Conference wahoo::fishing

    
      Bring an assortment of Mepps and Rooster tails.  
     
     I have had the best luck with white Rooster tails and silver Mepps.
     Bring an assortment because chances are that if one color isn't
    getting any action a differnt one will.
    
      Don't use a leader, tie it on directly to the lure and don't leave
    any line hanging it will cause the spinning action of the lure to 
    restricted. The most important thing is to make sure the spinner is 
    spinning. 
    
      When fishing a river or stream, cast across the current and reel in 
    so as the lure makes a wide sweeping arc. This presents the lure in 
    a manner that represents a bait fish struggling against the current. 
    
      In a lake just cast it out and reel in. Just make sure it's spiining.
    
    
     I've caught lotsa trout,salmom,bass,pickerel and everything else with
    just these two typse of lures.
    
    

    I'm going to be on Richardson Lake (one of the Rangeley's) during the
    second week in May.  (This assumes the ice is out; 2 feet thick still
    last weekend.)
    
    I'm assuming you, like me, will br trolling on your lake.  My favorite
    salmon and trout producers are a silver Sutton #44, gold or gold and
    orange Mooselook Wobblers, grey, green, or black ghost streamers,
    Rappala work too.  At that time of year I usually troll with any of
    these just below the surface and another about 25 or so feet down with
    either leadcore line and a Davis spinner or else with the downrigger.
    
    If you use a Davis or a leading spinner of some sort, use a long
    leader.  I like about 6' or so.
    
    Good luck.   Pete
    

      Re .1
      Isn't that a plastic worm?? Curious lure for trout.....I Ain't in any
    way sayin it WON'T work...just that I've never heard of trout on a
    plastic worm...
    
      B.T.W.....a 14 incher??? What do you do????....
    BEAT them to deat with it??  ;-)
    
    
      John Mc

    I've had good luck with Mooselook Wobblers.  The secret is to bend
    the tail of the Mooselook.  It's hard to describe in words, but you
    want to bend the Wobbler so that the curve roughly matches the curve
    of your thumb if you rest it along the 'inside' of the wobbler.
    
    A guy showed me that many years ago fishing the Penobscott R for
    landlocks.  I thought he was pulling my leg at first, but decided to
    try it and have been doing it ever since.  It exaggerates the action
    of the wobbler, especially at slower trolling/retrieving speeds.
    
    Good luck,
    Mark
    

    Here's what I would do to start. Soak a grey ghost in Dr.
    John's salmon formula, put it on a piece of 4 or 6lb. test
    trilene xt clear...maybe a 6 ft length, then use the smallest
    black swivel you can find to attach it to the rest of your line.
    If the rest of your line is anything more then 8lb test, I'd
    make the 4 lb leader about 15 to 20 ft...just below the swivel,
    put a tiny splitshot. Troll this rig right over the back of the
    boat about 40ft back. This is the way to go early in the morning
    especially. Experiment constatntly. If you go more then 15 minutes
    without a strike change the fly/lure or distance behind the boat,
    or go to a thinner line (not if your already at 4, and either way
    keep that drag set loose. We're not setting the hook into a large
    mouth or a king here. With downriggers or leadcore progress downwards
    from 5 ft to 25 in 5 ft increments. Leadcore I'd start at 1 colors,
    then go on down to a max of 5 in one color increments...I like the
    sutton spoon, but am partial to the copper and silver color myself.
    The best method is to troll sewed on bait with leadcore and a long,
    light leader....If you hire a guide in Maine to do lake fishing
    for Salmon, thats how they'll set you up...Good luck!
    
    Marty
    

    
    	Hi Marty, How's it going?
    		I'll second the copper/silver combinations for Trout at 
    least.  Works well in the darker humic waters around Vt. so I would
    think it would in Maine as well.
    
    P.S. someone a while back in the Flyfish notesfile mentioned witnessing
    a catch with rubber worms.  Never tried them myself on trout or salmon
    though...
    
    - Rob
    

    	I've never tried them but the locals in the Lincoln area swear 
    by Gold Super Duper's. They're available at most general stores. Its
    a narrow, gold piece of metal bent in a "U" shape and it has a red 
    head.
    	I prefer the "Ghost" flies mentioned earlier and also the 9-3. I
    sometimes use tandems as well as the single hook versions. Other Smelt
    imitations are good on some lakes also.
    	I don't know the location of the lake you are going to but I have 
    found that mother's day weekend is usually the best weekend for ice out 
    fishing up through most of Penobscot county. If you are going further 
    North or West it may be later. 
    Good Luck and Have Fun,
    Paul
    

    For all it's worth...
    
    I have found the Cotton Cordell "Ripplin Red Fin" with the silver body and
    blue back to be a deadly "King" killer.  My other favourite is an A.C
    Shiner in Silver/Blue combo..  (I always go with a darker colour combo.
    if it's overcast or late in the day)
    
    Good Luck!
    
    Duncan