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yellowned

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squam trolling help
« on: Sep 08, 2019, 09:36 AM »
Up on vacation from pa, staying on squam. Trying for salmon and or rainbows. Been fishing in the church
area and kent island. Any help on the depth I should be trolling at this time of year would be greatly
appreciated. thanks in advance

mowbizz

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #1 on: Sep 08, 2019, 08:23 PM »
Up on vacation from pa, staying on squam. Trying for salmon and or rainbows. Been fishing in the church
area and kent island. Any help on the depth I should be trolling at this time of year would be greatly
appreciated. thanks in advance

Never been on “Golden Pond” but on Winnipesaukee a few miles south of Squam, 6 colors of lead core in 60-90 FOW was working a few weeks ago.
Haven’t fished in a while...building an addition on my house.
Dark single hook streamer flies with some red and orange was working as well. Good luck!

TheCrittaC

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #2 on: Sep 09, 2019, 10:10 AM »
Never been myself but I've read on multiple posts on here that the depth changes fast and it's easy to get stuck on bottom.

Jethro

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #3 on: Sep 10, 2019, 07:54 AM »
You are far better off targeting smallmouth on that lake than any other species. One of the best smallmouth lakes in the state.

yellowned

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #4 on: Sep 10, 2019, 09:37 AM »
Did end up this morning with 1  22 1/2 salmon and a nice rainbow

Jethro

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #5 on: Sep 11, 2019, 10:25 AM »
Did end up this morning with 1  22 1/2 salmon and a nice rainbow

Fantastic! That's encouraging. I have trolled there dozens upon dozens of hours and never managed a coldwater fish there yet. 22-1/2 is a nice size salmon for any lake.

zwiggles

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #6 on: Sep 11, 2019, 10:29 AM »
Fantastic! That's encouraging. I have trolled there dozens upon dozens of hours and never managed a coldwater fish there yet. 22-1/2 is a nice size salmon for any lake.

Same scenario for me jethro. There’s no fish in that lake!

And 22” is a very nice salmon! Any pictures?

yellowned

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #7 on: Sep 11, 2019, 03:29 PM »
another 2 nice fish early then rain but 24 inch 4 3/4 lbs and 19 1/2 salmon . trolled for 5 hrs 3 bites
landed 2. bait all over the place here 50 foot to 35 feet.

Jethro

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #8 on: Sep 12, 2019, 08:03 AM »
It's been a lotta years since I put in any effort at Squam other than fishing the rock piles for smallmouth. I may have to put it back on the list and drag the trolling boat up there.

bikrsrule

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Re: squam trolling help
« Reply #9 on: Sep 13, 2019, 03:40 AM »
I have trolled for salmon up there before but in the spring and always did very well.

 



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