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"This is a 5-pound
10-oz. largemouth that I caught in a small pond in Barnstead." --Jayme Kennedy
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"My grandsons caught
these 2 bass within minutes of each other at Pawtuckaway Lake.
Chris Dionne (age 10, above left) is the Yankee fan with a
nice bass. Stephen Ribecca (age 14, above right) hooked the
other one shortly after. We're all from Manchester, NH. Success!" (unsigned)
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| "My son Phil Roberge
and his girlfriend Jess (above) teamed up to pull this 6lb
bass out of our favorite spot
at Pawtuckaway Lake. A week later, I went back to the same
spot and pulled another 6-pounder out (below). Or was
it the same one? Don't know but both fish gave us a thrill.
We all hail from
Manchester, NH but spend a lot of time on the water." --Don
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"I caught this guy at a northern
NH Lake on 9/16/06 at 10:30 in the morning. I was pre-fishing
for a tournament the following week and ended up with this
24.5" monster!! I wish the fish could have waited a week:)
I weighed it on a digital scale twice (to make sure): 8 lbs.,
9 ounces, and a 17" girth. A catch of a lifetime for a
New England fisherman. It was caught on a 6" worm and
released shortly after the picture for someone else to enjoy." --Jason
C., Merrimack NH
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"My son and I took his cousin Alicia
trout fishing on May 6, 2006. Both she and my son caught their
limit within an hour. They are fishing at a stream on Route
155A. She is now hooked on fishing." --Donna Clark
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"Well, she finally
did it. Jess Mitchell caught her first bass and three more
that day to finally become a real fisherwoman. She can no longer
be considered fish repellent. Her 4 fish were caught on Haunted
Lake in Francestown and all were released to be caught another
day. Hopefully next time I am holding the fish instead of the
camera." --Michael Mitchell
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"This 3-lb., 22" brown
trout was caught at Crystal Lake in Eaton on July 4, 2006,
while trolling with a Gold Eagle claw spinner, what a fight
it was!" --Stephen Green, Middleton NH
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"Here is Mike Mitchell with his
prize catch from a lake in New Hampshire... No measurements
to speak of but getting this Larry out of the thick weeds was
a task that warranted a high five!" --Mike Mitchell
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"Ken Baker of Danville NH caught
this beast at Great Pond in Kingston -- a nice 4 lbs." (unsigned)
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"Here's a nice NH Great
North Woods laker that weighed in at just over 13 lbs. This
fish put up a great fight as I brought it into shore on a spin
cast reel. It nearly completely spooled out my 6-lb. test line
3 different times before I was able to net it. This one is
my 2nd NH trophy laker! With hopes of many more to come..." --Ed
Stepensky, Bristol CT
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"Caught this beauty smallmouth in the
first week of June on Ossipee. It measured 20" and read
4 lbs., 5 oz. on the scale. It fell for a soft jerkbait in
about five feet of water. A great fish on a great lake. Thanks"
--Joe Gaudet
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"I caught this largemouth bass on September
20, 2006. He was about 2 1/2 pounds and his length was 17 inches.
I caught
him on a local pond in the town of Lee." --Donna Clark, Lee NH
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"5 lb 14 oz. largemouth
bass -- Pearly Pond, Rindge. 6 lb test, ultra light rod." --Gabe
Gries
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This fat lake trout looks to be 9-10
lbs. "Thanks a million I had a blast catching it!!!!!!!!" --Dave
Roberts, Berlin N.H.
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"This is a picture of me, Dan Brady
with my dad, Mike Brady, with a catch of a
lifetime.
I am only 17 years old and I managed to land a 27" 9.17
lb landlocked salmon with a girth of 17 inches in the boat
at Pleasant Lake, New London, NH on July 16th, a day before
my dad's 50th birthday (he's been fishing for 40 years and
never seen a catch this big haha). It took a while to land
this because I was using a 5/6 weight flyrod with 8lb test!
The rod took a beating, but we came home with a nice fish for
the wall!" --Dan Brady, Goffstown N.H.
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"Here's my buddy Aaron Wensley
of Dover, NH. This was his first time bass fishing after over
10 years!!! A nice largemouth from Pine River Pond in Wakefield,
N.H. We were bouncing rubber worms off the bottom at dusk.
Judging by the smile on his face, I guarantee it won't be another
10 years! He's hooked for sure! Tight Lines! --Shawn Jerome,
Barrington N.H.
