If you head up north to fish (NH)

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by Raven

Catch any TROUT?

(by the way the property values
coincide with the ticket prices)

Now that's a good one!

I was fishing in an off-shoot of Moultonborough Bay.
The only trout I've seen there in all the years I have fished (summer) were brown land trout! Trout would have to literally jump throuigh hoops to make it to this remote part of the lake.

I "heard" of someone catching one there a few years back, but there wasn't any proof to back it up.

[FishermanTim]

I got back from a week away (kids school vacation) and got a follow up letter from the NH F&G "requesting" I send them my license, as it has been suspended for 6 months.
As pissed as I was about having to pay a fine AND lose the license for what most might consider a trivial offense, and as pissed as I was at myself for not paying attention to the letter of the law, I can't help but feel a little relief that since I can't fish in NH until August, I won't have to waste gas and money UP THERE until the fall.
You know, in a strange twisted sort of way, we both won.

(I'll just spend more time and money here in MA, and seek out some new kayak spots to explore.)

Don't get me wrong...I screwed up, and I have to deal with it in the best way I can.

SO....how long before the herring and shad show up (based more on the weather than on the calendar)?

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

I can't help but feel a little relief that since I can't fish in NH until August, I won't have to waste gas and money UP THERE until the fall.
You know, in a strange twisted sort of way, we both won.

(I'll just spend more time and money here in MA, and seek out some new kayak spots to explore.)

Makes you wonder about why some laws are enforced sometimes, they got a little money out of you. How much would they have gotten if you were going there fishing?
And yes I know he broke the rules.

[FishermanTim]

The way it has been explained to me is that since the lakes region is a big tourist area, they want to get as much from the tourist as possible before they leave. I'm not saying that they specifically target out-of-towners, but that since they can tend to be the biggest law breakers they impose the laws more strictly. The refreshing aspect of this is that they impose the laws just as (if not more) strictly for locals and NH residents.

My only real complaint is that after all is said and done, I still have NEVER caught or have seen caught in Moultonborough Bay a trout of any kind! The fishing rules for Winnipesaukee are due to it being a trout/salmon designated water. Well, if I have not seen nor caught a trout in some 10 years fishing that Bay, it makes me wonder if they were ever there to begin with.
With the way many of the fishing waters in the northeast are deteriorating they may want to re-think their procedures, policies and practices.