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Where are the salmon?

5/21/2015

4 Comments

 
Parker Pond is a little slice of heaven, especially for me in the morning.  I’m an “early bird” so fishing Parker fits my plans nicely.  I like to chase Parker’s landlocked salmon.  Salmon in Parker is a treasure and catching one of these silver leapers is a privilege.  There is no natural reproduction for them in Parker so we are fortunate our DIF&W has stocked these beautiful fish for several years.  Catching one can be as easy as a worm on a hook.  A neighbor on the pond told me about a young fisherman catching a salmon off the dock using a bass lure!  Or, like me, trolling for several hours around sun rise – sipping coffee and eating crackers – and waiting for a salmon to strike.  Salmon like rainbow smelt so a lure that resembles a smelt is a natural for them.   Have a supply of Mooselook Wobblers or Maine’s typical salmon flies, such as Nine-Three, Grey Ghost, or others that resemble smelt.  Fish close to the surface after ice out, and then deeper as the weather warms.   

In the last few years, I have caught several white perch on Parker.  They are not listed as a species in Parker, but they are there.  I would guess the white perch population is small right now, but I’m sure in time, will be abundant.  Fun to catch and delicious!

Need a hint of where salmon may be?  Watch the loons.  When they dive they are probably chasing a school of smelt – just like our Parker Pond salmon.   Warning – don’t disturb our loons – there is plenty of room for all of us.  

4 Comments
Gerry Zeoli
8/1/2018 02:42:56 pm

Hi Tom
My wife and I have had a place on Parker for over 20 years now. Caught a salmon this year but am not out on the lake early enough. Caught all of my salmon late morning and mid day. I wanted to comment on the white perch which I have seen only the last 3 or 4 years. I got into a school in the cove and I caught many until the school disappeared. These were the largest WP that I have ever caught. 2lbs plus. It reminded me of the days fishing with my father at A street pier in Hull Ma. when a school of mackerel went though. Parker is a great pond.
Gerry

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KJM
12/24/2020 07:30:23 am

I’ve caught Salmon off the dock at most times if the year. Trolling the “trench” with downriggers , but my favorite was catching them on a tip up

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Mia Evans link
2/2/2023 04:44:52 am

It's great to know that we can easily catch salmon using a worm as bait on the hook. I hope that would be that easy when we book a salmon fishing tour together with the whole family in May. It's the requests of my husband for his birthday this year, so we wanted it to be successful.

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Brent Oneal link
10/1/2024 06:08:06 am

Hi nice reeading your blog

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    Thomas Spears
    Tom lives in Fayette and has fished Parker Pond for about 30 years.

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