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       Went up to Maine to fish
       By: jipped genes Date: July 15, 2023, 8:14 am
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       Hit the Kennebec river fished from a canoe. Caught a bunch of
       smaller smallmouth. Caught a striper boil near me. They hit my
       bait and peeled line and broke me off. Trying for a 20-30 lbs
       striper on 8 lbs line in a rocky river is tough. There are also
       HUGE atlantic sturgeon that would jump. I am not joking, some of
       these fish had to be 5-6 feet long and came clear out of the
       water. The sound of them hitting the water was stunning.
       Great time, my buddy caught a 2 lbs. that was the biggest
       smallie.
       Hey I have never caught one before so add a species to my list.
       the scenery was magnificent. If I could go back, I am sure I
       would take a reel with heavy line and striper lures. i was just
       learning the patterns when we left. . Started slow but by the
       end we were catching them about every 5th cast and they were
       getting bigger.
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: Road2HardCoreIron Date: July 15, 2023, 8:53 am
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       Yo this is living!!  I like this!!! Good stuff!  Now I have to
       get some bass pics.
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: jipped genes Date: July 16, 2023, 8:21 am
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       Scenery was great too
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: jipped genes Date: July 16, 2023, 8:23 am
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: Genetic Freak Date: July 17, 2023, 7:47 pm
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       That is awesome brother!
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: guest21 Date: July 18, 2023, 2:41 pm
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       Sweet! Congrats JG. Strippers are fun as hell to fight. We had
       hybrid strippers at a local power pant lake where I lived most
       my life. Used to fish the spillway and wow, game on hooking one.
       When I was in the Air Force stationed at Travis AFB in
       California we'd fish the canals at Bear Island for Sturgeon.
       Some huge dang fist, 6'-10' long. I hooked several but never
       even got close to landing one. No clue what I'd have done if I
       ever got one to the bank, lol.
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: jipped genes Date: July 19, 2023, 5:23 am
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       We have hybrids in the lake I fish. Sometimes you will be
       fishing for white bass and hook a 22 incher. FUN.
       I wish I had a reel with 15-20 lbs line. I could have got that
       fish in. Never caught a striper before.
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: Yano Date: July 21, 2023, 7:31 am
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       We've lived in Maine since 77 for most of the time. Beautiful
       place to live , amazing people willing to help out any one.
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: jipped genes Date: July 24, 2023, 5:26 am
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       [quote author=Yano link=topic=2003.msg3557#msg3557
       date=1689942661]
       We've lived in Maine since 77 for most of the time. Beautiful
       place to live , amazing people willing to help out any one.
       [/quote]
       Loved it but could not stand the long winter.
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       Re: Went up to Maine to fish
       By: Road2HardCoreIron Date: July 24, 2023, 7:49 am
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       Is there any pads on that lake?   I'm going to head out today or
       tuesday.  Are you catching largemouth in mid day?  They seem to
       go deep in mid noon until just before dark.  But every lake or
       pond  is different?
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