Whos going to be up this Saturday 7/31? FLOTILLA????
Having an obligation to fulfil in Oxford County Fri night into Saturday AM, I came up with an idea...
Looks as though myself, Mrs MS69 and Digger (aka D-man, D, Digger-do) are going to come up Saturday late AM/noon for some Bethel summer activity and spend the night at Paws Inn.
The plan would be to throw the Old Town Discovery 16 9 on the truck bring a cooler full of beer sandwiches and beverages (that will actually keep us hydrated) fishing rods, a towable floatation device and a sheep (don't ask). Then get dropped of in Gilead NH for a 4 hour drift back to the Adventure Center (paddling is prohibited and punishible by shot gunning a beer).
The Adventure Center gets $35 for a shuttle with up to 2 boats. I am sure we could shuttle vehicles and all that but it maybe more of a hassle than its worth.
Any input from folks that have made this journey is appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by Patroller on -
Our buddy brought shiners, crayfish, rubber worms w/ scent oil, and night crawlers (25-$30 total)... Resulting in Zero catches on your exact same route 2 Saturdays ago.... We weren't planning on fishing, but brought 2 rods just for the heck of it.... No bait at all, so we baited what was left over from lunch, Ham + Cheese and Salami. We caught 3 4-5lb Bass and a huge Yellow Perch.
Lesson learned - Zero Investment, Zero paddeling, Zero casting, Zero effort = Mucho rewards !!
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Permalink Reply by MonkeyBrook on -
MS69, have fun....we did see a dead bear floating down that same route last year...enjoy sounds like a fun day. I am not coming up until Sunday...will miss you.
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Permalink Reply by Maineskier69 on -
That will be about of the extent of my fishing (a few casts here and there). The only thing I know I will catch is a buzz ;)
Now I know we put in beyond the NH state line. Will fish & game give me a hard time for having equipment in the boat without a NH license? I won't even think about wetting a line until I know I am in Maine waters (where I do have a license).
BTW, from here the weather looks STELLAR for the weekend.
Patroller said:Our buddy brought shiners, crayfish, rubber worms w/ scent oil, and night crawlers (25-$30 total)... Resulting in Zero catches on your exact same route 2 Saturdays ago.... We weren't planning on fishing, but brought 2 rods just for the heck of it.... No bait at all, so we baited what was left over from lunch, Ham + Cheese and Salami. We caught 3 4-5lb Bass and a huge Yellow Perch.
Lesson learned - Zero Investment, Zero paddeling, Zero casting, Zero effort = Mucho rewards !!
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Permalink Reply by mrsbski on -
No worries, Gilead is in Maine.
Maineskier69 said:That will be about of the extent of my fishing (a few casts here and there). The only thing I know I will catch is a buzz ;)
Now I know we put in beyond the NH state line. Will fish & game give me a hard time for having equipment in the boat without a NH license? I won't even think about wetting a line until I know I am in Maine waters (where I do have a license).
BTW, from here the weather looks STELLAR for the weekend.
Patroller said:Our buddy brought shiners, crayfish, rubber worms w/ scent oil, and night crawlers (25-$30 total)... Resulting in Zero catches on your exact same route 2 Saturdays ago.... We weren't planning on fishing, but brought 2 rods just for the heck of it.... No bait at all, so we baited what was left over from lunch, Ham + Cheese and Salami. We caught 3 4-5lb Bass and a huge Yellow Perch.
Lesson learned - Zero Investment, Zero paddeling, Zero casting, Zero effort = Mucho rewards !!
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Permalink Reply by Junior on -
MS69, I know I'm gonna regret asking this, but why do you need to bring a sheep?
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Permalink Reply by KC on
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Hey Champion,
I've run into the NH/ME border thing a time or two in my travels on the streams and rivers...
General Rule: if you're fising the waters over the NH state line, then you better have a NH Fishing License. In the case you're "putting in" in NH, and migrating downstream to Maine waters, you need to ensure you're in Maine before you make a cast.
Depending on the boat you're launching; unfortunately, you'll need to have the NH certifications/registrations on your watercraft. Motorized boats fall under those requirements. Canoes, rafts, etc do not if your intent is to drift downstream to fish in Maine. The Life Jacket requirement is heavily enforced these days regardless of the boat you're in...
