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Title:	Fishing Notes- Archived
Notice:	See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference
Moderator:	DONMAC::MACINTYRE

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Sep 20 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1660
Total number of notes:	20970

1183.0. "MAINE - Didn't Get Away Club" by DNEAST::HARRIS_STEVE () Wed Jul 05 1989 08:48

This a list of largest fish registered in Maine 1988.  This list was captured
from the Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine issued seasonally.
    
                              MAINE
               The One That Didn't Get Away Club - 1988

FISH            ANGLER          (LB-OZ)   INCHES    DATE          PLACE    
----            ------          -------   ------    ----          -----

BROOK TROUT    CATHY CABLE        6-4     26-1/4    1/1   Pleasent Pond, Turner
* 4 pounds                                                ** shiner

BROWN TROUT    PETER GUILFOYLE    9-5     24        6/    Kennebunk Pond
* 6 pounds                                                ** sewed bait

LAKE TROUT     ROLAND CHARETTE   26-0     35-1/2    6/3   Eagle Lake
* 15 pounds                                               ** homemade lure

LANDLOCKED     RONALD BROWN      8-12     28-3/4    3/12  Long Lake
SALMON                                                    ** smelt
* 6 pounds 

ATLANTIC       JERRY CLAPP      18-12     38        9/22  Penobscot River
SALMON                                                    ** Verdict Fly
* 15 pounds

SMALLMOUTH     FRED COSTLOW      5-4      -         8/19  Penobscot River
BASS                                                      ** barbless hook, 6lb
* 5 pounds                                                            Fly  Line

LARGEMOUTH     CARL LEAONARD    11-4      25-1/2    6/12  Watchic Lake, Standish
BASS                                                      ** Mepps
* 7 pounds

PICKERAL       NADINE SIMPSON    5-7      25-3/4    2/28  Cobbossee Lake
* 4 pounds                                                ** Live Bait

WHITE PERCH    JEFFERY ROBERTS   2-7      15        2/21  Little Wassookeag Lake
* 1-1/2 pounds                                            ** Shiner

NORTHERN PIKE  DANA BEUDOIN     22-5      42        2/29  Great Pond, Belgrade
* 15 pounds                                               ** Smelt

BLACK CRAPPIE  GEORGIA ARSENAULT 2-0      14-3/4    5/22  Muddy River, Sebago
* 3 pounds?                                               ** minnow and bobber
                                                               
MUSKELLUNGE    LANCE GEIDEL     22-12     42-1/4    6/19  Baker Lake 
* 15 pounds                                               ** Bomber

* qualifying weight
** lure


The Maine Fish and Wildlife Magazine can be bought for $3.50 or a years
subscription for $7.00.
                        Maine Fish and Wildlife
                        284 State Street
                        State House Station #41
                        Augusta, ME 04333

The list here is just the biggest fish in each category.  There are qualifying
weights that must be met in order to enter in the club.
	About four years ago I caught a 27" pickeral and a 15" white perch in
the same week but never thought of entering them in the club.  I would have
been pretty close to 1st place in both categories for that year, the next big 
fish I get I am definately going to enter.  I don't think you win anything but
recognition in the magazine and a patch.

