2022 Open Water Season Recap NH/ME

[ctbrahan]

Thanks for @jakerhill for the inspiration for this post. Here are the best 5 bass I caught this year between NH and Maine. This year was quite eventful for me, as I finally got dialed on swimbaits and started to understand more big bait patterns. I also broke three PBs on swimbaits this year, a pb pike, a pb pickerel, and my pb largemouth bass. The 6-5 was a new PB largemouth for me and made camping at the lake the night prior to fish the early morning bite all worth it. This year was also big for me in that I learned how to fish softbaits, as the 6 inch magdraft was most productive for me throughout the year. I also was able to get my airbrushing skills dialed in and was able to convince some large fish (specifically the NH 5-15) to eat my baits. Next year I have several plans including starting to make wooden baits, throwing bigger baits (biggest so far is a 9 inch 4oz glide), and catching more topwater fish, as it is the best way to catch biggins Imho. Hopefully next year I can get dialed in on my fishing techniques and put a 7 on the bank/boat.

A 6-5 on a 6 inch magdraft (ME)

A 5-15 on a Self Painted Bull Tank (NH)

A 5-5 on the magdraft (ME)

A 4-15 on the Savage Gear LT Trout (ME)

A 4-12 on a 7 inch glide I painted (ME)

 

 

And a notable mention to my two esox PB's

A 5-15 pickerel on a glidebait that I painted to look like a pickerel (ironic)

And finally a 6-15 pike (31 inches) on a glide I painted

[jakerhill]

That’s a killer season brotha! Great work

[bassbass]

All great fish and congratulations on the PB