Tie to a swivel as most jigs twist and spin. I use a swivel on a two ounce in 30 ft or a 1pound jig in 250 ft. and everything in between.

WooHoo! Awesome black drum. Now that’s fun!

Your success for either species will depend on finding their preferred temp at depth. After a cool evening (even in the summer in Maine) you may find salmon feeding on top of rock humps next to deep water early AM. They can be taken with flies or some spinning presentations. Soon after sunrise they will retreat to the depths as surface temps come up. You can still target them with bait or artificial by drop shotting on steep drops, again finding the depth at which the water temp is most comfortable for them. Don’t be surprised if you snag some nice smallmouth while dropshotting in 40 to 60 feet of water on drops and points. They live at depth in Sebago in the summer and some are nice fish in the 3+ and 4pound range.
Lake trout live at depth in the summer as well but will go shallow after cool nights or if the lake turns. While fishing for bass I have caught them on tapered drops Carolina rigging a lizard! Mostly they are a bottom species that likes colder water and are usually caught trolling the bottom. In the mid depths you also may be surprised by a brook trout. The depths also hold cusk and whitefish. Tues, Weds and Thurs are your best days in the summer as activity on Sebago ramps up on Friday, the weekends are miserable and a few hang on through Monday. Avoid getting involved in the boat ramp at Raymond or at the other end of the lake at the Standish ramp at the station on the weekends. Your options are many with a kayak so you may be OK.
Islands, rock humps, points and drops (rocky and sandy) are your best bet so the north end of the lake will give more access to numbers of those than the southern end. Avoid the basin, too busy. Do your homework on temp and at depth and you’ll increase your chances of success.
Good luck.

Yup. In a world of make believe this stuff is real life with good folks. Media on tv …..gave 99% of it up. Entertainment………same thing. Commercials flaunting the new standard……..avoid at all costs. Spend waaaay more time on my IPad than in front of the tv. I think it’s doing me good.

Used to give away all I kept. Tried them on a grille to try and get by this oilyness but never could develop a taste for them. But then I never liked mackerel or Spanish macs etc.. Too many ground fish and white flesh fish to mess with blues.

Chores have saved many a fish. Dang it! :)

Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.

Great day on the water, no matter the catch. Great time of day.

Is something you “know” or something you read? Sounds like typical Internet “factoid”.
Hmmmmm, spent most of my adult life in Maine until retirement. Dig clams to eat and blood worms for bait.
“ Bloodworms and their cousin, sandworms, are found in the silty clay or mud of Maine's extensive mud flats. The worms are so named because their blood shows through their pale skin giving them a faint pink color. Bloodworms have four “teeth” connected to glands.” And if they bite, they hurt. Fact.

You can, but putting swivel that through the guides will ruin them. A double uni knot is so easy and goes through the guides very nicely. If using the swivel that will limit the length of leader you can have. Choices, choices.

Small ones are the best and the big ones typically have parasites (worms). But not as good as reds or trout or sheepshead, etc. IMHO

OMG. Glad you’re OK. Those things have happened to most of us fishermen. Cost of fish per pound? Hahahaha
After buying boats, motors electronics, etc etc the cost per pound has to be way up there in the hundreds of dollars per pound! Hahahaha

I would make the transition to spinning when the weights got real light on the lures/jigs I wanted to use. 3/16oz would fall into the spinning category for me. I could cast 1/4oz with a slower rod with/or a soft tip. Lighter line will help also but then the rod/reel combination starts to become something specifically for lightweight presentations. Back in the day Woo Daves was a spinning specialist and I have numerous rigs because of his accomplishments. I ended up using bait casters for heavier presentations mostly. Spinning for 1/16 to 3/16 and drop shotting etc.

Nope but down in the keys they feed them like that.

Chicken breast cut into bite size pieces, add strawberry Koolaid and some powdered garlic in a freezer bag. Shake and mix it all up. Let sit overnight and you’re done, ready to fish. It will keep a long time if kept in a cooler and refrigerated at home. Catfish love this stuff!

Nice fish and awesome memory for you both!