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"My name is Rob Burhoe, 18 years old.
This is the 18-inch, 2-lb. rainbow trout that
I caught in Ames Brook, which runs through a small town called
Ashland N.H." --Rob Burhoe Plymouth, N.H.
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Ben Nugent, N.H. Fish and
Game fisheries biologist, caught this 24.5", 5.5-lb. salmon
out of Squam this spring.
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"Another youngster hooked on fishing!
Teddy pulled in his first bass -- a nice 13" smallmouth
-- using the last 1/4 of the last worm of the day." --Jay
Piwnicki
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"This 19-inch, 2.5-lb.
largemouth was pulled in (Halfmoon Lake, Alton) by Samantha
Peznola using a nice crawler and some patience, along with
some assistance
from
her family.
Pictured from left to right: Teddy Peznola, Samantha Peznola,
Kylie
Hatt and Kenny Hatt." --Jay Piwnicki
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"Hi -- here is a pic of a 6.72-lb.
salmon I caught on Big Squam on 7/20/06. He was a male, hook
jaw and very thick, which means he was eating good, he had
a 4-inch smelt inside him he was caught at 35 ft. deep on a
white Mooselook by James Minery of
Squam River Bait in Ashland N.H."
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"Here’s a picture of my best
bass of the year, caught on Fathers' Day 2006 at Lake Massabesic
in Manchester. This 20-inch beauty largemouth bass fought
like crazy and was a picture of health. I couldn't weigh
her prior to release with out hurting her, so I didn't;
but I’m
guessing she was at least 6 pounds." --Sean D. Powers
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| "My name is Sierra Perkins and
I am 4 1/2 years old. I caught my first three fish at the Suncook
Rod and Gun Club Fishing Derby on May 21, 2006. I had so much
fun and wanted to share my picture with everyone. Thank you
Brandon for putting on the worms for me and thank you Mommy
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"I am sending a picture of my proud
son Sean McCann holding the biggest fish he has ever caught
to date. Sean is four years old and from Candia, N.H. The fish
is a 1-lb., 8-oz. Largemouth Bass caught on Lake Massabesic
in Manchester,N.H. He caught the fish on his Wal-Mart Jeff
Gordon rod using a green pumpkin with red and green fleck Senko.By
the way the fish was released unharmed minutes after this photo
was shot back into Lake Massabesic. This shows the youngsters
the importance of catch and release, in hoping another youngster
will catch the same fish." --Stephen McCann
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"This is how Avery
(from Greenfield, NH), Cody (from West Peterborough) & James
(From Greenfield, NH) celebrated their first day of school
vacation. The boys cooked it up all by themselves and all agreed
it was the best fish they ever tasted!!"
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"This is Makena, my 2 1/2 year
old, first time fishing on 5/7/06 at a local park in Salem,
NH. She reeled in this little brookie all by herself and followed
it up with a bunch of little sunnies. She loved seeing the
fish wiggling about and the feel of the cold, slimy skin. The
day was made even better by stomping around along the pond's
muddy water's edge in her rubber rain boots! I don't know who
enjoyed the day more, her having fun fishing and enjoying nature
or me watching her having so much fun." --DTT, Pelham,
NH
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"I introduced my son Jacob to fishing
this year. As you can see he's pretty excited about his 14
inch Rainbow that he Caught on Memorial Day in Brookline. This
is what fishing is all about! State of New Hampshire keep up
the great work!" --John Lysik, Hollis NH
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"Here's a picture of
Kaleb Brown (age 5) and Gabe Gries (photo taken by Aimee Brown).
Kaleb caught this nice rainbow trout in Swanzey Lake in June
while fishing with Gabe and Adam Dubriske. Every time Kaleb
sees Adam or Gabe, he is quick to point out that he was the
only one that caught a fish that day on Adam's boat." --Gabe
Gries
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"The smile says it all! Here’s
9-year old Nolan Levesque with his first ever bass, a 2 pound
largemouth caught in a small lake near Nashua. Sure enough,
he caught the largest fish of our May 7th morning, beating
Dad and Ned’s best catches. Congratulations Nolan, our
smooth-casting partner!" --Eric Levesque
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"I though you might like a photo
of my 9-year-old stepson Devin Quinn. He caught this brook
trout during his first ever trip to Pittsburg, NH. Needless
to say, he is hooked on fishing, especially in Pittsburg!" --Ryan
Grant
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"This is a picture of Jesse Towne.
