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Conference wahoo::fishing-v2

Title:Fishing-V2: All About Angling
Notice:Time to go fishin'! dayegins
Moderator:WAHOO::LEVESQUE
Created:Fri Jul 19 1991
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:548
Total number of notes:9621

64.0. "Fall Bassin' Techniques" by DELNI::OTA () Fri Sep 13 1991 13:55

    Ok its fallish and the temps dropping and rising like the water levels
    of the Merrimack.  Whats your favorite lures and techniques for fishing
    the fall?
    
    I usually go spinnerbait slow roll off the weed edges and rubber worms. 
    This year I am going top water fished real slow over the edges, sluggos
    and worms rigged carolina.
    
    What about the rest of you?
    
    Brian
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64.1how about a right now pattern?DONMAC::MACINTYRETerminal AnglerMon Sep 16 1991 13:2514
    As the water temp cools I'll start fishing a pig-n-jig more.  Probably
    should have started this past weekend.  Dan Jameson weighed in a 7lber
    caught on a pig-n-jig at our NHB tourny this weekend on Pawtuckaway!
    
    The water temp is still in the high 60's, I normally wait until it
    gets a little colder before I start thinking fall patterns.   I don't 
    know if you'd call this past weekend a fall pattern or not but I used 
    slugos early up tight in the coves, then switched to a 4" worm off the 
    points near deeper water, then when the wind picked up, switched to a 
    carolina rig on the flats later in the day.  I caught fish on all
    methods, but all small ones.  I had a limit early and managed to cull 
    out a few squeakers but none of my fish even hit 1.5lbs.  
    
    -donmac
64.2The secrets of your success...MRKTNG::DESHARNAISKnowledge is PowerMon Sep 27 1993 10:4416
    Just thought I'd get this note going again.  
    
    I hear the bass are biting pretty good right now.  I'm wondering,
    though, how much longer the fall fishing will run before the bass
    become less active.  Hope good fishing will last through the end of 
    October.
    
    Does anyone have an idea how long the fishing stays good?  Also, are
    there trends regarding water temperature vs. fish activity?  
    
    I fish mainly in the Manchester, NH area, and have been catching mostly 
    small bass.  Any good fishing spots within 1/2 hour of here where the 
    big guys can be had?
    
    Regards,
    Denis
64.3Manchester AreaRANGER::MACINTYRETerminal AnglerThu Sep 30 1993 10:1718
re:    Does anyone have an idea how long the fishing stays good?  Also, are
    there trends regarding water temperature vs. fish activity?  

Denis, fishing will be off an on until ice in. The more frequent cold 
fronts will turn the fish off and on until ice-in.  The fish will 
gradually move to deeper water but might occasionally be in real 
shallow water where the sun raises the water temp.

If you don't have Clark's Guide, pick it one up.  Between this and the
Delorme NH atlas you can most of the warm puddles in the state.  If your
around Manchester then Massabesic is right in your backyard.  Lots of water,
and some good fish.  Lake can be tough to fish at times, but if you figure
it out you should be able to catch some good fish.  The Merrimack smallie
action should still be pretty consistent too.

    tight lines,
	-donmac