THE ONLY KNOT I NEED

I am a huge believer in the palomar knot.  I have always used this knot for monofilament and  never had a problem.  This year as I venture into using flourocarbon and braided lines, I plan on continuing to use this knot.  Everything I tie on is with this knot, whether it be a simple hook, swivel, crankbait, spinnerbait, topwater, or drop shot.  This is a very easy knot to learn how to tie and I promise you that if you don't know how to tie it yet, you won't be disappointed once you learn.  The link is to an episode of "knot wars" that was run on the North American Fisherman show on the Versus Channel.  It shows how to tie he palomar knot and how it faired against the Trilene knot.  Also, there are other videos at the footer of my blog showing how to tie the Palomar knot. 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91aqhBQFLPk

HIDDEN LARGEMOUTH GEM

Somewhere in this picture of an area in the Northeast Kingdom lies a hidden largemouth gem.  Not many people know of it, but my mentor let me in on the secret some time ago.  Any guesses?

MEMPHREMAGOG PIKE BITE IS ON

I got a fishing report from my brother today on Lake Memphremagog Pike Fishing.  On friday he caught a 10lb. Northern, his friend caught a 13lb. Northern, and the guy fishing right next to them caught a 16lb. Northern.  I knew there were Pike in that lake, but not so many of that size.  They were introduced into that lake some time back, and obviously they have become a dominant predator, especially in south bay.  Nice fish bro.  Where were the Northerns last weekend?  That's why its called "fishing" and not "catching."  The fish was released to be caught another day.

Vermont State Record Perch

Last weekend was the Northeast Kingdom Fishing Derby.  The derby got off to a great start as my brother caught the biggest yellow perch I have ever seen.  On my digital scale, it weighed 2lbs. 2oz. which is the same weight as the vermont state record perch listed on the vermont fish and wildlife website.  However, 8 hours elapsed from the time he caught it and when he weighed it in.  Officially, on the scale it weighed 1.75 lbs. or 1lb. 12oz.  This puts the fish very high on the record books, I believe tied for 7th.  Here are some pics of the fish.

The rest of the weekend however did not go as well.  We were targeting Pike and the largest we caught was 6lbs. 8oz. and a couple other smaller 3lb. fish.  We did manage to catch some more really nice yellow perch from the same lake as the record fish.  We probably could have caught many more of these, but as I said, we were focused on Pike.  

Most of the weekend was spent looking at idle flags and trying to figure out where all the fish had gone too.  At least we had beautiful scenery.