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Author:
ctfish84
Date:
Jun 17, 2011
Subject:
Spofford Nh,Help
Message:
This year me and my family rented a cottage on lake spofford for a week in august.I havent fished this lake in 15 yrs and dont remember to much or does my father.We will heading out tommorow to do some fishing before our vacation there.Any tips or advice on techniques.We will be targeting bass but willing to catch anything that we can.I know its a rocky type lake with rock piles near the island and also theres a sunken island too that holds fish too.We will also be fishing from our kayaks and bringing some shinners as well.Thanks Allot! Phil V
Author:
Pappy
Date:
Jun 17, 2011
Message:
Happy to help out where I can. I fish Lake Spofford a couple of times a year. Once in the summer during a week long vacation and once over a long weekend when I attend our church's men's retreat. The summer pattern has been humps rising from as deep as 30'+ to about 12-15. I have a side imaging Humminbird unit which is how I found them. There are quite a few out in front of the abandonded drug treatment facility just down from the gazebo. You can find them with regular electronics, its just more difficult. Caught a nice 5# off them. I've also had good success working docks, but those fish as typically smaller 1-2# as opposed to the 2-3 which are typically on the humps. I also fish off the hidden island which is near the back of the lake on the right side heading out. It is not marked by shallow bouys. There I usually fish the drop offs. It will get as shallow as 6-8' and then drop down to 40+. On each side of the island is primary trout fishing for the trollers. Tons of rock bass if you fish too shallow. I usually fish 18-25'. Most of the time I'm using a drop shot with 1/4 oz weight and a grape/black zoom finesse worm. I also use a tube deep. Two favorite colors are black neon and watermelon red. For the shallow stuff I also use spider grubs again black neon and watermelon. I have posted reports from Lake Spofford last year. See if you do a search if you can find them. I usually give pretty detailed reports. Hope it helps and you have a great vacation. It is a pretty lake, but can be tough sometimes in the summer.
Author:
PECo
Date:
Jun 17, 2011
Message:
A 1/4 ounce weight must give you a very gentle rate of fall. I don't have the patience for that. I've been using a 1/2 ounce weight. Maybe I'll try a 3/8 ounce weight and slow down a bit.
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