Mirror Lake not so Mirror Like

Lake-WinnipesaukeeThe smallmouth bass fishing I’ve enjoyed over the last two weeks from Minnesota to New Hampshire has been so good I’m getting too used to it.  Today I had to do something different so I wouldn’t be miffed for the rest of my life.  So to start the day my brother in law Don and I along with Granny and my nephew Eli went out to the deep water off Rattlesnake Island and sank streamers for landlocked salmon.

 

Landlocked-salmonLandlocks on Lake Winnipesaukee are down 30 plus feet now hiding from summer surface water temps.  I knew it was a long shot but figured because it was cool at 5 AM that just maybe we’d get lucky.  But after a solid hour without a strike we gave it up.

 

 

Jeff-currier-flyfishing

Today’s real highlight was packing up the canoes and kayaks tonight and going to nearby Mirror Lake.  The only issue however was wind.  Even though we waited until 5 PM, it was windy as heck on this tiny lake and very difficult to control a canoe for fly fishing.  At least in my boat, Granny and I had beer.  We spent some of our time tucking into coves sipping from our old style Yeti Colsters.

 

 

 

redbreast-sunfish

Despite the wind, we fished the best we could.  Granny hasn’t had much opportunity to fish because I’m always with the kids.  So I fought the wind and kept her in position best I could.  She landed a few fish including several of these colorful little redbreast sunfish.

 

fly-fishing-for-bassGranny also hooked into a few nice bass.  She landed a smallie and jumped a couple largemouths.  One of the largemouths she lost jumped four times and I’m bummed she lost it because it was a true lunker.

 

huge-bluegillThere were a couple special fish tonight.  Number one in my book was this king-sized bluegill.  Due to the long winters and short season for growing, we don’t have a ton of big bluegills in the Lakes Region of NH.  But this one sipped my popper and delighted me with his dinner plate size.

 

Mirror-Lake-New-HampshireAnd though I purposely avoided the smallies today, lo and behold I bumped into one beauty anyhow.  The most surprising part about this one is that he came from a bed of lily pads.  I would have bet money I hooked into a largemouth.  It was another great day up here in New Hampshire and I reckon there will be a few more to come!

 

Jeff Currier Global Fly Fishing

2 thoughts on “Mirror Lake not so Mirror Like”

  1. Nice bluegill I live by eagle island state park Idaho and I fish there a lot and there are bass carp and a lot of big bluegill we catch eleven inch fish with regulatory.

  2. Brendan, I’ve not made it to Boise in the summer but when I do I’ll be sure to give that place a try. I LOVE the big bluegills! Thanks for reading the blog

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