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It is hot this week to be sure with temperatures near 90 and a west wind that keeps the sea breeze from cooling us off in the afternoon. The signs of the coming fall are all around though. A few leaves have changed on the trees that are under stress, like those growing in wet areas. Goldenrod is in full bloom and the sumac is magnificent with its bright red berries. For me though it was driven home this morning when I walked out to get the newspaper and shuffled through fallen leaves in the driveway.

I had a good turnout for my presentation at the LL Bean Hunting Expo. Nice crowd with many good questions that made the time fly by. For those that are interested I uploaded the slides from my presentation as a SlideShare presentation on LinkedIn titled Where To Find Grouse And Woodcock For LL Bean.

The best part of events like yesterday is visiting with the many folks that I have come to know over the years from around the state. Thanks to LL Bean for the opportunity and the fun!

This blog post was extensively quoted by George Smith on Downeast’s web site. My original post was about how my nature trips simply do not sell very well when compared with my fishing trips.

Last fall I enjoyed a day that I labeled a pickerel panic. Today was not an equal to that day but we are well on the way to some exciting fall fishing. This morning’s clients met me at the appointed time in a light rain. They decided that since they had multiple trips booked in the next week that they would pass on fishing this morning. Since I was ready to go and now had a few free hours. I decided to do a little fishing on my own.

The family fishing trip this morning started off with a sighting of a flock of eleven loons working over a school of perch on Megunticook Lake in Camden. As autumn gets going the loons gather where the fishing is the best so that we are often in the same places. There were other loons in other parts of the lake.

August marks the beginning of autumn, there are subtle signs. A red leaf here or there, a jacket in the morning, clear crisp days and falling water temperatures all indicate the gradual change of the seasons. The falling water temperatures make fish more active and encourage them to feed more actively.

New this fall is a package with Point Lookout in Northport. Point Lookout offers individual cabins in a beautiful wooded setting. The Maine Sporting Camp experience right on Route 1 within easy driving distance of the finest restaurants, museums and shopping.

Now they have added guided Maine Outdoors trips to complete the Maine experience.

As we get late in the summer I spend many of my days fishing with families for perch. Often I anchor on a good yellow perch spot and go to work. But several times this week I have been able to get clients on to white perch chasing bait just like stripers. They chase a school of bait to the surface and you can see fish clearing the water as they feed actively.

Yesterday afternoon I was about to start a family fishing trip on Seven Tree Pond here in Union, when I cut the motor and was about to lower the anchor over the side of the boat I heard lots of eagle cries. I looked across the cove and could see an adult eagle in a tree with a young eagle perched right below it.

This week I have been on a variety of trips from fishing with families for perch and mackerel to fishing on the Saint George out of the Grand Lake Canoe and the Lund Alaskan. None though was as pleasant as the sunset canoe trip on Tuesday evening.