I took him fishing on Newfound in June and he caught this salmon
(24" and around 4.5 lbs, nice female). It was his first
Salmon and biggest fish he's ever caught. It jumped out of
the water 3 times before I could net it for him. He fought
it like a pro and is getting it mounted. He's a junior in high
school. He's now hooked on salmon fishing. Another potential
up and coming "Legend" on the horizon." --Mike
Quint
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"Caught this huge brooktrout near
my house, it weighed 2.3 lbs on my digital scale was 16.5 inches
long and had a nearly 10 inch girth." (No name given.)
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"This is my nephew
Connor -- the future fly fisherman!" --Tom Flynn
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"ENJOYED ANOTHER SPRING
OF SMALLY FISHING, ONLY HAD ONE DAY OF SUNSHINE BUT WHO CARES
WITH THE QUALITY OF FISHING THE STATE OF N.H. PROVIDES. LEFT
PHOTO, CLARK POND, CANAAN; RIGHT PHOTO GRAFTON POND, GRAFTON.
THANKS FOR PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT FISHERY." --PETE BOGARDUS,
CANAAN, NH
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"Doug Chauvette of Deerfield. 6-lb., 9-oz. largemouth bass caught
at Onway Lake in Raymond."
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Rob Gordon landed this Rainbow and Salmon
duo out of Lake Winnipesaukee in late May. Courtesy of Mike
Racine.
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" This
2+ lb. brown was caught in April at Laurel Lake in Fitzwilliam
and was a
holdover from last spring." --Travis
Drudi, Region 4 Fisheries Technician, Fitzwilliam, NH
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"Get out on those trout
ponds this spring for lunker smallies, this 5 lb. smallmouth
was caught
last June on a small designated
trout pond in Cheshire County." --Travis Drudi, Region
4 Fisheries Technician, Fitzwilliam, NH
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by Bob Delaney of Webster, no scale but estimated at 4 pounds
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"My name is Ryan Tibbo, I am 11
years old, and I'm from Hooksett NH. I caught this trout on
April 22, 2006 in Bow NH. The length was 16 inches."
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"I caught this walleye in the Connecticut
River in early April 2006. It weighed 6 lbs. and was 26 inches
long." --Chris Lord, Claremont NH
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"Here is a huge cod I caught in Hampton
late last fall. It is the biggest catch of my life. 42 lbs."
--Mike Donnell, Hooksett NH
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"Christopher Cote of North Hampton caught
this 14.5 inch crappie at the end of April in Newmarket. It
fell for a 3 inch hard plastic
swimmer slowly retrieved and twitched to imitate a wounded
minnow."
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"I was fishing for
pickerel on Newfound Lake, from shore, and hooked on to this
4.8 pound rainbow on a orange Mooselook Wobler, she was 23
1/2 inches long, took about 5 minutes to reel her in, I caught
it on 4-pound test with my ultra light, fun fun, thank you"
--Mitchell Bucklin
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"HAILEY RUBIN AND JESS HOBART HOLDING
A BIG LARGEMOUTH BASS CAUGHT BY HAILEY'S DAD ERIC. THE BIG
BOY WAS CAUGHT ON A SPINNER BAIT WHILE FISHING FROM A KAYAK
IN
HILLSBORO NH. SORRY I AM NOT GIVING THE LOCATION!" --Eric Rubin
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"Who says fall trout stocking is
just for ice anglers? Jean Goodell of Winchester took advantage
of some great pre-stocking trout fishing in Laurel Lake, Fitzwilliam,
the first week of April. The two rainbows pictured here (the
larger of which measured 17 inches and weighed almost 3 pounds)
were both stocked in November of 2005, but managed to elude
anglers until they were fooled by Jean's streamer." --Gabe
Gries, fisheries biologist, Region4/Keene
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"April 1st we started our Spring family
fishing season. My two sons had great luck at some secret fishing
holes. Tyler (age 7 - left) caught a number of stocked
brook trout along with a few natives. We released all fish
we caught
except
for
a couple that swallowed the entire hook. Trevor (age 13
- right) caught a beautiful 14" Brown in a Cheshire
County river. I was kept busy with the camera but did land
a few myself.
We had
a great time. Thanks to all Fish and Game staff for getting
out there early so all us sportsman to do a little of what
we love best, getting out there with Nature." --David
Sands
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