Another CTF Maine spring trip is in the books. Such a good time all around with a great crew of guys!

We found water temps from the mid 50s through the 60s. Things were behind schedule for this time of year, with just a few fish starting to bed. Weather and wind were up and down all week, but we made the best of it (even with a few mechanical issues). Everyone caught a bunch of fish on a variety of baits.

Missed founder Ray Z. on this trip. Hope you make it back next year.

We also missed salsa king Whit.

Nice to have Mike G. back on board after a few years off.

Great to have newcomers Dave and Paul onboard.

Nice to spend some time with the new firepit king, cwood man! It’s basically impossible not to laugh at our fire pits.

Thanks to Tim for dealing with all of us nut jobs and doing the organizing.

Rookie award to youngster Brandon J. for joining us and going hard at the fire pit.

Newcomer Ironmen award to Gary and Ron (who is 70!) for fishing hard and long every day. Major props to you guys.

Ralph is also deserving of an Ironman award for combining this trip with another one further north in Maine for round 2!

Always fun to slip a small boat into a smaller body of water for an adventure with HuskyBass. Our best 3 largemouth bass went 5-7, 5-6 and 5-0 and we had another half dozen over 4 pounds. Really tough to beat that anywhere! The Mikes also did damage on some monster smallies on another small boat trip.

Here’s a variety of random pics. The boys may have some more to add in.


When one boat isn't enough.


A great crew for the week!


Beginning of the nightly ritual after fishing.



As usual, some great food at the end of a hard day of fishing ...









Maine offers some truly beautiful scenery.



And now a few healthy Maine specimens ...


















































The garage crew taking cover during a little rain.


The lodge had some new guests this year.


There was a cool rainbow that appeared one evening. We got a lot of grief for this pic, and we still didn't get the rainbow in the shot, lol.


Fun to also mix in some non-fishing fun when we could. I got in some fun runs in great country.


And Dave and I joined the Mikes for a picking adventure.

Counting the days until next year's adventure!