Steve

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1183.1	Muskies in Maine?	EXIT26::DROSSEL	DON'T TOUCH THAT SWI.....	`Fri Jul 07 1989 10:45`	11
	Steve..... Are my eyes deceiving me......a muskie (Not Ed) from Maine? This Baker Lake.....is it the Baker Lake up in the northwest.... near the St.John R. and the headwaters of a branch of the Penobscot? Just Curious, Steve
1183.2	muskies you ask	DNEAST::HARRIS_STEVE		`Fri Jul 07 1989 11:29`	16
	Steve I didn't know there were any muskie in Maine either until I read it on the listing. That one muskie was the only on that was entered in the One That Didn't Get Away Club for this year. This weekend I will check some older issues of the magazine that I have and see if any other muskies were caught in previous years. The angler "Lance Geidel" is from Fairfield, ME so I just assume it was caught somewhere around there. Maybe I'll check into it a little more and do some muskie fishing this summer. I thought that the most suprising fish on the list was the 11lb 4oz largemouth that was caught. The state record I believe is only 12lb 4oz. It wouldn't bother me that much if he wouldn't have caught the lunker on a Mepps spinner, he was probably fishing for bluegills using a Zebco 202. Steve
1183.3	Dining Delight...	EXIT26::DROSSEL	DON'T TOUCH THAT SWI.....	`Fri Jul 07 1989 11:38`	10
	ooohh.....around Fairfield...that makes me feel better...there's a Baker Lake way up that's filled in the spring with nice brooktrout. If a muskie ever got into there.....MUSKIE HEAVEN....brooktrout and foot-long chubs.....we'd probably have a WORLD record with the meals that they would dine on. Tight_$_Lines Steve
1183.4	Mountains of Muskies	DNEAST::HARRIS_STEVE		`Fri Jul 14 1989 13:09`	15
	I did some research on Baker Lake and it is indeed the Baker Lake which is way up north, above moosehead to the west. Talking to Nate Mitchell (Maine Fishing TV Show Host) I was informed that Baker Lake is loaded with big muskies. Although the largest fish caught was 22 pounds marine biolgists have netted muskies in the 28 pound range. The Maine Atlas shows three campgrounds on Baker Lake which has little pressure from muskie fishermen. There are no lenth limits to muskies in Maine so there all fair game. I am thinking about taking a trip up there this summer to see if I can set and ultralight record with a monster muskie. Can anyone give me any hints on how to hook on to a muskie in the summer months: Lures, techniques, habitats, ect.? So many options Steve
1183.5	Check In Fisherman	MOOV01::MROWKA		`Fri Jul 14 1989 14:14`	11
	One of the recent issues of In Fisherman had a good article on large bucktail spinners and somting called a slider, both used for muskie fishing. If your not familar with it In Fisherman has great articles with what equipment to use, how to tie line and leader, techniques for working lures, when to go, diagrams etc. I am leaving on vacation, but if you want I can find it and foward a copy when I get back... Johnny Roach
1183.6	now its... Muskies!	GYRATE::EPRESTON		`Fri Jul 14 1989 15:22`	6
	How long of a drive is it to Baker from Mass? Also, anybody know if there's a counterpart Muskie Lake in New Hampshire? Thanks, Ed
1183.7	Spofford Lake in N.H. for Muskies	CADSE::GUERTIN		`Fri Jul 14 1989 17:41`	8
	Re. -1 According to the N.H. Fish and Game, the only place that has Muskies in N.H. is Spofford Lake. You can only fish for them after ice out and before ice in. In other words....No ice fishing is allowed on Spofford Lake. Ed (Get-the-net-ready)
1183.8		WHIRL::EPRESTON		`Mon Jul 17 1989 10:24`	2
	Any chance of telling us where Spofford Lake is..?
1183.9	Muskie Haven	EXIT26::DROSSEL		`Mon Jul 17 1989 14:52`	12
	Geez......there are monsters in Baker Lake.....the lower (outlet) portion is (used to be) loaded with foot-long chubs...and the upper inlets are usually loaded with brooktrout. The inlets are very fertile streams...so if the brookies can still hang out in those.. the muskies will always have a super diet of trout once the brookies venture out into the lake....the only test is in the GETTING THERE... Tight_Lines_(and Vehicle Suspensions) Steve
1183.10	Diet=Volkswagens	FINSER::BMURRAY		`Fri Jul 21 1989 11:11`	7
	11 lbs. 4 oz. bass that's only 25 1/2 " long????? Were talkin serioous girth here. I've got a 6 pounder on the wall and I can swear it's about 24" long - and it's got a nice belly and girth....maybe I'm losin it-I'll look tonight.