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Date: November 11, 2023 Body of Water: Lake Sebago - Maine Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Lake trout (togue) Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Moon Phase: New moon minus two days; waning crescent Conditions: Clear and bright, persistent NNW wind 10-15 mph with gusts, about 40 degrees. Water temperatures 49 degrees F (+/-) A planned quick trip was cut even shorter by a very stiff and building northerly wind. Alone at the State Park ramp again, I launched and motored to the humps off the Northwest River. I expected the thermocline to have dissolved and my first southerly pass included a Reef Runner crank at about 16 feet down and a bright spoon presented off two colors of lead and a long, light leader as I strafed over the shallowest portions of the humps. I marked very few fish and had no action, so I picked up lines and turned to the north to repeat a deeper pass over known, productive water. And that's when I realized how windy it had gotten! Beyond the humps' north end, I reset lines with a full core and a downrigger. Pretty quickly, I scored a fish on each. A 21-inch togue ate an Easter Egg (Glow) spoon on the full core over about 75 feet of water, while a simple white glow spoon, 25-feet off the rigger, got hit 50 feet down over 60 feet of water. This rigger fish was 20 inches or less. I continued my pass to the south with no further action. Controlling the boat and speed was getting more difficult. When I turned into the wind to set up another pass, I simply decided to call it a day; the wind was steady and the lake was getting angry. When I had some minor but real problems crossing the sandbar at the mouth of the Songo River (whether due to seiche or continued drawdown) upon return, I decided I was done with this launch for the season, too. What do I have to say about this? I've been holding out for the dissolution of the thermocline and the lakers moving into shallow water, but with holidays looming and now this ramp situation, I'm not sure I'll get to explore that part of the season! And yet I feel that I am not done; I'll have to decide whether the Standish ramp at Sebago's south end proves attractive and fishable, or move on to familiar trout ponds for any remaining sessions for 2023. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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