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Fishing Conditions
| Location Name | Current Conditions | Last Updated |
| A Didymo Alert | New blooms of Didymo algae have been confirmed in the White River in Bethel. The section of river from Locust Creek to the Third Branch is covered. It has also moved up into lower Locust Creek!
Please do not fish the mainstem first and then move up into a trib! Fish the tribs first. And consider avoiding the mainstem altogether.
Please Check, Clean and Dry all your equipment! | Jul 1, 2008 | | Boston harbor, upper Cape, Cape Cod Bay | Height of season, fish mouth of rivers 2 hours before and 2 hours after high tide (if you do not know the estuary), fish near and and after dark, light on shore breeze pushes bait inshore. Try monomoy flat wings, light brown or black sand eels, cowens magnum baitfish, soft sand eels. Black deceivers, and black sand eels at night. Small crab patterns in tan, olive, or brown on Barnstable flats. | Jul 1, 2008 | | Connecticut River | The river has been fishing well below Wilder Dam for Smallmouth with the occasional Rainbow, Walleye or Northern Pike also making an appearance.
For spinning rods try a Floating Rapala size 7 & 9, Jointed Shad Rapala, and Sinking Rapalas size 3 - 7.
For Fly Fishing, use Dahlber Divers, Sneaky Petes, and Mice imitations for top water action. Sub Surface: Crawfish imitations, Bead & Cone Head Woolly Buggers, Stonefly nymphs, and Helgrammites should do the trick.
Upper Conn - see didymo warning above! Apparently reports are coming in that it is spreading downstream also. | Jul 1, 2008 | | Lakes & Ponds | Trout rising around 7 PM to midges and caddis flies. We caught some wild Brookies on Klinkhammers, and a few 16 inch stocked Rainbows on unweighted Hornbergs and Elk Wing Caddis drys. | Jul 1, 2008 | | Mascoma River (NH) | Look for the hex hatch in the evenings. Last week our guides had productive trips on the Mascoma. Recent rains have brought the water levels up. High and fast water should subside in the next few days. | Jul 1, 2008 | | Merrimack and Pemi Rivers | Atlantic Salmon fishing on the lower Pemigewasset and Merrimack Rivers has slowed down. Water temp has risen to 68-70 degrees. If you go try streamer patterns (one recent report says drab colors working best).
Rainbows are being caught, both on streamers and rising to Blue Winged Olives. | Jul 1, 2008 | | Ottauquechee River (VT) | Rains brought it up and made it muddy. In the next few days it should come back down to fishable levels. Temps are still good (in the mid sixties). | Jul 1, 2008 | | Small Brooks | Perfect water temps (62 degrees on our trip yesterday) and lots of dry fly action. Try a Wulff or other attractor pattern.
Locust Creek (along Rte. 12 North in Bethel, VT) has confirmed didymo in the lower section. DO NOT move upstream if you get in down by Rte. 107!!! | Jul 1, 2008 | | Sugar River (NH) | Best fishing of the season this past week! Lots of stonefly cases on the rocks and a morning caddis hatch on Saturday, produced lots of trout (including all 3 species for beginner Nate).
Fish stonefly and caddis nymphs, although a woolly bugger still works. We also caught a few on drys (Stimulators or large Elk Wing Caddis). | Jul 1, 2008 | | White River (VT) | A lot of rain over the weekend meant high and muddy water. It is starting to clear and drop to fishable levels.
Didymo algae is blooming and presenting quite a problem. Remember to check, clean, dry your fishing gear, especially your felt soled wading boots. | Jul 1, 2008 |
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