds on either side of our dock so they wouldn't be hungry to hit the lures.

Rattlesnake Gal · 06-07-2005, 10:13 AM

Free Fishing Day happens to fall during a time when you have to catch and release any bass that you might catch.
I don't think that is an accident.

My mom was psyched to try her hand at fishing. She was hoping to have her first taste of bass, until I read the rules for this time of year. Not that we had any luck anyway. Only one lure was lost, but we sure had a great time.

Do bass move around or do they stay in one area? I keep seeing them surface in the same spot. Could these be the same fish over and over? How old can they get?

Hey Grant, when are you having that rock bass fish fry? We’re still waiting!
Do they taste as good as the other bass?

ApS · 06-07-2005, 07:56 PM

Since keeping a large 150-gallon aquarium, I've lost my former interest in fishing; however, I watch a lot of large fish off my dock-- which has become an aquarium.

I see some with white lips, others with red pectoral fins, still others with reddish tailfins. Catfish, sunnies, and pickerel are not an identification problem, but it's as if some other, new, fish have "moved in".

In the past, fallfish, bass, and roach (slender with coarse silvery scales) have been caught here. Some "newbies" appear to be large but stocky, with coarse silver scales. Smallmouth bass I've seen described as "bronzeback", but all the bass I see from above appear to be olive-colored. Some are schooling in numbers of 10's and 20's -- I think they're bass.

Can someone give me some pointers as to how to identify large (2 pounds+) Winnipesaukee fish from above?

(I don't want to hear about rock bass).

.

JohnNH · 06-08-2005, 07:29 AM

Acres Per Second,

The following link will bring you to the NHF&G Fishing Guide booklet which includes fish ID pages.

John/NH
NHF&G Fishing Digest

06-07-2005, 10:13 AM	#2
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,455 Thanked 1,357 Times in 476 Posts	Bass & Free Fishing Day in New Hampshire Free Fishing Day happens to fall during a time when you have to catch and release any bass that you might catch. I don't think that is an accident. My mom was psyched to try her hand at fishing. She was hoping to have her first taste of bass, until I read the rules for this time of year. Not that we had any luck anyway. Only one lure was lost, but we sure had a great time. Do bass move around or do they stay in one area? I keep seeing them surface in the same spot. Could these be the same fish over and over? How old can they get? Hey Grant, when are you having that rock bass fish fry? We’re still waiting! Do they taste as good as the other bass?

06-07-2005, 07:56 PM	#3
ApS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida (Sebring & Keys), Wolfeboro Posts: 6,018 Thanks: 2,273 Thanked 785 Times in 561 Posts	Since keeping a large 150-gallon aquarium, I've lost my former interest in fishing; however, I watch a lot of large fish off my dock-- which has become an aquarium. I see some with white lips, others with red pectoral fins, still others with reddish tailfins. Catfish, sunnies, and pickerel are not an identification problem, but it's as if some other, new, fish have "moved in". In the past, fallfish, bass, and roach (slender with coarse silvery scales) have been caught here. Some "newbies" appear to be large but stocky, with coarse silver scales. Smallmouth bass I've seen described as "bronzeback", but all the bass I see from above appear to be olive-colored. Some are schooling in numbers of 10's and 20's -- I think they're bass. Can someone give me some pointers as to how to identify large (2 pounds+) Winnipesaukee fish *from above? (I don't want to hear about rock bass). . __________________ Is it "Common Sense" isn't*.

06-08-2005, 07:29 AM	#4
JohnNH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Weare, NH Posts: 72 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	NH F&G Fishing Guide Acres Per Second, The following link will bring you to the NHF&G Fishing Guide booklet which includes fish ID pages. John/NH NHF&G Fishing Digest

06-07-2005, 07:36 AM	#1
Kona Family Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree. My son and I fished off our dock and probably caught the same smallie two maybe three times. Then we had a series of more than three bass boats come by and they too kept catching the same fish over and over. I can't imagine the spring spawning is that rewarding vs. getting hooked two or three times a day. So what did we do, we didn't fish Sunday and my son had fun feeding crawlers to the two bass on their beds on either side of our dock so they wouldn't be hungry to hit the lures.