I was in the canoe for six hours yesterday with my niece Sierra. That’s a long time sitting in the paddling position when you’re over 50. There was no way I was canoe fishing again today. Plus the temperatures plummeted last night and we had a high of 54° and a brisk breeze. My sister Becky and I went for a short two hour fishing and hiking trip down the wind sheltered railroad tracks out of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
There’s all kinds of water to fish from the tracks ranging from shore fishing Back Bay to Lake Wentworth. We settled somewhere in between and other than some mini chain pickerel and a few pumpkinseeds fishing was slow.
But then I heard Becky hollering. By the time I got to her she had landed and released a nice smallmouth bass on the popper. I was bummed to miss seeing my first smallie in months but as I watched Becky strip her popper on the next cast she hooked up again. And this fish was no slouch!
Minutes later Becky landed her best smallmouth ever. It was a nice 16” cold fall day fish! I snapped off a few shots then it was back to work for both of us. Another hour of fishing but Becky’s two smallies were it.
Granny and I have two more days here in NH but fishing conditions look rough. These cold temps will linger and tonight some big rain began and it’s forecasted to fall for the next 36 hours.
Jeff I really enjoy your blog and it encourages me to expand my fly fishing horizons. I’m retired and look forward to reading about your travels.
Dave, thanks for your comment. Writing the blogs consume my free time from fishing but its all worth it when I hear things like this. Thanks for reading the blog and good luck!