Fishing near Wakefield in Carroll County, NH

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• i started out using nightcrawlers,i had some bites.i ran out of worms and tried using salmon eggs. i caught 3 trout with the eggs in the pool by the dam.
• i don't remember which lure i was using at the time... i will try and remember
• nightcrawler with a bobber
• drop shot powerbait smelt
• wacky, shaky head worms
• drop shot rig
• drop shot
• wacky senko
• wacky rig senko
• wacky senkos and C rigging

Soft Baits Check Prices

• senkos
• 5 inch senkos
• Dropshot - Too many of these suckers
• Dropshot
• 3 Keepers
  1.47lbs, 1lb 2oz, and 3/4lbs
  
  Also 2 shorts
• Dropshot, and C-Rig
  4 Keepers, and 2 Shorts
• All on the Dropshot 1lb 15oz, 1-3/4lb, 1-1/2lb, 1-1/4lb, and 1 just over a lb
• Dropshot and in the 7" range
• Shakeyhead, and Dropshot. Between a 24" 3lb fatty to 12"
• Shakey Head - a 1lber and two 10"ers

Creature Check Prices

• Brush Hog

Minnow Check Prices

• 15 feet off ground
• Here is the fish I caught, which was the first fish of the day, an okay pickerel. Everybody was using live shiners on their tip ups and jig rods.
• Here is the first pickerel I caught. Came up early in the day. Nice to have some action early to keep you interested. As usual, it took a live shiner.
• This is the first fish I have ever caught using a tip-up device. My other ice fishing catches were done using my normal bass road sitting by a single hole in the ice. I much prefer to do things this way! It was just a small Chain Pickerel however. For bait we were using some live shiners we bought at a local shop. This is also the first time I have ever used those!

Topwater Bait Check Prices

• Zara spook puppy
• zara spook puppy
• Black Jitterbug
• hollow body
• Scum Frog black hollow body
• Popper and around 7"
• reble pop r

Lure (Other) Check Prices

• phoebe lure
• 5" senko in bluegrass color, weightless

Lizard Check Prices

• zoom Chartruese lizard
• Although I got some nibbles on the plastic worms, all of the fish were landed on those plastic salamanders again!
• I used those blue lizards again in this shallow area. They always seem to produce well in this lake one way or the other.
• I caught this little guy on the same rig that I caught the Smallmouth on. A blue lizard texas rig.
• I caught this on the same type of blue lizard that I have been hammering the Largemouth with. I was twitching it along the rocky bottom when this guy decided to play.
• Thry just don't stop biting those plastic salamanders.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

• crawfish lure
• crawfish plastic lure
• i used the bigger crawfish Lure this time
• crawfish lure

Jigs Check Prices

Jerk Bait Check Prices

• wacky rigged senko
  
  smallies and larrys

Crankbait Check Prices

• tried one of my new Lures. small bait fish looking Lure
• minnow type Lure
• deep runner crankbait....
• minnow looking crankbait....

Bass Jig Check Prices

• black/blue boo jig, no trailer, skirt cut back
• jig, fluke,worm,crankbait
• shakey head

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

• i was fishing a homemade tandem rig...weedless green minnow bait and a spinnerbait ...hooked the bas on the spinnerbait...i don't know if the other lure helped or not

Wet Fly Check Prices

• Trolling with lead core line

Nightcrawler Check Prices

• nightcrawler with some weight drifted along bottom
• nightcrawler with weight drifted along the bottom
• nightcrawler no weight just drifting in current
• fished a nightcrawler and got lots of bites landed 4 of them.i had a small piece of weight on it about 1-2 ft up.used a #8 hook.i also tried wiggly worm lure and landed 3 more.using a jigging motion seem to work.i tried cple other lures with no luck.
• caught 1 bluegill off a nightcrawler.i had a small piece of weight on it about 1-2 ft up.used a #8 hook
• trolling with half a nightcrawler about 100 feet behind boat.i had on some weight,swivel,beads,spinner with a #8 hook.i had him hooked on the lip
• half of a live nightcrawlers on a #8 hook with 2 splitshots 18" up on line
• caught 6 on nightcrawlers and 1 on phoebe lure
• nightcrawler with a bobber
• half a nightcrawler on #8 hook with beads and a spinner on the line for added attraction

Frog Bait Check Prices

• Zoom Horny Toad in Watermelonseed

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

• While plying the northern end of the lake by the mouths of the inlet streams, I tossed around one of those Joe's "Fly Spinners." While I didn't get any trout, it turns out that Sunnies and yellow perch couldn't get enough of it!
• Also included in mess of fish attacking the fly spinner was this large sunfish. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure which species it is. I'm guessing it's a Bluegill, due to it's size and lack of red on the gill cover, or blue "war paint." I forgot how much fun catching these fish on light tackle was! The picture is not so good, but it was dark and this was the best I could do.
• Joe's Flies spinner
• 1st was 6"
  2nd was 1-1/2lbs
  3rd was 10"

Dry Fly Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

• brass dotted harry lure

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

• zara spook

Worm Check Prices

• 5" Yum Dinger black/blue flake
• 5" Yum Dinger Black/blue flake
• berkley gulp power bait nightcrawler on a #4 or 6 with a bobber.
• Wacky rigged Senkos
  
  Green Pumkin or Bk/ BL
• 6" Green Brown Pumpkin Senko
• This was the first (and bigger) of the two Smallmouth I managed to boat. Despite the looks, (he bled quite a bit, I think due to gill damage) I was able to release him safely. For the billionth time, those Tequila Sunrise Power Worms produced all of the action.
• I made two trips to Manning Lake, but only managed to catch one smallmouth on the first night. Like all smallmouth, he was a spectacular fighter for his size! I love catching these fish.
• Towards the end of the day, I caught one last largemouth, a parting gift from manning lake. This guy was caught on the same bait as the smallmouth, and a bit farther north.
• Overall, I caught six smallmouth. A few were small, but most were in the 2 1/2 pound class. It seems witht he warmer water of late the bite is a bit more active, and the fish seem to be fighting harder. I hooked into one fish at the end of a full 40 yard cast, and he fought every step of the way back. Some of these fish went airborne a few times, overall making a nice fight.
• After some hours of frustration on Manning lake with all of my usual baits, I tried something new, a brown senko bait with a fire pink tail rigged on a 2/0 worm hook, no weight attached. Near the rocks themselves, this produced a few little smallmouth. Encouraged, I proceeded a bit southward, fishing between the end of the rocks and the southernmost marker buoy. The next 40 minutes were pure insanity. I caught 5 smallmouth here, and hooked into two more that got away. Some of these fish fought like nothing I've seen, making several power runs, diving, diving, thrashing, and jumping a few times!

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

• I was using the same jig/nightcrawler combintion as last time.

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

• Curious about the trout-like fish I always see swimming by the boat ramp, I tossed in some powerbait on a light rod to see what they were. Turns out, they were some suckers! You know, they fight pretty hard for their size. I'll keep this spot in mind the next time I need some lake trout bait!
• Rainbow Powerbait (floating), off bottom.
• Worms & Orange Powerbait.
  
  Silver/Copper 2-Way spinner hooks, bobbers & bottom fishing.
• Rainbow Powerbait.
• berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait