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Date: November 11, 2022 Body of Water: Upper and Middle Range Ponds - Poland, Maine Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous Moon, Full plus three days Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Trout Time: 8 AM - 2:15 PM Conditions: Mixed clouds; developing southerly wind from remnants of Hurricane Nicole; 45 - 70 degrees. Water temperature 49-53 degrees (+/-). I took advantage of the holiday to hit the water again. I decided to try Upper Middle Range ("Rang") Pond, with the option of navigating into Middle Range Pond if necessary. It was a beautiful fall day, if still too warm. But water temperatures had dropped over the week, and I had some confidence as I set my simple trolling spread on Upper Range. My confidence got a significant boost when the green S7 Rapala swimming 70 feet behind the boat got slammed as it came off a weedy flat and into 20 feet or more of water. Unfortunately, that fish came unbuttoned. This area looked fishy and so I took another pass. I thought this same lure found some weeds as the rod tipped twitched feebly; this turned out to be a 4-inch largemouth bass. I still felt skunked, though. The only other angler was bass fishing, and he was doing decently well by drop-shotting 15-20 feet of water. I reported slow trout fishing, and that turned out to be an understatement. By 10:30 AM, nothing else had happened despite a variety of baits and covered water, and so I navigated the shallow water connecting Upper and Lower Range. This was my first attempt on Middle. It seems to be a rather featureless bowl, but still with plenty of boulders, and larger and much deeper than Upper Range. It has a lot of water in excess of 40 feet deep, up to 70 feet or so. I focused my efforts on 15 - 30 feet and basically circumnavifished the lake. I fished hard from 8 to 30 feet of water, and I even covered the deeper basin water with up to seven colors of lead. I swam a variety of Rapalas and spoons, but my only hit of the day came at about 11:45 AM on a pink and silver DB Smelt trailing two colors of lead. This fish too came from a weedy edge as the bait crossed into more than 20 feet of water. Regardless, I was pleased to land a spunky and rosy, 15-inch rainbow. And that was it for the day, despite the approaching storm. The bite shut off, and I was on the road by 2:45 PM. What do I have to say about this? Both of these ponds offer ice fishing potential. Each harbors three types of trout, and I've identified a few areas within walking distance of access points. Upper seems to have a good weed condition, and they both deserve some more attention. And not just for trout; at least Upper Range seems to be a good bass pond. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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