Today, Jared and I went down to the boat docks to go fishing. It’s

already the third day since we arrived at Umbagog Lake, but to fill you in

about how we got here, I guess we will start at Umbagog Lake. Umbagog

Lake is a massive lake that stretches into New Hampshire and Maine, but

strangely the deepest point in the lake is only 14-15 feet deep, which is not

very deep at all. The trip to Umbagog Lake took about two and half hours.

Once we finally arrived at the park, it took us a little bit to navigate

through narrow, bumpy roads to our camp sites, but as usual we have a

medium-sized camper, which makes it tough to go through the maze-like

roads to the campsite. The first day after we got our tent set up and our

stuff moved into it, we decided to go down to the beach and look around

for a good fishing spot. The first spot we tried was very successful but we

ended up having problems snagging lines on rocks and weeds. Then we

ended up going to the other side of the beach to where the boat docks were

and where a big rock stuck out of the water. We ended up using bobbers

instead of lures and learned very quickly that there is a real strong current

where our bobbers would end up coming into the shore faster than we

wanted to, so we ended up casting our lines out even further and almost
two minutes after they were out there we ended up catching a lot of fish.

     On the second day at Umbagog lake, Jared and I got up early to go

fishing, because the bugs would be out on the lake and the fish would be

eating them. When we got down to the docks, we used spinners instead of

bobbers, hooks, and worms. Almost immediately the fish started to bite,

but what we were caching most of the day were 13-14” Chain Picral and

we through them back into the water, because they are a very boney fish,

but they do taste very good from what I hear.

     Now that we are back to the third day, Jared and I have caught five

Yellow Perch, and one Sunfish. We ended up starting to just catch and

release because we had quite a bit of fish now. Two minutes later, I ended

up catching a 14” Chain Picral, that had swallowed my hook pretty bad,

the hook went through its mouth and out it gills and got tangled in its fin.

It took about a minute to get the hook out of the fish and put it back in the

water, and by the time that was over it was time to head back to the

campsite.

     Looking back at n what you’ve just read, you can tell that I had a

pretty good time on Lake Umbagog lake, but from a point of view that I
would like to say, it was the best time of my life. I think that a lot of

people that go there every year always have a great experience and thrill

seeking adventures. Now having said that, go to Umbagog Lake, and have

an adventure of your own.

Nick's memoir

  • 1.
    Today, Jared andI went down to the boat docks to go fishing. It’s already the third day since we arrived at Umbagog Lake, but to fill you in about how we got here, I guess we will start at Umbagog Lake. Umbagog Lake is a massive lake that stretches into New Hampshire and Maine, but strangely the deepest point in the lake is only 14-15 feet deep, which is not very deep at all. The trip to Umbagog Lake took about two and half hours. Once we finally arrived at the park, it took us a little bit to navigate through narrow, bumpy roads to our camp sites, but as usual we have a medium-sized camper, which makes it tough to go through the maze-like roads to the campsite. The first day after we got our tent set up and our stuff moved into it, we decided to go down to the beach and look around for a good fishing spot. The first spot we tried was very successful but we ended up having problems snagging lines on rocks and weeds. Then we ended up going to the other side of the beach to where the boat docks were and where a big rock stuck out of the water. We ended up using bobbers instead of lures and learned very quickly that there is a real strong current where our bobbers would end up coming into the shore faster than we wanted to, so we ended up casting our lines out even further and almost
  • 2.
    two minutes afterthey were out there we ended up catching a lot of fish. On the second day at Umbagog lake, Jared and I got up early to go fishing, because the bugs would be out on the lake and the fish would be eating them. When we got down to the docks, we used spinners instead of bobbers, hooks, and worms. Almost immediately the fish started to bite, but what we were caching most of the day were 13-14” Chain Picral and we through them back into the water, because they are a very boney fish, but they do taste very good from what I hear. Now that we are back to the third day, Jared and I have caught five Yellow Perch, and one Sunfish. We ended up starting to just catch and release because we had quite a bit of fish now. Two minutes later, I ended up catching a 14” Chain Picral, that had swallowed my hook pretty bad, the hook went through its mouth and out it gills and got tangled in its fin. It took about a minute to get the hook out of the fish and put it back in the water, and by the time that was over it was time to head back to the campsite. Looking back at n what you’ve just read, you can tell that I had a pretty good time on Lake Umbagog lake, but from a point of view that I
  • 3.
    would like tosay, it was the best time of my life. I think that a lot of people that go there every year always have a great experience and thrill seeking adventures. Now having said that, go to Umbagog Lake, and have an adventure of your own.