If you run into an official who's checking watercraft for aquatic plants, boat registration, etc: these guys/gals are trained to be more skeptical than the IRS... Hopefully you don't have to deal with that situation.
Give me a jingledingledingdong if you need to. Don't catch 'em all!
Maineskier69 said:That will be about of the extent of my fishing (a few casts here and there). The only thing I know I will catch is a buzz ;)
Now I know we put in beyond the NH state line. Will fish & game give me a hard time for having equipment in the boat without a NH license? I won't even think about wetting a line until I know I am in Maine waters (where I do have a license).
BTW, from here the weather looks STELLAR for the weekend.
Patroller said:Our buddy brought shiners, crayfish, rubber worms w/ scent oil, and night crawlers (25-$30 total)... Resulting in Zero catches on your exact same route 2 Saturdays ago.... We weren't planning on fishing, but brought 2 rods just for the heck of it.... No bait at all, so we baited what was left over from lunch, Ham + Cheese and Salami. We caught 3 4-5lb Bass and a huge Yellow Perch.
Lesson learned - Zero Investment, Zero paddeling, Zero casting, Zero effort = Mucho rewards !!
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Wardens don't give a rats @$$ who receives the citation/pays the fine, their main concern is to keep people safe so they don't have to spend their nights/weekends participating in search and rescues or fishing a dead body out of the lake. Canoes are a unique situation when it comes to writing a watercraft lifejacket citation...as there isn't a driver. Motorboats are a little easier in that way. The team assigned to the Sebago Lake region where MaryLou's hangout is located are extremely skeptical of the public and are proactive in making contact with the public using the lake.
If you launch your boat on Sebago (weekends specifically) and don't run into a biologist or warden at some point during your day on the water, consider youself part of the minority.
Hey ML, I was out on Frye's Leap last month and got chased off by a self proclaimed property owner. You had any issues w/ that this year?
MaryLou said:And who gets the ticket? My 2 BILS were fishing in a canoe on Sebago and didn't have life jackets. So they got ticketed. But only one of them received the citation...it was the person in the Front I believe. So figure that out, and make sure your family or friend is the one shafted ;)
KC said:Hey Champion,
I've run into the NH/ME border thing a time or two in my travels on the streams and rivers...
General Rule: if you're fising the waters over the NH state line, then you better have a NH Fishing License. In the case you're "putting in" in NH, and migrating downstream to Maine waters, you need to ensure you're in Maine before you make a cast.
Depending on the boat you're launching; unfortunately, you'll need to have the NH certifications/registrations on your watercraft. Motorized boats fall under those requirements. Canoes, rafts, etc do not if your intent is to drift downstream to fish in Maine. The Life Jacket requirement is heavily enforced these days regardless of the boat you're in...
If you run into an official who's checking watercraft for aquatic plants, boat registration, etc: these guys/gals are trained to be more skeptical than the IRS... Hopefully you don't have to deal with that situation.
Give me a jingledingledingdong if you need to. Don't catch 'em all!
Maineskier69 said:That will be about of the extent of my fishing (a few casts here and there). The only thing I know I will catch is a buzz ;)
Now I know we put in beyond the NH state line. Will fish & game give me a hard time for having equipment in the boat without a NH license? I won't even think about wetting a line until I know I am in Maine waters (where I do have a license).
BTW, from here the weather looks STELLAR for the weekend.
Patroller said:Our buddy brought shiners, crayfish, rubber worms w/ scent oil, and night crawlers (25-$30 total)... Resulting in Zero catches on your exact same route 2 Saturdays ago.... We weren't planning on fishing, but brought 2 rods just for the heck of it.... No bait at all, so we baited what was left over from lunch, Ham + Cheese and Salami. We caught 3 4-5lb Bass and a huge Yellow Perch.
Lesson learned - Zero Investment, Zero paddeling, Zero casting, Zero effort = Mucho rewards !!
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Frye's Leap isn't the safest place to cliff jump...I can see the need for a Rent-a-Cop.
Great Pic.
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Permalink Reply by Maineskier69 on
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You know the answer to that question... .
