Another Week in Maine- A Photo Essay

Thanks for reading this week’s post, Another Week in Maine. Didn’t fish much this week, due to a number of factors out of my control, including the weather, which has become absolutely autumnal. Speaking of which, the equinox is only a few days away! For subscribers- if the photos don’t load, click this link- www.spottedtail.com/blog.

We had a full moon a few nights back. I tried to photograph it but got out too late. I wasn’t happy with the image I got, but am running it anyway.

I did fish on the pond on Monday. I was skipping a four-inch jerkbait across of the lily pads and catching bass. They blew up through those pads, man! It was awesome. I took pictures of them, covered with pads and weeds. When I got back, I went to download the pictures. Wasn’t I flummoxed to find my memory card in the card reader instead of my camera. Well, duh! So no pictures of weedy bass.

But another day I did get pictures of the weedy lake, and a tiny yellow perch. It was my first perch in many years.

 

 

Susan, Maryann, and I went to Diana’s Falls and Cathedral Ledge. The Ledge is a popular rock-climbing spot, but we cheated and drove up. The views at both places were quite different, but equally lovely.

 

 

 

 

I drove up on a curb and ripped the sidewall of my new tire. Wah! I bought a new one and had to go to Norway (Maine) to get it installed, which tied up most of a day.

Tuesday it rained most of the day, so we went food shopping and did other errands.

A cold front followed the rain. Thursday the high temperature was 63 degrees, with crisp blue skies and blustery winds, the kind of day it’s almost impossible to catch a fish on. I drove around sans female companionship, checking out my new tire and places I’d like to fish but probably never will. I even managed to catch a small bass on a 3″ shad.

 

 

 

Thursday night we went to the Brick Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell and watched the Bradley Jazz Cooperative make some wonderful music, an evening well spent.

 

 

 

 

Friday was Susan’s birthday. Still 29! I don’t know how she does it.

We went to Waterford, where we had lunch at a place called Melby’s. The world’s best seafood chowder really was the best, but Melby’s is closing permanently at the end of the month.

Then we went looking for Kezar Falls Gorge, unsuccessfully. I bushwacked through the woods and found the Kezar River, but not the falls.

Then I stopped at the Fifth Kezar Pond, photographing the boat launch to add to my collection of places in Maine I won’t get to fish.

A trip to Bartlett followed, where we got a flight of cider at the Alpine Garden Winery on Route 302. We all decided we weren’t cider fans.

We went to the celebratory dinner at the Old Saco Inn, which put the wrap on a lovely day and week.

That’s the Another Week in Maine post. Thanks for reading!

Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Take a walk! Stay active!

John Kumiski
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