8/22/11 - 8/24/11 Balch Lake, Wakefield NH
Spent a couple days on this really nice lake this week. It's loaded with decent size bass and a couple of beasts. Personal best was around 19" long and 4.28 to 4.31 lbs. Also caught 6 in the 2 lb range and a nice pickerel. Just awesome but sadly I didn't get any pics. The beast and a few others were caught on a Zoom Horny Toad in pumpkin green casting to the pads, hopped along and paused at the edge to sink before retrieved. Other go-to baits were a Strike King spinnerbait in sexy shad and 1/2 oz red eye lipless crank in the same color. Fun trip! Try the southern cove where all the stumps and pads are. Cartoppers, kayaks and canoes only though as it's far too shallow for anything else.
