>>>>State Regulation for this lake: Catch and Release ALL Bass! Illegal to retain any bass from this lake.<<<<<<
30 hours hunched over in the the Lil Jon boat over 2 days, sat eve - mon afternoon, paid off at Stan Coffin. I tried H for a day of that with smaller than 14" fish being caught so no entries for that day. H seemed to have more fish on beds, but super finicky. H is totally infested with sunfish, lots of imature bass in the sunfish schools along the shore. AMX, you only need 2 fish to take back the lead, "You Can Do It!" I found that to get the hooks to stick I had to not seat the point close to the body of the bait. I also used a stinger or trailing hook for a while. Luckily there isn't much snag material in Stan Coffin. Stan is a great lake for beginners such as myself. I saw a few large catfish at Stan, no takers. It seemed like the fish that bit well were still in the deeper water and not committed to a bed yet. Essentially 3 general locations on the lake that I did well. I don't know if I can apply this to other lakes. I did have one Kirk Gowdy "American Sportsman" moment. The hook up was heavy, the run was long and deep(none of the other fish made a run), then it started to come up, felt like there was something about to happen that I couldn't stop, when it broke the surface, it's big bucket mouth wide open, the fish shook like one of those paint can shakers, bing, out came the hook. In hindsight, what I should have done once he turned for the surface was reel like hell and shove the tip of my rod as deep into the water as I safely could. I suspect that once he broke the surface, the arch of the line in the water straightened out once it hit the air, giving the fish the slack that he/she needed to set herself free. I say good job bucket mouth, I'll see ya another day!

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