In case we capsize, wool dries quickly.
Junior said:MS69, I know I'm gonna regret asking this, but why do you need to bring a sheep?
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Permalink Reply by Junior on
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I knew I was gonna regret asking.
Maineskier69 said:You know the answer to that question... .
In case we capsize, wool dries quickly.
Junior said:MS69, I know I'm gonna regret asking this, but why do you need to bring a sheep?
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Permalink Reply by MonkeyBrook on
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how far up on that cliff can you jump? I have never done it, but want too...thinking about doing our annual pontoon boat trip on sebago instead of Rangeley.
MaryLou said:The camp right there owns the property. The last five years or so they hired a rent-a-cop to hang out all day and shoo people away (maybe only on weekends?). At shift's end (4 or 5pm) everyone would arrive to jump. Last summer there was no rent-a-cop at all. Haven't been up this year yet, next week is our first trip. But I suspect it's a liability/insurance issue that made them hire the cop. I'd check who the property owner is saying that, there are houses nearby, unless things changed recently, they don't own the property. But it is private property. It's great entertainment watching all the jumpers from our side though! Only had the guts to jump it myself once, got the 'badge' lol, no need for a repeat.
Hubby and I were having an on-water safety meeting one day a few years back. Warden surprised us...luckily I had the lung capacity to hold in my 'thoughts' until he disappeared and hubby showed our life preservers. Close one...
KC said:Wardens don't give a rats @$$ who receives the citation/pays the fine, their main concern is to keep people safe so they don't have to spend their nights/weekends participating in search and rescues or fishing a dead body out of the lake. Canoes are a unique situation when it comes to writing a watercraft lifejacket citation...as there isn't a driver. Motorboats are a little easier in that way. The team assigned to the Sebago Lake region where MaryLou's hangout is located are extremely skeptical of the public and are proactive in making contact with the public using the lake.
If you launch your boat on Sebago (weekends specifically) and don't run into a biologist or warden at some point during your day on the water, consider youself part of the minority.
Hey ML, I was out on Frye's Leap last month and got chased off by a self proclaimed property owner. You had any issues w/ that this year?
MaryLou said:And who gets the ticket? My 2 BILS were fishing in a canoe on Sebago and didn't have life jackets. So they got ticketed. But only one of them received the citation...it was the person in the Front I believe. So figure that out, and make sure your family or friend is the one shafted ;)
KC said:Hey Champion,
I've run into the NH/ME border thing a time or two in my travels on the streams and rivers...
General Rule: if you're fising the waters over the NH state line, then you better have a NH Fishing License. In the case you're "putting in" in NH, and migrating downstream to Maine waters, you need to ensure you're in Maine before you make a cast.
Depending on the boat you're launching; unfortunately, you'll need to have the NH certifications/registrations on your watercraft. Motorized boats fall under those requirements. Canoes, rafts, etc do not if your intent is to drift downstream to fish in Maine. The Life Jacket requirement is heavily enforced these days regardless of the boat you're in...
If you run into an official who's checking watercraft for aquatic plants, boat registration, etc: these guys/gals are trained to be more skeptical than the IRS... Hopefully you don't have to deal with that situation.
Give me a jingledingledingdong if you need to. Don't catch 'em all!
Maineskier69 said:That will be about of the extent of my fishing (a few casts here and there). The only thing I know I will catch is a buzz ;)
Now I know we put in beyond the NH state line. Will fish & game give me a hard time for having equipment in the boat without a NH license? I won't even think about wetting a line until I know I am in Maine waters (where I do have a license).
BTW, from here the weather looks STELLAR for the weekend.
Patroller said:Our buddy brought shiners, crayfish, rubber worms w/ scent oil, and night crawlers (25-$30 total)... Resulting in Zero catches on your exact same route 2 Saturdays ago.... We weren't planning on fishing, but brought 2 rods just for the heck of it.... No bait at all, so we baited what was left over from lunch, Ham + Cheese and Salami. We caught 3 4-5lb Bass and a huge Yellow Perch.
Lesson learned - Zero Investment, Zero paddeling, Zero casting, Zero effort = Mucho rewards !!
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