Finally, a beautiful day for enjoying Back Lake’s fishing this morning.  It’s been a bit blustery over the last few days, so we’re happy that the wind’s subsided today.

The fishing has been challenging on the Connecticut River this week – flows in all sections remain low, and various low pressure systems moved through this week, which seemed to put the fish down at times. Looks like this week may offer more unsettled weather, so we’ll see how that affects our local trout and salmon.

Recommendations if you’re coming up soon:

Back Lake has remained very consistent for our anglers, with small lures (Super Dupers and Rooster Tails) as the most effective method so far. Trolling flies like Yellow Hornbergs and Golden Demons usually work great in the spring too, so grab a few when you venture in to our fly shop. Nothing huge yet, but there’s been some nice 14″ – 15″ rainbows taken this past week.

Many of the Outer Ponds were stocked this week, so the brook trout fishing on these bodies of water will be great for the next month or so. Specifically, Moose Pond, Middle Pond, Terrell Dam, Round Pond, Coon Brook Bog, East Inlet and Moose Falls Flowage should all be really good right now.

The gate to Boundary Pond is open according to reports, and getting back out there for the evening hatch on Boundary following the work on the newly renovated dam there has been a priority for us here at the lodge.  This is a great time to bring up your canoe or kayak to fish these places, but if you don’t, we have aluminum row boats at many of the ponds.

We have boats at: Terrell Dam, Round Pond, Coon Brook Bog and East Inlet right now. The road to Big Brook Bog is currently closed, but we’ll have a boat there too once the road has been fixed and we’ll also be checking on the status of our Boundary Pond boat this week. Our outer pond boats are free for our guests to use – just pick up the key and oars at our place before heading out there.

Note: the dam at Scott Bog is getting worked on this summer by the state, so it really isn’t worth fishing this year.

The Connecticut River has been inconsistent this week. The Magalloway section was good early in the week, but the flow was dropped yesterday to 113 CFS, which is a pretty low flow to keep salmon in there in any numbers.

The Lake Francis Inlet has had its moments this week as well, but has also proved frequently frustrating for fishermen too, and the Trophy Stretch has not been stocked yet, so fishing anything other than the lower pools prior to Lake Francis may be fruitless.

The flow remains constant below Murphy Dam (188 CFS for about 4-5 months now), so the trout down there are rather skittish. Hopefully that flow comes up soon!