I have been doing lots of fishing trips with families this week. I had back to back family trips Saturday and Sunday both times fishing for bass. When you have two or three lines in the water the opportunity for catching several fish at the same time is always there but it usually does not happen.
This weekend it happened twice! The first time we were looking for largemouth in Seven Tree Pond in Union. Two young boys on their first ever bass fishing trip hooked two nearly identical largemouths at the same time. A few minutes of mayhem ensued but we got both fish into the boat. Resulting in two very happy boys.
Next day on Megunticook Lake in Camden fishing with a father and son, (mom along to watch loons and eagles) I had first the son hook a respectable largemouth I am working with him to land the fish and get it aboard and am getting out my camera. When I notice dad quietly fighting a more serious fish and it is taking line like crazy. After a minute or so I realize that this will take enough time that the first fish needs to get back in the water, so with a quick explanation I put him back in the water. By this time dad’s fish is close by, under the outboard and otherwise making my life interesting.
A few more minutes and we have a smallmouth of maybe four pounds in the boat. Quite a prize on the light tackle I use in freshwater. Now we have time for pictures sadly only with the one fish. Still both fish were caught almost simultaneously.
As the water temperature falls bass start to school up and start to feed more heavily hopefully there are more fishing families and doubles in my future.
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