Last Tuesday evening, I was standing on the bridge at Chocorua Lake, along with about 30 other photographers, waiting for a chance to get a photo of the comet NEOWISE.
We all stood quietly taking in the beauty of the scene, as the sky darkened and the mountain became a dark silhouette with a back drop of a million stars. As all this was happening the lake started to dimple with rising trout.
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Interesting..,,for someone who claims to be an outstanding fisher person, you seem to have overlooked one of the laws governing fishing in NH. I have fished 63 of my 65 years and I believe the law is that you must stop fishing one half hour after sun down. I believe that sundown is around 8!:00 pm right now! According to WMUR, the comet is visible at about 20:25pm..long after the sun has set! Most of us native New Hampshirites who fish know the rules....however, an out of stater might not know them!
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