Argy and I made our annual Mother’s Day trip to the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder to see the alewives. Not many fish in yet but a enough to make it interesting. I am guessing that the water temperature will make all of the difference 
over the next few days and the fish will really be in. That evening we went for our walk and were treated to this beautiful sunset.
I fished on one of my clearest lakes yesterday as part of my early spring check out. I round a few bass holding on the shallow flats but not much to get excited about. When I got into one of my favorite deeper 
coves I was surprised to see a school of bass all between roughly 3 and 5 pounds patrolling along the edge of a flat.
As you might expect there are some fun parts of being a guide and to me the early season is one of them. My goal is to spend time at each of the places that I intend to guide in the coming season. The real 
purpose is to be aware of any big changes that may impact a client trip. The fun part is that I get to fish a number of places and just get back on the water.
