Granny and I had a couple hours to spare this afternoon on Lake Winnipesaukee. I took her to my favorite smallmouth bass waters. But we’re two weeks earlier than normal and it appears most the smallies are on the nest. Granny tossed poppers off ledges and my usual haunts but all that we could persuade … Read more
Not a moment in Wolfeboro, NH went by back in the day when my cousin Jon and I weren’t fishing Lake Winnipesaukee. We basically lived out of a 12 foot row boat with a Mercury 7.5. And when the motor was busted, which was often because two young teenage kids will run an engine hard, … Read more
Lakes Region weather was cruel today. High winds, cold and drizzle kept me off the salmon water. I didn’t dare launch the canoe. That sent me shore fishing for pickerel and the white sucker again. But today the pickerel were sleeping through the cold day and these suckers absolutely won’t cooperate. Time to focus on … Read more
I almost always do my last New Hampshire Lake Winnipesaukee smallmouth bass fishing session alone. Its much more than a fishing morning. I reflect on the trip and go much deeper than that. I reminisce on my entire fishing life. It all started here. More than 50 years ago I was in this same Old Town … Read more
The wind was howling yet again. I sleep on the porch here at the cottage. I sat up and looked out at 4:30 AM and decided to get some extra rest. At 9 AM, after a few hours work on the computer I took the canoe out despite the wind. I lasted about 15 minutes … Read more
It’s wonderful that the US is close to putting the pandemic in the rearview mirror but I already miss flying on half empty planes. Last week my flights to Memphis were packed and crossing the country Tuesday was like the old days of crowded airports and one or two dip ****s holding up departure because … Read more
There’s a forecast change for our last three days here in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. A change to rain and whole days of thunderstorms. Despite wanting to sleep in this morning, when I saw good weather and a few mayflies hatching off the lake at 5 AM, I woke Granny and we headed out. It … Read more
I made my last cast on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire for 2018 on this cool rainy day. I fished hard for smallies at all my usual haunts around Wolfeboro with poppers. I had one hit and missed the tiny bass. It was so tough that I broke out my sinking line and sent down … Read more
Yesterday was a deluge of rain here in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. Granny and I didn’t even get out fishing. It was a bummer because it was her last day here. I’m staying through tomorrow. I used the day for catching up on my blog and organizing some speaking bookings for winter 2019. … Read more
I sleep out on the porch at the cottage and have since I was a kid. There’s some great sounds such as the loons at night and the song birds in the wee hours of the morning. At 2 AM this morning however the sound was of rain. We had heavy rain and … Read more