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 Updated:07/16/2009
Well here we go again! Hopefully you've got your stuff all together
because it should be any day now that the migratory arrive. I've seen a
few decent residents caught in Waterville/Winslow, one of which could
have been a migrant but I'm not certain of it. They are taking very
small lures at the moment. Small spoons in gold or silver that suggest
the local dace you see near the shoreline. A lot of decent trout and
salmon can be had while we wait, and the alewife on a light fly rod is
quite a hoot as well; they are taking a dark colored nymph in low-light
conditions; A great way to teach kids to fly fish. Now that the Winslow Sabasticook
dam has been breached,
things are going to change. Alewives can now swim all the way to Benton
and so can stripers if the water depth allows it.
Its a whole new ball game..
or should I say "bawl game"
Look
for ol' line-sides when the water temperature sustains 50 degrees at
this link to 007 .. NOAA
daily lows of 50, not daily spikes. Unless you've got a line on some
residents, in which case 52 in the river should snap on the switch.
Currently the 50 degree wall is slightly north of New Jersey, with
decent fish being reported caught. Click here
for some interesting reports from NJDEP.
~tight
lines and good luck!
2008?
It
started off fairly slow, and continued to be a slow season.
This year we have a few issues to overcome. new fish
ladder/elevator for the alewives; a dam
breaching in Winslow. Just how the stripers will react to these two
issues will play a large role in how and where you catch fish this
year.
This
page is constantly under construction, so make sure that you come by
often and check us out for the latest on the
Upper
Kennebec Stripers.
Tight
lines to all
Thanks,
and come again!
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