Trips this weekend had me on a variety of locations on the Saint George River, this afternoon when I stopped to review last couple of days I realized that I had been over quite a bit of the watershed.
Saturday morning had me on a family mackerel fishing trip out of Thomaston Harbor, we ran downriver to fish among the islands off of Port Clyde. Mackerel where everywhere; according to my anglers we boated over 60 fish and saw seals and harbor porpoises. Saturday afternoon with another family on a Nature Exploration canoe trip we saw loons, eagles and ospreys. Oh by the way the kids caught a few fish too; smallmouth bass, perch and largemouth bass.
Sunday I was on Seven Tree Pond in Union on a bass fishing trip where we caught white and yellow perch, pickerel, largemouth and smallmouth bass (including 4 over three pounds), saw two eagles and a couple of loons; another great day on the water. In two days I covered half of the watershed, enjoyed a series of great adventures and am really enjoying the middle of the summer season; especially now that the heat wave is over and we are back to low humidity and afternoon temperatures in the 70's. Much more like what I had in mind!
I hope that we get to spend some time together on the river this summer!
Family Fishing Trip Pictures
Fished with a family from New York last Monday. I think that the pictures tell the story, see them here Thank you George!
Learning a new skill
Last weekend I fished with one of the families I see several times a summer. I noted that the son was now handling fish with confidence and care (I remember when he was afraid of the fish). I always hope that my anglers will notice and learn better fish handling techniques while fishing with me. I was delighted to see this young man land the fish, remove the hook and return the fish to the water and revive it before letting it swim off. A skill many adults do not have down I might add.
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