Sometimes it doesn’t matter the size of the fish but that there are fish. I watched them fish for a while until the black flies got to bad but the excitement they showed for a fish less than four inches long was amazing and they would yell out, “a big one!” and it was only maybe four inches. Sometimes they got distracted by a salamander or frog but they got the job done.

Ted Ames
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Right now is a great time to be out fishing. I have had some great reports from around the state. Grand lake stream is full of fish, Rangeley region is fishing well with big brook trout be caught daily, Crappie are on the spawn and easy to catch and all the rivers are starting to come down making fishing a lot easier. There are also reports of stripers showing up in southern Maine. The small mouth are starting to get aggressive and will start spawning soon. So get out there have some fun,life is to short.

On Thursday my wife turned 29 again, so I am really not sure hold old she really is. She wanted to get out fishing for a little while. It was cloudy, cold and windy felt like fall. The boys and her were able to land several crappy a piece, then we were home for beer and fajitas.

Larry was up from Florida on business and gave me a call saying he needed a fishing fix. I told him he called the right guy. He did a half day with me, the conditions weren’t the best but he was able to get into some fish, ranging from 12 to 16 inches.

Again I had to make sure the boat was running fine, so I brought a fly rod and land 10 crappie in less than 30 minutes and the boat is running fine.