Newsletter

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.

After a stretch of hot (for us) and humid weather we are enjoying what I consider to be perfect summer. Overnight the temperatures are in the upper 50's and daytime highs in the 70's with very low humidity. Even the weather folks are calling this the best couple of weeks of the summer so far!

Early July was hot here just like the entire east coast. Of course heat is relative, I am pretty sure that we did not break ninety degrees and most afternoons there was a sea breeze that dropped the temperature to more pleasant levels. Last weekend we had rain that has returnDon in door of Yukoned us to more normal temperatures and the forecast shows high temperatures around eighty for the next ten days.

Amazing to say but June is all but over and July will soon start. The season has already been busy.

Last weekend was filled with family trips and lots of firsts. Three year old twins were a total blast for two mornings as they took in their first fishing trips. One trip on saltwater where we saw lots of new sights and caught mackerel the second on freshwater where we caught bass, perch and pickerel. Another family with older boys fished for the first time and caught a tank full of mackerel.

June is half gone and we are well into the summer season. Everything seems to be ahead of normal, yesterday I spent the morning fly fishing for smallmouth bass on a local pond. Halfway through the morning I decided to try a surface popper, something that usually does not produce results until the middle of July, and it worked. No it was not a complete home run, casts had to be nearly perfect and many fish passed at the fly without taking. But still this means some of the most exciting freshwater fishing of the summer is getting started.

Summer is here! I know not officially but the spring weather has been nearly perfect and Maine is well ahead of schedule getting the season underway. The lupines are in bloom and the hay in the field across the street was cut a couple of weeks ago.

Fishing has been fabulous all spring with the freshwater bass now spawning and stripers arriving in the salt water last week. No to mention trout fishing that has been lots of fun.

This spring has been without a doubt one of the best we have experienced in a long time.. The river is not running at flood stage, it has been warm and pleasant most of the time, and the flowers are at least a couple of weeks ahead of schedule. The only down side is that we have had lots of wind.

I had the good fortune to be able to fish with Argy and a couple of friends Saturday afternoon. The weather was perfect, warm with bright sunshine and a brilliant blue sky. I won't waste a lot of words trying to describe it but have included a couple of pictures instead.

The fishing by the way was very good for this early in the season. Needless to say it was a great time in the Maine Outdoors. Wish you were there!

New England is famous for the changeable weather but spring takes it to the extreme. In the last week we have had warm sun, snow, rain, of course clouds and wind to make the picture complete. In spite of the variety this spring seems to be coming a week or two ahead of normal For those that fish the rivers and streams the alder leaves will be the size of a mouse ear after a couple of sunny days. Then it will then be time to chase trout in the river. Actually I have heard a few good reports lately but got rained out on my most recent attempt to check on the fishing personally.

We have enjoyed some amazing spring weather over the last several days. Temperatures were well into the seventies with lots of sunshine and not a cloud in the sky. This is of course to balance out the rainy month of March. Our local weather station reported over eleven inches for the month. Needless to say the river was out of its banks and the ponds are beyond bank full!