[blitzking]

Going to a place called Lake Sebago in Maine next week on vacation and hoping for a bit of basic help with freshwater fishing. I hear they got bass, pike, walleye, trout, ect. Pretty much every freshwater fish u could think of. Need some advice on tackle, lures, bait, structure, where to fish when to fish, wat fishing is good now, ect. i will be limited to shore and a small rubber raft with a trolling motor. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank u!!

 

[bluefinn240]

You should fish the shore line looking for any cover (tree branches)
You can use spinner baits I put white twister tails on all of mine, rubber worms, plastic frogs around grass and lilly pads, jerk baits and crank baits. You should fish at dawn and dusk for the best results.
Good Luck
Steve

 

[blitzking]

thanx for the reply; any special depths under the trees and how should the bottom be?flat and sandy? rocky?- also how should the plastic worms be fished? on the bottom slowly with sudden jerks? fast?

 

[bluefinn240]

i change up how I fish the worm Wacky(in the middle of the worm) let it sink than twich the rod than let it sink. To me the bottom does not matter i don't have a depth finder so I just go out find diff places. Under water gras and lilly pads are the best during the summer imho. good luck
Steve

 

[tomjg]

Do yourself a HUGE favor. Get yourself a couple of Jitterbugs and fish at night a couple of times. Fish all around the shoreline casting towards shore and retrieing at a speed that you hear the bloop,bloop,bloop of the jitterbug. A little tough fishing in the dark but once you get the hang of it the rewards will be great. Check out some pictures I posted under Adirondack Bass on this forum. Paradox is the same type of lake you will be fishing- I hope you have the same type of results. To add on to what the other gentleman said about looking for structure, I'd reccomend fishing the entire shoreline from the raft. Sometimes you don't get to see what is under the water, especially from a raft. I love the wacky worm set up, I use a little split shot about 12" above the hook when fishing by rocks and deeper water. I also love the banjo minnow if you can find them. Good luck and let us know how you make out!

 

[shebeen]

And just a heads-up so the Mainahs don't think you're 'from away'.......it's Sebago Lake, not Lake Sebago.

 

[blitzking]

thanx for all ur help; anybody got some advice about trout, pike, chain pickerole*, and walleye??